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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155770 | Method and apparatus for dispatching workpieces to tools based on processing and performance history Metrology data associated with a plurality of workpieces processed at a selected operation in the process flow including a plurality of operations is retrieved. A processing context associated with each of the workpieces is determined. The processing context identif... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8095230 | Method for optimizing the routing of wafers/lots based on yield A method for increasing overall yield in semiconductor manufacturing including routing wafers or wafer lots based on process variation data obtained from the wafers or wafer lots and on process variation data obtained from tools processing the wafers or wafer lots. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082053 | Automated manufacturing system An automated manufacturing system comprises a computer processing system and a plurality of consolidation systems. The computer processing system receives information on product subbatches and product packages and consolidation status information to produce consolid... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078487 | Workflow scheduler An interactive workflow schedule optimizer arranged to enable a user to reconfigure an instantiated workflow for a task comprising a plurality of actions having a predetermined dependency relationship to each other. The optimizer comprises means to input one or more... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055367 | System and method for identifying process bottlenecks In some embodiments, a method includes defining a sequence of process resources. Each of the process resources is for performing at least one respective task on a work item. The method further includes calculating a resource utilization metric for each of the proces... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041440 | Method and system for providing a selection of golden tools for better defect density and product yield Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for providing a selection of golden tools for better defect density and product yield. A golden tool selection and dispatching system is provided to integrate different components for robust golden tool... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8019455 | Component mounting order deciding method and component mounting order deciding apparatus To provide a component mounting order optimizing method and a component mounting order optimizing apparatus by which it is easy to change a preparatory plan and it is possible to shorten time necessary for a change of substrates to be produced. An optimizatio... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7987013 | Estimating yield fluctuation for back-end planning A method for production planning includes receiving a first order quantity of a first device. A first yield estimate of the first device from a production line is determined. The first yield estimate is adjusted based on a first confidence factor associated with the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7937175 | Methods and systems for pervasive diagnostics Model-based production control systems and methods are presented for constructing plans for controlling operation of a production system with a plant having a plurality of resources to achieve one or more production goals, in which a planner constructs plans for exe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937176 | Hybrid part installation process combining mass part installation techniques with discrete part number assembly activities A hybrid data collection and component installation scheme for optimizing equipment cost, throughput, and quality practices in a multi-stage manufacturing environment. A kit comprising a plurality of parts corresponding to an order for a product is received from one... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933673 | Demand breakout for a supply chain A system for demand breakout for a supply chain includes a memory operable to store a plurality of orders for at least one product. Each product may be produced using at least one precursor. The memory is also operable to store a production schedule identifying one ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930050 | Systems and methods for best-fit allocation in a warehouse environment In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an optimal allocation of items to meet a particular order is calculated. The items, then, may be allocated to the order according to the calculated allocation. In one set of embodiments, a procedure may be implem... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7908022 | System and method for reducing toxic waste in manufacturing processes A system and method of optimizing a manufacturing process so as to reduce toxic waste in the process. In an embodiment, the method includes: describing the manufacturing process using a plurality of nodes, each node representing a component or a process; connecting ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904191 | Process for dynamic automation with collaborative elements and control system therefor The invention relates to a method for dynamic automation, in which collaborative elements, such as humans and mobile robots, but also machines, co-operate, in order to carry out tasks as efficiently as possible. Each of said collaborative elements carries out a part... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7890201 | Production planning system A production planning system creates executable an production plan for a production workplace while adjusting production capacity giving consideration to a period where production capacity is fixed in each workplace, a period where management of workers between work... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7853346 | Method of real-time scheduling of processes at distributed manufacturing sites In a method of scheduling of processes at distributed and interacting manufacturing sites, a potential availability of predictive pairings of materials and work machines processing the materials over a predetermined period of time is determined for a plurality of ma... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7835812 | Apparatus for assisting decisions for improvement of environmental load An apparatus for assisting decisions for improvement of environmental loads has: environmental load per-process collecting means; proportional distributing condition per-parts storing means for storing conditions to proportionally distribute the environmental loads ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7809456 | System and process for supply management for the assembly of expensive products A Managing component supply for complex products is achieved by monitoring the delivery performance of component suppliers and optimizing the times at which orders are placed. Supply delivery performance targets are set for each supplier, and component order times a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7747339 | Managing procurement risk Systems and methods for managing procurement risk are described. In accordance with a procurement risk management method, a resource sourcing mix is computed from a sourcing portfolio of one or more forward contracts, spot market purchases, and inventory depletion f... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7725207 | Systems for allocating multi-function resources in a process system and methods of operating the same There are disclosed systems, as well as methods of operation, for allocating multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system. An exemplary resource allocator is introduced that allocates multi-function resources among tasks within a proce... