Method and system to route semiconductor parts to machines distributed in a multi-building plant
AssigneeSmartfabs Corporation
InventorWeiping SHI
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Abstract
A system and method relating to determining, by a processing device, a first number of parts waiting to be processed in a subsequent step by a plurality of machines housed in a plurality of buildings interconnected by rails, determining a second number of parts that the plurality of machines housed in the plurality of buildings is capable of processing in the subsequent step of the manufacture process over a determined period of time, calculating a capability occupancy ratio based on the first number and the second number for each one of the plurality of buildings, determining a target building of the plurality of buildings based on the capability occupancy ratio, and causing to dispatch the part to the target building via the rails.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- responsive to identifying a part completed a step in a manufacture process, determining, by a processing device, a first number of parts waiting to be processed in a subsequent step by a plurality of machines housed in a plurality of buildings interconnected by rails;
- determining a second number of parts that the plurality of machines housed in the plurality of buildings is capable of processing in the subsequent step of the manufacture process over a determined period of time;
- calculating a capability occupancy ratio based on the first number and the second number for each one of the plurality of buildings;
- determining a target building of the plurality of buildings based on the capability occupancy ratio;
- and
- causing to dispatch the part to the target building via the rails.
A system, comprises:
- a storage device to store information of real-time operation of a plant, the plant comprising a plurality of machines in a plurality of buildings interconnected by rails;
- and
- a processing device, communicatively coupled to the storage device, to:
- responsive to identifying a part completed a step in a manufacture process, determine a first number of parts waiting to be processed in a subsequent step by the plurality of machines housed in the plurality of buildings;
- determine a second number of parts that the plurality of machines housed in the plurality of buildings is capable of processing in the subsequent step of the manufacture process over a determined period of time;
- calculate a capability occupancy ratio based on the first number and the second number for each one of the plurality of buildings;
- determine a target building of the plurality of buildings based on the capability occupancy ratio;
- and
- cause to dispatch the part to the target building via the rails.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to:
- responsive to identifying a part completed a step in a manufacture process, determine, by the processing device, a first number of parts waiting to be processed in a subsequent step by a plurality of machines housed in a plurality of buildings interconnected by rails;
- determine a second number of parts that the plurality of machines housed in the plurality of buildings is capable of processing in the subsequent step of the manufacture process over a determined period of time;
- calculate a capability occupancy ratio based on the first number and the second number for each one of the plurality of buildings;
- determine a target building of the plurality of buildings based on the capability occupancy ratio;
- and
- cause to dispatch the part to the target building via the rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.