A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a planning program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes generating a plurality of priority order patterns in which priority orders are assigned to a plurality of work groups, when processes selected from the plurality of work groups are sequentially performed on each of a plurality of objects; specifying an order of processes in the work group for each of the priority orders according to the priority orders of the plurality of priority order patterns; and specifying an order of the plurality of objects corresponding to the specified order of processes.

A cell controller in each manufacturing cell includes a manufacturing instruction determination part that determines the types of manufacturable parts to be preferentially manufactured and the number of parts to be manufactured, based on order information and inventory information that are stored in the storage part of an administrative server, the manufacturing instruction determination part indicating the determination to a drive controller. In a cell production system configured thus, each manufacturing cell can timely manufacture multiple types of parts according to a status change of, for example, a part order or the inventory of materials.

A machine tool system includes a schedule storage unit that stores machining schedule information containing a machining sequence of a plurality of workpieces, and a priority-level setting unit that allows a user to designate any of the workpieces in the machining schedule information stored in the schedule storage unit and to set a priority level for the designated workpiece. The workpiece for which the priority level is set by the priority-level setting unit is machined in accordance with the priority level, and the workpiece for which the priority level is not set is machined in accordance with the machining sequence after the workpiece for which the priority level is set is machined.

A method includes an operation of receiving first position information, indicative of a first material plant checkpoint in which an equipment enters a first material plant geofence a first time. The method also includes receiving second position information, indicative of a first machine checkpoint in which the equipment enters and/or exits a machine geofence. The method also includes receiving third position information, indicative of a second material plant checkpoint in which the equipment enters the first material plant geofence a second time. The method also includes creating an association between the first material plant checkpoint and the second material plant checkpoint. The method also includes determining the equipment cycle time based at least partly on a time associated with the first material plant checkpoint and a time associated with the second material plant checkpoint.

A system includes a dispatching system and at least one processor. The dispatching system is configured to provide dispatching preferences indicating that tools feedback preferences thereof for at least one lot. The processor is coupled to the dispatching system and at least one memory. Computer program code encoded in the memory is executed by the processor to cause the system to process the lot using at least one of the tools with utilization of a tool-lot relationship that is generated based on the dispatching preferences. A non-transitory computer readable medium and a method are also disclosed herein.

Provided is a method for resource planning in a factory based on simulations. The method for resource planning may comprise: modeling factory resources as capacity buckets; allocating a plurality of demands to the modeled capacity buckets; and, constructing factory resource planning by performing capacity bucket simulations (CBSs) based on the factory resources to which the plurality of demands are allocated.

A method is disclosed and includes generating a tool-lot relationship based on at least one process constraint and a dispatching rule which includes dispatching preferences for operating at least one lot; assigning the at least one lot to at least one tool by using the tool-lot relationship; and the at least one tool, assigned using the tool-lot relationship, processing the at least one lot by utilization of the tool-lot relationship to manufacture semiconductor devices on at least one wafer in the at least one lot.

A production management method capable of deriving more optimal production numbers in which a pre-adjustment order is taken into account is provided. The production management method includes: reading a pre-adjustment order, constraints for a plurality of respective options, and a priority order of the constraints for the plurality of respective options; setting a target function of a quadratic programming problem; performing an optimization calculation of the quadratic programming problem for assigning an upper limit exceeding number in order starting from the one of the plurality of options whose priority order of the constraints is the highest; and performing, after the whole optimization calculation of the quadratic programming problem for assigning the upper limit exceeding number is completed, an optimization calculation of the quadratic programming problem for assigning the production numbers of the plurality of optional specifications, thereby determining the production numbers of the plurality of respective optional specifications.

A cell controller in each manufacturing cell includes a manufacturing instruction determination part that determines the types of manufacturable parts to be preferentially manufactured and the number of parts to be manufactured, based on order information and inventory information that are stored in the storage part of an administrative server, the manufacturing instruction determination part indicating the determination to a drive controller. In a cell production system configured thus, each manufacturing cell can timely manufacture multiple types of parts according to a status change of, for example, a part order or the inventory of materials.

A control system may perform functions including (i) storing data indicating an association between an optical identifier and a first robot, (ii) sending, to the first robot, data encoding the optical identifier for display by the first robot, and (iii) after sending the data encoding the optical identifier, sending, to a second robot, the data indicating the association between the optical identifier and the first robot. In some examples, the first robot may receive, from the control system, data encoding a second optical identifier of the first robot so that the first robot may display the second optical identifier instead of the first optical identifier. In some examples, a first robot may capture an image of an indication of a priority status of a second robot and perform an action based on comparing a first priority status of the first robot to the second priority status of the second robot.