System and method for manufacturing planning and control

A computer implemented system for IC manufacturing planning in an IC foundry, comprising:

• a production database storing production information of the IC foundry;
• a capacity model considering a plurality of capacity vectors in the IC foundry;
• an order management module to receive an order for a product and reserve a capacity for the order based on the capacity model;
• a plan engine to generate a fixed production schedule for the order based on the capacity model;
• a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules based on historical production information in the production database;
• a production schedule monitor and evaluation module to determine whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule and whether to adjust the fixed production schedule based on the dynamic achievement model when the order in process deviates from the fixed production schedule;
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• a production system to manufacture the order in accordance with the fixed production schedule.

A system of a production schedule adjustment for IC production, comprising:

• a production database storing production information in an IC foundry;
• a plan engine to generate a fixed production schedule for an order produced in the IC foundry;
• a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules based on historical production information in the production database;
• a production schedule monitor and evaluation module to determine whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule and whether to adjust the fixed production schedule based on the dynamic achievement model;
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• a production system to manufacture the order in accordance with the fixed production schedule.

A computer implemented method of manufacturing planning and control in an IC foundry, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an order of an IC product;
• reserving a capacity and generating a fixed production schedule for the order;
• manufacturing the order according to the fixed production schedule;
• and
• determining whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule;
• and
• determining whether to adjust the fixed production schedule based on a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules.

A storage medium for storing a computer program providing a method of manufacturing planning and control in an IC foundry, using a computer to perform the steps of:

• receiving an order of an IC product;
• reserving a capacity and generating a fixed production schedule for the order;
• determining whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule;
• determining whether to adjust the fixed production schedule referring to a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules;
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• manufacturing the order in accordance with the fixed production schedule.

A computer implemented system for manufacturing planning and control in a production system, comprising:

• a capacity model, considering a plurality of capacity vectors in the production system;
• an order management module to receive an order for a product and reserve a capacity for the order based on the capacity model;
• a plan engine to generate a fixed production schedule for the order based on the capacity model with a plurality of input parameters;
• a priority management module to assign a priority to the order in process;
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• a production schedule monitor and evaluation module to determine whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule by statistical process control (SPC) and whether to adjust the fixed production schedule and to adjust the priority when the order in process deviates from the fixed production schedule,
• wherein the production system manufactures the order in accordance with the fixed production schedule.

A computer implemented system for matching plan and execution in an IC foundry, comprising:

• a production database storing production information of the IC foundry;
• a capacity model considering a plurality of capacity vectors in the IC foundry;
• an order management module to receive an order for a product and reserve a capacity for the order based on the capacity model;
• a plan engine to generate a fixed production schedule for the order based on the capacity model;
• a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules based on historical production information in the production database;
• a priority management module to assign a priority to the order in process;
• a production schedule monitor and evaluation module to determine whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule by statistical process control (SPC) and whether to adjust the fixed production schedule based on the dynamic achievement model and to adjust the priority when the order in process deviates from the fixed production schedule;
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• a production system to manufacture the order in accordance with the fixed production schedule.

A computer implemented method of execution matching in an IC foundry, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an order of an IC product;
• reserving a capacity and generating a fixed production schedule for the order;
• providing a priority for the order;
• manufacturing the order with the priority according to the fixed production schedule;
• determining whether the order in process conforms to the fixed production schedule with statistical process control (SPC);
• determining whether to adjust the priority for the order in process with statistical process control;
• and
• determining whether to adjust the fixed production schedule based on a dynamic achievement model of historical fixed production schedules.