Title
Product mix optimization for a semiconductor fab: Modeling approaches and decomposition techniques.
Abstract
To optimize the product mix of a semiconductor fab, the production capabilities and capacities are matched with the demand in the most profitable way. In this paper we address a linear programming model of the product mix problem considering product dependent demand limits (e.g. obligations and demand forecast) and profits while respecting the capacity bounds of the production facility. Since the capacity consumption is highly dependent on choosing from different production alternatives we are implicitly solving a static capacity planning problem for each product mix. This kind of planning approach is supported by the fluid flow concept and complete resource pooling in high traffic. We propose a general model that considers a wide range of objectives, and we introduce a heuristic that is based on the decomposition of the static capacity planning problem. A computational study reports on the quality of the decomposition approaches, and examples from practice demonstrate the versatility of the model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.cor.2014.04.017
Computers & Operations Research
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Semiconductor production planning,Product mix optimization,Master planning,Resource pooling,Decomposition,Linear programming
Journal
53
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0305-0548
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martin Romauch1725.42
Andreas Klemmt241.17