Globalfoundries Inc.

Steffen Kalisch

Joerg Weigang

William John Fosnight

Detlef Pabst

Chinmay Oza

Thomas Quarg

Gero Grau

Robert Ringel

A method includes processing each of a plurality of lots with at least one first equipment and moving some of the plurality of lots to a first storage. For each of a plurality of second equipments, an expected dispatch time of one or more next lots for processing by the second equipment is determined. Each of the lots in the first storage is assigned to one of the plurality of second equipments on the basis of at least the determined expected dispatch times and moved to one of a plurality of second storages that is associated with one of the plurality of second equipments to which the respective lot was assigned. For each of the plurality of second equipments, each of the lots in the second storage associated with the second equipment is moved to the second equipment and are processed with the second equipment.

Method, storage medium and system for controlling the processing of lots of workpieces

By defining a section-related WIP limit or a throughput-related WIP limit, an efficient 'look ahead' characteristic may be established to efficiently control the WIP in a complex manufacturing environment, such as a semiconductor facility. The respective critical WIP values may enable efficient reduction of priority of products moving towards an increased WIP queue, thereby reducing or substantially avoiding the release of products that are expected to run into the WIP queue. In this way, the efficiency of shared tools may be increased, since process capacity no longer required for the processing products running into WIP queues may be allocated for other operations.

Method and system for scheduling a stream of products in a manufacturing environment by using process-specific WIP limits

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