SmartFactory Material Control for Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing

Expect superior uptime performance — a real-time material control system for wafers, reticles, and LCD panels

Interruptions in a fab caused by MCS reliability concerns can cost millions of dollars in lost revenue. Known for its superior uptime, SmartFactory Material Control is a real-time material control system that coordinates the transportation and storage of wafers, reticles, and LCD panels. With over 250 deployments worldwide, Material Control (CLASS MCS 5®) is the market leading MCS solution in both semiconductor and display manufacturing.

What is SmartFactory Material Control?

Applied SmartFactory Material Control (CLASS MCS 5®) is a real-time material control system that coordinates the transportation and storage of wafers, reticles, and LCD panels. With over 250 deployments worldwide, it is the market leading MCS solution in both semiconductor and display manufacturing, offering increased automation efficiency and improved inventory control.

How does SmartFactory Material Control maintain uptime?

Applied SmartFactory Material Control has proven 99.99% production uptime. Accelerated failover functionality ensures that critical components are always operational.

Why choose Material Control?

SmartFactory Material Control is known for its superior uptime and offers increased automation efficiency and improved inventory control.

These benefits support superior uptime performance.

Proven 99.99% production uptime

AMHS and MES vendor independent

Lower internal cost of ownership

What can you gain from our approach?

Tight integration

SmartFactory Material Control integrates with any AMHS solution or multiple AMHS providers without interruption.
The solution uses external interfaces to communicate with standard and customer MES solutions on various platforms.
SmartFactory Material Control lets users extend the system’s rich feature set with their own factory customizations using the MCS Development Kit.

High availability

SmartFactory Material Control ensures that critical components are always operational through accelerated failover functionality.
The solution lets users add or configure AMHS equipment without software changes or downtime.
SmartFactory Material Control lets users independently install, update, and remove components while the system is running.

Better productivity

SmartFactory Material Control ensures the best path is selected for a lot to reach its destination with advanced scheduling algorithms.
The solution reduces AMHS device transport times and overall AMHS footprint in the fab.
SmartFactory Material Control helps users quickly get to the root cause of delivery issues with a rich database of integrated logs.

Material Control FAQ

Is SmartFactory Material Control vendor independent?

Yes. SmartFactory Material Control is AMHS and MES vendor independent. It integrates with any AMHS solution or multiple AMHS providers without interruption.

How does SmartFactory Material Control communicate with MES solutions?

SmartFactory Material Control uses external interfaces to communicate with standard and customer MES solutions on various platforms.

Can SmartFactory Material Control be customized?

Yes. SmartFactory Material Control can be extended with your own factory customizations using the MCS Development Kit.

Can SmartFactory Material Control be changed without downtime?

Yes. SmartFactory Material Control allows AMHS equipment to be added or configured without software changes or downtime, and components can be independently installed, updated, and removed while the system is running.

How does SmartFactory Material Control route lots?

SmartFactory Material Control ensures the best path is selected for a lot to reach its destination with advanced scheduling algorithms.

How does SmartFactory Material Control help resolve delivery issues?

SmartFactory Material Control helps users quickly get to the root cause of delivery issues with a rich database of integrated logs.

Ready for superior uptime performance?

SmartFactory Material Control coordinates the transportation and storage of wafers, reticles, and LCD panels with proven 99.99% production uptime.