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7403830 Method, computer, computer program and computer-readable medium relating to the examination of data records for dental prosthesis parts  
The invention refers to a method, a computer, a computer program and a computer-readable medium, which refer to the examination of data records that are used for manufacturing dental prosthesis...
7395191 Computer-implemented land planning system and method designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem  
A computer-implemented land planning system is designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem. The system electronically creates at least one...
7392105 Method and system for improved performance of manufacturing processes  
A system and method including identifying a stopped range, identifying at least one lot of WIP associated with the stopped range, and processing the at least one lot in at least one operation...
7386358 Available to promise allocation optimization tool  
A distributed, network-based system, method, and computer program product determines an optimal allocation of available to promise components in a supply chain. An aggregate demand request is...
7379782 System and method of monitoring and quantifying performance of an automated manufacturing facility  
The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying, quantifying and presenting to a user constraints in an automated manufacturing or processing facility. A data processing...
7379781 Constraint based order optimization system and available to promise system  
A computer system which uses customer-based business rules that are customized for each customer. These business rules, along with order information, are provided to a linear programming engine....
7376483 Location selection system and method  
Systems and methods to select a location to perform a process are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system receives tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing...
7376477 Move lot size balancing system and method  
A method and system for allowing a vehicle dealer and manufacturer to match dealer orders and manufacturing plant shipments easily and equitably are disclosed. The method significantly decreases...
7373212 Allocating products using classifications of orders for the products  
A method and device for planning a production includes determining material flows of products that are part of the production. This determination is done by allocating available quantities of a...
7373211 Graphical user interface for compliance monitoring in semiconductor wafer fabrication and method of operation  
A system and method is disclosed for allocating multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A resource allocator allocates...
7369912 Batch execution engine with independent batch execution processes  
A process plant control system includes a batch execution engine that spawns or creates an individual batch process application in a separate application process space for each batch to be run...
7369911 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...
7369910 Method for the optimizing of a production process  
The present invention relates to methods for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products and at least one final product. The present invention also relates to a...
7369908 Method for manufacturing product formed with a plurality of parts and method for combining parts  
A parts-combining method having high quality or yield for a product having a large number of parts. First entering an identification number group of nondefective completed products, a table of a...
7356375 Method and device for executing work consisting of a plurality of steps under computer control  
A manufacturing process control apparatus that controls a manufacturing process divided into a plurality of steps that are controlled by a plurality of user terminals, comprising transmitting means...
7349751 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...
7343353 Method to turn off machines during-turn down period while achieving minimum cost and required cycle time  
A method and system for determining which machine tools to turn off during slow periods to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum cycle time increase. It uses a product demand forecast and a...
7343212 Item substitution in the manufacture of products  
A method for item substitution in a manufacturing process includes receiving an order for manufacture of a product and generating a first electronic bill of material for the product. The first...
7337031 Optimized deployment of parts in a distribution network  
A method for deploying parts is disclosed. Locations that include supply locations and demand locations are defined. A supply location supplies parts to a demand location. A demand is computed for...
7319911 Production control apparatus and production control method  
Embodiments of the invention provide a production control apparatus and a method capable of reducing the management load and providing improved convenience. In one embodiment, a control unit...
7317960 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...
7308416 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...
7308329 Method and apparatus for inspecting semiconductor wafer  
A substrate inspection apparatus includes a recipe preparation unit that batch-allocates a plurality of slots containing substrates of each type with a corresponding one of a plurality of original...
7305275 Material supply system in semiconductor device manufacturing plant  
In a small scaled plant intended for flexible manufacturing, a pure water supply system is provided at a low cost without reducing a production efficiency. A pure water system produces a plurality...
7293001 Hybrid neural network and support vector machine method for optimization  
System and method for optimization of a design associated with a response function, using a hybrid neural net and support vector machine (NN/SVM) analysis to minimize or maximize an objective...
7292903 Methods for determining tool assignment preference and manufacturing systems using the same  
A method for determining tool assignment preference applied to a semiconductor manufacturing system. At least one first tool and second tool and at least one first semiconductor process and second...
7281173 Method and system for concurrent error identification in resource scheduling  
A method and system for handling real-time indications of resource scheduling conflicts. In one embodiment, the method includes a computer system including a user interface, display, processor, and...
