System and method of demand and capacity management

A system for demand and capacity management comprising a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer program instructions, wherein the computer program product comprises:

• an allocation planning module to receive a demand plan for a product from a participating customer, wherein the demand plan is quantity-based, and designates a specific quantity of the product;
• a capacity model storing route information for the product independently from the demand plan, wherein the route information identifies a plurality of tools that are used for producing the product, and corresponding machine time the product spends on the respective tools;
• a capacity management module to transform the quantity-based demand plan into a machine-time-based plan according to the route information in the capacity model and the specific quantity of the product, wherein the machine-time-based plan indicates specific machine times for the respective tools, and to reserve capacity according to the machine-time-based, and represented by machine times of the respective tool;
• a first database selected from the group consisting of an order database, a work in progress database, a product information database, a customer information database, and a technology information database;
• a second database selected from the group consisting of an order database, a work in progress database, a product information database, a customer information database, and a technology information database;
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• a mechanism configured to filter the first database and the second database into symmetrical databases.

A system of demand and capacity management in an IC foundry, comprising:

• a processor configured to execute an instruction set;
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store the instruction set, the instruction set including instructions for:
• an allocation planning module to receive a demand plan corresponding to an IC product from participating customer, wherein the demand plan is quantity-based, and designates a specific quantity of the IC product;
• a capacity model having route information generated prior to the receiving the demand plan of the IC product, wherein the route information records a plurality of tools that used for producing the IC product, and corresponding machine time that the IC product spent on the respective tools;
• a capacity management module to transform the quantity-based demand plan into a machine-time-based plan according to the route information in the capacity model and the specific quantity of the product, wherein the machine-time-based plan indicates specific machine times for the respective tools, and reserve capacity according to the machine-time-based plan, wherein the capacity is machine-time-based, and represented by machine times of the respective tools;
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• a network-based monitor function configured to allow a customer to monitor the progress of manufacture of the product.