System and method of reserving capacity for a pre-process order

A method of reserving capacity for a pre-process order, comprising the steps of:

• providing a pre-process operation and a plurality of post-process operations for a product family, the product family comprising a plurality of products corresponding to the post-process operations;
• when receiving a pre-process order for the product family related to the pre-process, reserving capacity for pre-process operation and one of the post-process operations, and providing the pre-process capacity for the pre-process operation;
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• when receiving a post-process order for the product family related to one of the post-process operations corresponding to a specific product before a cutoff date, providing the post-process operating capacity for the corresponding post-process operation.

A system for reserving capacity for a pre-process order, comprising:

• a process arrangement engine arranging a pre-process, a first post-process operation and a plurality of second post-process operations for a product family, the product family comprising a first product corresponding to the first post-process operation and a plurality of second products corresponding to the second post-process operations;
• an order management module for receiving a purchase order for the product family before a cutoff date;
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• a capacity management module for reserving capacity for the pre-process operation and capacity for the first post-process operation and providing capacity for the pre-process operation when the order is a pre-process order, providing the capacity for the first post-process operation when the order is a first post-process order for the first product, and transferring the first post-process operating capacity to second post-process operating capacity and providing the second post-process operating capacity for a specific second post-process operation when the order is a second post-process order for a second product corresponding to the specific second post-process operation.

A system for reserving capacity for a pre-process order in a semiconductor foundry, comprising:

• a process arrangement engine arranging a pre-process, a first post-process operation and a plurality of second post-process operations for a semiconductor product family according to a plurality of lots in the semiconductor foundry, the semiconductor product family comprising a first semiconductor product corresponding to the first post-process operation and a plurality of second semiconductor products corresponding to the second post-process operations;
• an order management module for receiving a purchase order for the semiconductor product family before a cutoff date;
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• a capacity management module reserving capacity for the pre-process operation and capacity for the first post-process operation and providing capacity for the pre-process operation when the order is a pre-process order, providing the capacity for the first post-process operation when the order is a first post-process order for the first semiconductor product, and transferring the first post-process operating capacity to second post-process operating capacity and providing the second post-process operating capacity for a specific second post-process operation when the order is a second post-process order for a second semiconductor product corresponding to the specific second post-process operation.

A method of reserving capacity for a pre-process order in a semiconductor foundry, comprising the steps of:

• providing a pre-process, a first post-process operation and a plurality of second post-process operations for a semiconductor product family according to a plurality of lots in the semiconductor foundry, the semiconductor product family comprising a first semiconductor product corresponding to the first post-process operation and a plurality of second semiconductor products corresponding to the second post-process operations;
• when receiving a pre-process order for the semiconductor product family related to the pre-process, reserving capacity for the pre-process operation and operating capacity for the first post-process operations, and providing the pre-process capacity for the pre-process operation;
• when receiving a first post-process order for the first semiconductor product related to the first post-process operation before a cutoff date, providing the capacity for the first post-process operation;
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• when receiving a second post-process order for a second semiconductor product corresponding to a specific second post-process operation before the cutoff date, transferring the first post-process operating capacity to second post-process operating capacity and providing the second post-process operating capacity for the specific second post-process operation.

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor product family comprising a first semiconductor product and a plurality of second semiconductor products, the manufacturing method comprising the steps of:

• providing a pre-process, a first post-process operation and a plurality of second post-process operations for the semiconductor product family, the first semiconductor product corresponding to the first post-process operation, and each of second semiconductor products corresponding to each of the second post-process operations;
• receiving a pre-process order for the semiconductor product family related to the pre-process operation before a cutoff date;
• reserving capacity for the pre-process operation and operating capacity for the first post-process operations;
• manufacturing a plurality of components according to the pre-process order by performing the pre-process operation with the pre-process capacity;
• when receiving a first post-process order for the first semiconductor product related to the first post-process operation before the cutoff date, performing the first post-process operation on the components with the first post-process operating capacity to obtain a plurality of the first semiconductor products for the first post-process order;
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• when receiving a second post-process order for a second semiconductor product corresponding to a specific second post-process operation before the cutoff date, transferring the first post-process operating capacity to second post-process operating capacity and performing the corresponding second post-process operation on the components with the second post-process operating capacity to obtain a plurality of the second semiconductor products corresponding to the second post-process order.