| US 7,483,761 B2 | ||
| System and method of demand and capacity management | ||
| Chung-Wen Wang, Hsin-Chu (Taiwan); Chii-ming M. Wu, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Edwin Liou, Taipei (Taiwan); and Chiang-Sheng Chin, Kee-Lung (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/640,776. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0038684 A1, Feb. 17, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—100 [700/99; 705/8; 705/28] | 29 Claims |
| 25. A method of IC product manufacturing, comprising the steps of:
receiving a demand plan corresponding to an IC product from a participating customer, wherein the demand plan is quantity-based,
and designates a specific quantity of the IC product;
providing a capacity model having route information of the IC product, wherein the route information records a plurality of
tools that used for producing the IC product, and corresponding machine time that the IC product spent on the respective tools;
transforming the quantity-based demand plan into a machine-time-based plan according to the route information in the capacity
model and the specific quantity of the product, wherein the machine-time-based plan indicates specific machine times for the
respective tools;
reserving capacity according to the machine-time-based plan, wherein the capacity is machine-time-based, and represented by
machine times of the respective tools;
receiving a purchase order corresponding to the IC product from the participating customer before a cutoff date of the IC
product;
transforming the purchase order into a machine-time-based order according to the route information in the capacity model;
accepting the machine-time-based order and decreasing the reservation capacity depending on the machine-time-based plan; and
manufacturing the IC product corresponding to the purchase order using the assessed capacity.
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