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EOR
2007
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Minimizing makespan with multiple-orders-per-job in a two-machine flowshop
: New semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities use Front Opening Unified Pods (FOUPs) as a common unit of wafer transfer. Since the number of pods is limited due to high costs, a...
Jeffrey D. Laub, John W. Fowler, Ahmet B. Keha
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Multi-product lot merging/splitting algorithms for a semiconductor wafer fabrication
This paper focuses on a lot merging/splitting problem in a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility. In the fab, two or more lots can be merged into a single lot if routes and all...
June-Young Bang, Jae-Hun Kang, Bong-Kyun Kim, Yeon...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Determining an appropriate number of FOUPs in semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities
In this paper, multiple orders per job type formation and release strategies are described for semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs). Different orders are groupe...
Jens Zimmermann, Scott J. Mason, John W. Fowler, L...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Improved simple simulation models for semiconductor wafer factories
Semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs) are among the most complex production facilities. A large product variety, hundreds of processing steps per product, hundre...
Oliver Rose