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715936 | System and method for the production of goods or products A computer-based system and method for production planning are described that relies on developing factory shop floor modeling. This modeling includes simulating the factory shop floor to create a Virtual Factory. This Virtual Factory provides the ability to assess ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7702410 | Generation of schedule by which physical items to be manufactured are assigned into production slots via reducing non-zero factors within coefficient matrix clusters A schedule is generated by which physical items to be manufactured are assigned into production slots. The physical items have constraints governing manufacture of the physical items. The method generates coefficient matrix clusters from a mathematical programming p... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7653449 | Resource allocation technique An improved resource allocation system comprising a reliability decision engine (323), which allocates the portfolio's assets as required for the desired reliability portfolio. The reliability decision engine including two reliability decision engines, a basi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653451 | Method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system Disclosed is a method of controlling a manufacturing system. The invention automatically monitors current levels of partially completed products waiting to be processed by a tool (or group of tools) and determines whether the current levels exceed a predetermined li... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653450 | System and method for creation of optimal range boundaries in a range management system A method and system for defining optimal range boundaries in a range management system. The method comprises assigning process routings to the flows, applying range break rules to the flows based on the input data regarding operations and toolsets, and outputting th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7590463 | Supply consumption optimization and multiple component utilization The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the demands with the supply quantities respecting demand priorities whic... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7542819 | Method and system for managing product output A method and a system for managing product output are proposed, for connecting work partners at different locations of an enterprise through a network to the managing system, wherein an enterprise can assign an order from a client to a work partner who needs to incr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7532945 | Data model for supply chain planning A data model for a supply chain is provided whereby individual working steps in a production process are defined as activities, and organized groups of such activities are defined as orders. Activities are allocated to no more than one resource and contain informati... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7493184 | Available to promise allocation optimization tool A distributed, network-based system and computer program product determines an optimal allocation of available to promise components in a supply chain. An aggregate demand request is generated by a demand entity intelligent agent. The aggregate demand request is pro... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493183 | Apparatus and method for selecting a mechanical seal An automated seal selection, seal design, manufacturing, and post sales system allow a distributor or untrained user to select a replacement seal for a pump. The automated system designs and engineers the seal, whether standard or special, and creates all drawings, ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480538 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials in an automated manufacturing environment Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials between processing units in an automated manufacturing environment are provided. A system includes a host system in communication with a work-in-process (WIP) material... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7454260 | Systems and methods for production planning with sequence independent setup activities Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for planning production processes. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes the steps of planning a sequence of processes running on a resource, where the planning takes into account setup... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444295 | Single level bill of material available to promise A computer implemented Availability Checking Tool wherein tool users work within a common work environment, from common enterprise data, and considering assets and demands across multiple order management systems and manufacturing facilities within boundaries establ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440815 | Vulcanized tire size allocating method, tire manufacturing method, and vulcanizing process setting method A family of tire sizes are classified into plural groups every tact time and only sizes belonging to the same group are selected from the family of tire sizes and allocated in a plurality of vulcanization stations vulcanizing tires, whereby tires of plural sizes can... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426418 | Systems and methods for calculating alerts based on pegging A system and method for performing supply chain planning, includes providing a plurality of demand orders, each demand order including at least one input interface node, each input interface node identifying a type of material required by said demand order, a quanti... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424334 | System, method, and article of manufacture for determining a process plan for forming features in a part A system, method, and article of manufacture for determining a process plan for forming at least one feature in a part are provided. The method includes automatically identifying first and second features to be formed in the part by accessing first and second featur... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418307 | System and process for supply management for the assembly of expensive products A Managing component supply for complex products is achieved by monitoring the delivery performance of component suppliers and optimizing the times at which orders are placed. Supply delivery performance targets are set for each supplier, and component order times a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415393 | Reliability buffering technique applied to a project planning model A reliability buffering technique applies a reliability time buffer to a project planning model having activities. The reliability time buffer is placed before an associated downstream activity to provide a buffered downstream activity. The reliability buffer is pro... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412295 | Modeling manufacturing processes to include defined markers A method, and corresponding computer program product and system, defines and uses marker points within a modeled manufacturing process routing that includes multiple sequenced operations. The method includes receiving user input that defines one or more marker point... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406358 | Kanban control cycle system Modeling a process chain includes mapping processes in the process chain to control cycles, defining states for the control cycles, and defining couplings between states in different control cycles such that a state change in one control cycle causes a state change ... | 07/29/2008 |
