Supply chain management issues have become increasingly important to the semiconductor
industry over the last two decades due to the global distribution of facilities and increasing …

Over the last fifty-plus years, the increased complexity and speed of integrated circuits have
radically changed our world. Today, semiconductor manufacturing is perhaps the most …

Machine scheduling problems associated with semiconductor manufacturing operations
(SMOs) are one of the major research topics in the scheduling literature. Lots of papers have …

With the shrinking feature size of integrated circuits driven by continuous technology
migrations for wafer fabrication, the control of tightening critical dimensions is critical for yield …

Supply chain management has become increasingly complex, leading to information loss
and delayed transmission, exacerbating the bullwhip effect. Furthermore, the need for more …

Wafer bin maps (WBMs) that show specific spatial patterns can provide clue to identify
process failures in the semiconductor manufacturing. In practice, most companies rely on …

In this paper, we study production planning models for semiconductor wafer fabrication
facilities (wafer fabs) that consider both safety stocks at the finished goods inventory level …

Root cause detecting and rapid yield ram** for advanced technology nodes are crucial to
maintain competitive advantages for semiconductor manufacturing. Since the data structure …

To maintain competitive advantages, semiconductor industry has strived for continuous
technology migrations and quick response to yield excursion. As wafer fabrication has been …

A bi-criteria scheduling problem for parallel identical batch processing machines in
semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities is studied. Only jobs belonging to the same family …