7280925 Installed instrumentation maintenance method  
The present invention's efficient and economical maintenance strategy for a system of operation (such as involving various kinds of instrumentation) features a unique decision-making logic that...
7280881 Method and system for reducing lead-time in the packaging industry  
A system for integrating a packaging supply chain from a point that a digital contract proof is available through delivery of finished packaging materials to an end user, wherein said system...
7280880 Manufacturing analysis using a part-process matrix  
A computer readable medium has computer executable instructions for performing a method that includes accessing a part-process matrix containing data associated with a plurality of parts and a...
7260444 Real-time management systems and methods for manufacturing management and yield rate analysis integration  
A real-time management method for manufacturing management and yield rate analysis integration. A plurality of yield rates relating to wafer products are summed and averaged for a historical yield...
7257454 Dynamically adjusting the distribution for dispatching lot between current and downstream tool by using expertise weighting mechanism  
A system and method that prioritizes product lots for fabrication and dispatching to manufacturing equipment establishes priorities for dispatching product lots based on a criticality factor and...
7254457 Manufacturing process control methods and systems  
A manufacturing process control system comprises a process controller and an order manager coupled to a network. When receiving an order for a batch of lots requiring a manufacturing process by a...
7248937 Demand breakout for a supply chain  
A system ( 100 ) for demand breakout for a supply chain includes a memory ( 112 ) operable to store a plurality of orders ( 118 ) for at least one product. Each product may be produced using at...
7242994 Method and system of production planning  
Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-aided production planning method and system for accurately and quickly drafting a production plan for a given period for a production system...
7242993 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...
7239931 Sheet metal factory processing system  
A sheet metal factory processing system includes a production management apparatus which generates a processing schedule based on a manufacturing designation. The processing schedule is managed in...
7239928 Method for producing an item list  
In a method for producing an item list of components for the assembly of a module including the components at a first location, wherein the components can be taken from a number of offered...
7228192 Method for manufacturing an item  
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing an item. The method comprises the steps of creating a build schedule; creating a first portion of the...
7225043 System, method and program for tracing manufacturing processes  
System, method and program product for tracing first, second and third processes for producing a product. First, second and third process instances for the first, second and third processes,...
7225040 Method and system for reducing lead-time in the packaging industry  
A system for integrating a packaging supply chain from a point that a digital contract proof is available through delivery of finished packaging materials to an end user, wherein said system...
7218981 Dispatch integration system and method based on semiconductor manufacturing  
A dispatch integration method based on semiconductor manufacturing. When multiple tools are idle, idle messages are sent to a real-time dispatch system through a tool control system and a...
7218980 Prediction based optimization of a semiconductor supply chain using an adaptive real time work-in-progress tracking system  
A work-in-progress (WIP) tracking system is used to coordinate a semiconductor supply chain operation. The WIP tracking system receives WIP updates from semiconductor supply chain vendors and...
7216416 Compound processing system for sheet metal processing  
A complex working system for sheet metal working comprising a sheet metal working line having at least a first step working cell and a subsequent second step working cell, wherein a working...
7212876 Maintenance opportunity planning system and method  
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for maintenance opportunity planning in a production line having a plurality of machines and buffers between machines on the production line, with the...
7206653 Wafer-based planning methods and systems for batch-based processing tools  
Computer-implemented wafer-based planning methods for batch-based processing tools. Tool groups are appended in a tool group level of planning data provided by a MES for converting planning data...
7197369 Semiconductor work-in-process (WIP) dispatch management methods and systems  
A system and method for semiconductor work-in-process (WIP) dispatch management. Information regarding multiple wafer lots to be processed in a process node is acquired. Which wafer lot requires...
7191027 Production control system, production control method and production control program  
A production control system for producing products from parts, the production control system including a product data obtaining module configured to obtain product data including an effective...
7191026 Apparatus and method for selecting a mechanical seal  
An automated seal selection, seal design, manufacturing, and post sales system allows a distributor or untrained user to select a replacement seal for a pump. The automated system designs and...
7184850 System and method for allocating multi-function resources for a wetdeck process in semiconductor wafer fabrication  
A system and method is disclosed for allocating multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a wetdeck process in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A resource allocator allocates...
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