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Data Processing: Generic Control Systems Or Specific Applications > Specific Application, Apparatus Or Process > Product Assembly Or Manufacturing > 3-d Product Design (e.g., Solid Modeling) > Resource Allocation > Job Scheduling Job SchedulingJob Scheduling patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/14/06 - 20060282187 - System for dispatching semiconductors lots A system for dispatching a plurality of semiconductor lots among a plurality of tools is provided. The system includes a dispatch server manager and a dispatch integrator and display device. The dispatch integrator and display device conveys a dispatch request to the manager and receives a dispatch list from the ... 11/30/06 - 20060271222 - Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process A computerized system is provided for scheduling a plurality of work orders in a manufacturing process. Each work order to be scheduled specifies a set of operations to be performed using a plurality of resources and materials. Data including resource availability information for each resource used in the manufacturing process, ... 11/30/06 - 20060271221 - Manufacturing apparatus, processing method and device manufacturing method A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus which processes a lot in accordance with the content of a queue table in which a process of a lot is reserved includes a volatile memory configured to store the queue table, and a controller configured to store, in a nonvolatile memory, the content of the ... 11/16/06 - 20060259174 - Method for controlling a production sequence A method for controlling a production process for the manufacture of customized production objects. A sequence of production objects runs through at least one partial process of a production process. The method ensures that, in series production, the processing of an order in the partial process is begun at the ... 08/31/06 - 20060195210 - Framework for managing process including sequential actions A generic automation framework is provided to divide a process into a sequence of stages. The stages in the process may depend on each other and this dependency dictates the flow of the process. A stage may be an instance of a stage type, which provides a generic definition of ... 08/24/06 - 20060190115 - System and method for controlling jobs of a production device The invention relates to a system and a method for controlling jobs of a production device. The aim of the invention is to allow a current situation to be analyzed and the required operations to be planned, executed, and monitored irrespective of mathematical routines for optimizing the throughput. Said aim ... 08/17/06 - 20060184263 - Identifying critical operations of a production process Identifying an operation that is critical to meeting a due date of a production order includes identifying operations associated with the production order, obtaining schedules for the operations using infinite production planning, obtaining start intervals for the operations based on the schedules, selecting a target operation from the operations, and ... 06/29/06 - 20060142887 - Systems and methods for managing lot aggregation A system for managing lot aggregation. An interface receives a lot aggregation rule. A storage device stores first lot manufacture information and the lot aggregation rule. A processor integrates the lot aggregation rule into the first lot manufacture information to generate second lot manufacture information. ... 06/15/06 - 20060129260 - Capacity management system and method A capacity management system and method. The system includes a demand management module and a planning engine. The demand management module receives a demand comprising a request for a quantity of a device and a corresponding required date. The planning engine converts original planning buckets with varying bucket lengths into ... 05/11/06 - 20060100729 - Method for determination of a lead time In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for automatically determining a correction period of time (ΔVLZ_opt) for correcting an actual lead time for delivery of an upstream product (V) which is manufactured with an actual lead time (VLZ_actual) by a delivery unit of a manufacturing network, wherein ... 03/16/06 - 20060058903 - Product, package and material code system and method for manufactured products A system for fabricating a product and a method for fabricating a product employ a data structure having a product table as a central element. The product table also has linked therewith a location table, a package table and a material table, such that the data structure may assist with ... 03/09/06 - 20060052893 - Method for optimization of an order of component mounting, apparatus using the same, and mounter An optimizing apparatus (300a) for a mounter equipped with a line gang pickup head which picks up a plurality of components and mounts them on a board comprises: a nozzle set determination unit (305a) for determining a nozzle set which reduces a mounting time in view of the number of ... 03/02/06 - 20060047353 - Method for optimization of an order of component mounting, apparatus using the same, and mounter The following processing is performed when a line gang pickup head can simultaneously pick up a maximum of n (here, 4) components. First, groupings of components of the same type, out of all of the components to be optimized, are set as component tapes and the component tapes are arranged ... 01/19/06 - 20060015203 - Parts production scheduling method A parts production scheduling method is provided for preparing, after receipt of a production order schedule of finished vehicles, a production order schedule of parts necessary for the production of the finished vehicles, wherein the production order schedule of the parts, which is divided into plural zones each equivalent to ... 12/15/05 - 20050278050 - Exception handling in manufacturing systems combining on-line planning and predetermined rules A method for performing exception handling operates within a computer controlled multi-step production system for producing objects. The system includes a system controller, within which reside a planner/scheduler and module controller(s). The system controller receives a stream of object specifications for objects to be produced including the jobs to which ... 12/15/05 - 20050278049 - Method of planning tasks in a machine, method of controlling a machine, supervisory machine control system, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell and computer program A method of planning tasks to be performed in a machine derives a precedence graph by linking subsidiary tasks to a sequence of key tasks to create a scheduling problem that can be solved by an automated scheduler. In the event of a trigger, such as an order for new ... 12/01/05 - 20050267617 - System and method for exception management A system for exception management. The system comprises an input/output mechanism, a back-end server, and a management server. The input/output mechanism is configured to interface with a user and receive a requirement to suspend a progressing production. The back-end server provides online service according to the requirement. The management server ... 