Managing product-inherent constraints with artificial intelligence: production control for time constraints in semiconductor manufacturing

MC May, J Oberst, G Lanza - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2024 - Springer
Continuous product individualization and customization led to the advent of lot size one in
production and ultimately to product-inherent uniqueness. As complexities in …

A sampling-based approach for managing lot release in time constraint tunnels in semiconductor manufacturing

A Lima, V Borodin, S Dauzère-Pérès… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
For the sake of product yield and quality considerations, time constraints (TCs) are imposed
between process operations in various multi-product manufacturing systems. Often …

Data analytics for time constraint adherence prediction in a semiconductor manufacturing use-case

MC May, S Maucher, A Holzer, A Kuhnle, G Lanza - Procedia CIRP, 2021 - Elsevier
Semiconductor manufacturing represents a challenging industrial environments, where
products require more than several hundred operations, each representing the technical …

Integrating critical queue time constraints into SMT2020 simulation models

D Kopp, M Hassoun, A Kalir… - 2020 Winter Simulation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the impact of critical queue time (CQT) constraints in semiconductor
wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs). Process engineers impose CQT constraints that …

Generic data model for semiconductor manufacturing supply chains

G Laipple, S Dauzère-Pérès… - 2018 Winter …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semiconductor manufacturing systems, with several hundreds of different production steps,
reentrant loops, cleanroom conditions and a job shop organization, are probably the most …

Multi-variate time-series for time constraint adherence prediction in complex job shops

MC May, L Behnen, A Holzer, A Kuhnle, G Lanza - Procedia CIRP, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the most complex and agile production environments is semiconductor
manufacturing, especially wafer fabrication, as products require more than several hundred …

Sampling-based release control of multiple lots in time constraint tunnels

A Lima, V Borodin, S Dauzère-Pérès, P Vialletelle - Computers in Industry, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconductor wafer fabrication probably includes the most complex and constrained
manufacturing processes due to its intricate and time-varying environment. This paper …

Digital Twin Based Uncertainty Informed Time Constraint Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing

MC May, L Kiefer, G Lanza - 2024 Winter Simulation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semiconductor manufacturing, commonly described as a complex job shop, contains
product-inherent constraints that amplify dispatching complexities. Most notably time …

A Predictive Dispatching Rule Assisted by Multi-Layer Perceptron for Scheduling Wafer Fabrication Lines

Q Yu, H Yang, KY Lin, L Li - … of Computing and …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Reentrant flow plays an important role for the allocation of limited resources in
semiconductor manufacturing. In particular, over-or under-loading of workstations may …

Optimization of Timelinks in Semiconductor Manufacturing

N Dybowski, M Sander… - 2023 Winter Simulation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Impact of timelinks to semiconductor manufacturing has risen due to shrinking technology
sizes. Their operational control defines on the one hand how good the time restrictions are …