SmartFactory Advanced Scheduling
Maximize capacity with optimized scheduling
Are you only using dispatching rules to maximize tool usage?
SmartFactory Advanced Scheduling is an optimization-based scheduling system for semiconductor manufacturers that addresses one of the industry’s biggest issues—managing lot movement to better maximize the use of tools. Both dispatching and scheduling are needed, but without optimized scheduling, even efficient fabs fail to maximize capacity.
Why choose SmartFactory Advanced Scheduling?
>1% litho utilization improvement
2.1% throughput improvement
What can you gain from our approach?
Fast schedule updates
- Uses real-time factory data to continually evaluate data from multiple upstream & downstream systems
- Uses sophisticated algorithms -- not possible with dispatching systems alone
- Produces up-to-the-minute schedule updates for lots and reticles
Increased returns on equipment
- Enables customers to defer or eliminate investment in additional lithography equipment by increasing litho utilization
- Reduces capex spending on bottleneck tools
Common framework
- Built on proven APF platform and common data model to execute planning, scheduling, and dispatching algorithms on factory events
- Provides out-of-box schedulers for fab and assembly and test areas
- No additional integration required
