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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2004
Yi-kuang Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jin-yng Hwang, Sindian, TW;
Tsung-lin Chen, Taipei, TW;
Hsin-chen Wu, Hsin-chu, TW;
Cheng-heng Sun, Hsinchu, TW;
Jenn-tsair Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-ping Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yu-cheng Chang, Linyuan Township, Kaohsiung County, TW;
Yi-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jin-Yng Hwang, Sindian, TW;
Tsung-Lin Chen, Taipei, TW;
Hsin-Chen Wu, Hsin-chu, TW;
Cheng-Heng Sun, Hsinchu, TW;
Jenn-Tsair Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Ping Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yu-Cheng Chang, Linyuan Township, Kaohsiung County, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A capacity management system and method. The system includes a demand management module and a planning engine. The demand management module receives a demand comprising a request for a quantity of a device and a corresponding required date. The planning engine converts original planning buckets with varying bucket lengths into target planning buckets that have substantially identical bucket lengths. The planning engine further retrieves a cycle time of the device, and selects one of the target planning buckets accordingly. The planning engine also plans a capacity in the selected target planning bucket according to the quantity of the device.