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Understanding the trade-offs in preventative maintenance for an optimized fab performance

All fab managers recognise the necessity of preventive maintenance; however, scheduling it without a smart solution can be challenging.

5 min

A fab manager's dilemma: maintenance scheduling vs productivity KPIs.

Preventive maintenance is a common practice in semiconductor wafer fabrication and essential for overall equipment availability and...

4 min

Wrestling with recipes

Insightful experiments expose the weakness of limiting the number of recipes enabled on a tool. The key findings are that this limitation...

6 min

Multi-objective fab scheduling: exploring scenarios and tradeoffs for better decision making.

This article explores Flexciton's approach to optimizing the factory plan whilst considering several independent KPIs.

1 min

Flexciton goes virtual...at Semicon West 2020

We are excited to confirm that we are attending the 50th edition of Semicon West as an exhibitor. This year it is a virtual event so...

5 min

To batch or not to batch, that is the question

Each day, engineers are challenged to make complicated batching decisions. How to determine when to batch lots together and when better not?

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