Lot start agent that determines delta virtual WIP time for each bottleneck station in a multi-product and multi-bottleneck manufacturing environment

US7054702B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Larry D. Barto · Austin, US
• Steven C. Nettles · Blanco, US
• Yiwei Li · Hangzhou City, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2002
• Grant date: May 30, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/80
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method are provided for calculating a plurality of bottleneck delta virtual work in process time (“VWIP”) values. Each of the bottleneck delta VWIP values represents the time until one of n bottleneck workstations begins to risk starvation.