Production line quality processes

A production system comprising:

• a production line, the production line having one or more production steps to produce product lots;
• a processor in communication with a memory storage device, the processor configured to direct each product lot to an individual tool at each production step, and to record each tool utilized to produce each product lot;
• a quality feedback input in communication with the processor, the quality feedback input to transmit a quality value of each product lot to the processor;
• a program having a plurality of instructions stored in the memory storage device and executable by the processor to:
• classify each product based on a quality benchmark, wherein product lots that have a quality value meeting the quality benchmark are classified as quality lots, and wherein product lots that have a quality value failing to meet the quality benchmark are classified as failing lots;
• identify one or more tools used in the production of the lots, including instructions to identify a set of quality tools and a set of failing tools, wherein the set of quality tools comprises one or more tools used to produce the quality lots, and the set of failing tools comprises one or more tools used to produce the failing lots;
• and
• direct routing of additional product lots by shifting production at least substantially to the set of quality tools.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of computer readable program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:

• produce a plurality of product lots via one or more production steps;
• determine a quality value for each product lots;
• establish a quality benchmark;
• classifying each product lot based on the quality benchmark, wherein product lots that have a quality value meeting the quality benchmark are classified as quality lots, and wherein product lots that have a quality value failing to meet the quality benchmark are classified as failing lots;
• and
• direct the production of additional product lots by shifting product at least substantially to the set of quality tools.