11/17/05 - 20050256600 - Electron beam lithography system, method of electron beam lithography, program and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with direct writing An electron beam lithography system includes: a lithography tool writing patterns onto substrates, which are classified into lots, respectively, using sequentially apertures through which electron beams, based on a specific processing procedures; an aperture manager managing the apertures; a request obtaining module obtaining processing requests of the lots; a processing ... 11/17/05 - 20050256599 - System and method thereof for real-time batch dispatching manufacturing process The present invention provides a system and method for real-time batch dispatching in a manufacturing process. The system includes a bottleneck equipment, a real-time dispatching module for calculating a time point of forming a batch and deciding the lot numbers of a plurality of products which are included in the ... 10/20/05 - 20050234578 - System and method for identifying semiconductor process steps for queue-time control and abnormality detection A computer-implemented method and system for identifying process steps for purposes of queue-time control and abnormality detection is provided. In one example, the method includes retrieving manufacturing information associated with a fabrication process, where the manufacturing information includes multiple process step pairs. The manufacturing information may be divided into at ... 10/20/05 - 20050234577 - Scheduling system A scheduling system or method with an interface that can provide a queue-list view and a calendar view. In the scheduling of a particular job on a particular machine, characteristics relating to the particular job (“job characteristics”) and characteristics relating to the particular machine (“machine characteristics”) can be taken into ... 10/13/05 - 20050228523 - Recipe editor and controller Apparatus and methods for automating a sequence of basic chemistry operations through a recipe. Software running on a workstation communicating with a controller allows an operator to operate the process controller, view the process, log the process, and maintain the recipe. The controller communicates with the process hardware and receives ... 10/06/05 - 20050222699 - Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus having a plurality of units includes a scheduling unit which schedules a process step with respect to each lot, a combining unit which combines process steps of first and second lots, to be processed consecutively, with respect to which the scheduling unit has scheduled process steps, and ... 09/22/05 - 20050209721 - Methods and apparatus for enhanced operation of substrate carrier handlers A carrier handler is provided that may be adapted to (1) accept transfer commands for carriers before the carriers arrive within the domain of the carrier handler; (2) accept termination commands that result in prior commands being cancelled or aborted independent of the state of the prior commands; (3) select ... 09/15/05 - 20050203654 - System and method for scheduling manufacturing jobs for a semiconductor manufacturing tool A system and method are provided for scheduling a monitor job for a tool in a semiconductor manufacturing environment and for optimizing the scheduling of jobs in such an environment. In one example, the method includes receiving a monitor job and monitoring a status of the tool to determine when ... 08/25/05 - 20050187647 - Intelligent full automation controlled flow for a semiconductor furnace tool The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing the flow of semiconductor wafers through a furnace tool having a front-opening unified pod (FOUP) material handling system. The invention provides for an automated control flow to realize greater efficiency and assure process quality. In one aspect of the ... 08/18/05 - 20050182506 - Glass processing equipment with dynamic continuous production control system A glass product cutting line includes a CNC cutting table, a sheet feeding device for feeding glass sheets to the glass cutting table, a plurality of harp racks, a sorting device and a dynamic cutting line control system. The control system optimizes the work piece layout on the individual sheets ... 08/18/05 - 20050182505 - Automobile manufacturing line input order planning apparatus The invention is intended to provide a building sequence planning system for an automobile production line, which can prepare an efficient building sequence. The system comprises an input unit (1) for inputting information of vehicles to be manufactured, a processing unit (3) for deciding an optimum building sequence based on ... 07/07/05 - 20050149219 - Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process A computerized system is provided for scheduling a plurality of work orders in a manufacturing process. Each work order to be scheduled specifies a set of operations to be performed using a plurality of resources and materials. Data including resource availability information for each resource used in the manufacturing process, ... 07/07/05 - 20050149218 - Project manufacturing method and system A project manufacturing method and system. An embodiment of a method includes receiving project order data to a production order scheduler, mapping the project order data to parameters of the scheduler, and producing a schedule from the mapped data using routines of the scheduler. As such, the method uses the ... 06/23/05 - 20050137734 - Method of operating a lithographic apparatus or lithographic processsing cell, lithographic apparatus and lithographic processing cell A method of generating a schedule for operation of a machine forming at least a part of a lithographic apparatus or a lithographic processing cell is disclosed. In the method, a plurality of weight factors are received for respective ones of a plurality of qualities affecting the outcome of a ... 06/23/05 - 20050137733 - System and method for pull-in order planning and control A system for planning and controlling a pull-in request of an order with demanded capacity in a production system. A plan engine is programmed to receive a pull-in request for the order, release original demanded capacity, reserve a capacity for the pull-in order, and generate a fixed production schedule for ... 06/23/05 - 20050137732 - System and method for manufacturing planning and control A customer-orientated manufacturing planning and controlling system. An order management module is programmed to receive an order for a product and reserve a capacity for the order based on a capacity model that considers a plurality of capacity vectors in a production system. A plan engine generates a fixed production ... 06/16/05 - 20050131565 - Method to control an actuator The invention relates to a method for controlling an actuator, such as a device adapted to adjust the hydraulic parameter(s) of a fluid, where the actuator is controlled by a pulse-width modulated signal whose characteristics depend on the parameter(s) to be adjusted. In cases where the actuator needs to be ... 06/02/05 - 20050119775 - Method and system of calculating lot hold time A method of calculating lot hold time. First, identification parameters of a lot are input. The lot may be a split child lot or an unsplit parent lot. The identification parameters include an identification code and a customer hold code of the lot. The identification code identifies the lot type. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |