A Dynamic Sampling Approach for Cost Reduction in Semiconductor Manufacturing

A Benders� Decomposition Approach for Dynamic Cellular Manufacturing System in the Presence of Unreliable Machines

In order to implement the cellular manufacturing system in practice, some essential factors should be taken into account. In this paper, a new mathematical model for cellular manufacturing system considering different production factors including alternative process routings and machine reliability with stochastic arrival and service times in a dynamic environment is proposed. Also because of t...

Machine Reliability in a Dynamic Cellular Manufacturing System: A Comprehensive Approach to a Cell Layout Problem

The fundamental function of a cellular manufacturing system (CMS) is based on definition and recognition of a type of similarity among parts that should be produced in a planning period. Cell formation (CF) and cell layout design are two important steps in implementation of the CMS. This paper represents a new nonlinear mathematical programming model for dynamic cell formation that employs the ...

Issues in Biodiesel Production: A Review and an Approach for Design of Manufacturing Plant with Cost and Capacity Perspective

This paper mainly focuses the study and analysis of the existing contributions related to the Biodiesel production. It, firstly, discuss the key issues related contributions which include chemical process, reactor designing, plantation, blending and applications. Next, it summarizes the analysis of the other prominent contributions related to process model, design, production, cost, optimizatio...

A Framework for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Integrated cost and productivity learning in CMOS semiconductor manufacturing

This paper describes a cost and productivity learning process that was carried out on a large-capacity CIMOS manufacturing line at the IBIM Burlington facility from 1991 to 1993. Major productivity gains were realized through process and tool improvements affecting yield, and through work-in-progress optimization and scrap reduction. Significant cost learning was also accomplished through tool ...