Planimize Schedule Optimizer is running live in 2 fully-automated fabs in France and Italy. It runs every 6 minutes to schedule several thousands of operations on several hundreds of resources, handling chained time constraints and maximizing productivity, tool efficiency and adherence to production plan, while minimizing lot transportation.
Planimize is a software company providing innovative decision-making tools primarily based on optimization algorithms. Our mission is to improve the production efficiency of our customers. The solutions we develop are derived from cutting-edge research and rely on high-standard software architecture, including cloud computing technologies and modern web interfaces.
Planimize is a software company providing innovative decision-making tools primarily based on optimization algorithms. Our mission is to improve the production efficiency of our customers. The solutions we develop are derived from cutting-edge research and rely on high-standard software architecture, including cloud computing technologies and modern web interfaces.
Planimize Schedule Optimizer is currently running live in 2 fully automated semiconductor fabs in France and Italy. Furthermore, it runs every 6 minutes to schedule thousands of operations across hundreds of resources. The system handles complex chained time constraints while maximizing productivity, equipment efficiency, and adherence to production plans. At the same time, it minimizes lot transportation throughout the fab.
In complex manufacturing environments, lot scheduling has a critical impact on factory operational performance (e.g., cycle time, throughput, delivery performance, and product quality). For example, in semiconductor wafer fabs, a single lot may pass through up to 1,000 processing steps across multiple work areas. Moreover, to create the different layers of the wafers, each lot repeatedly revisits the same work areas, resulting in highly re-entrant production flows.
In high-mix fabs, where hundreds of products are manufactured simultaneously, expensive production resources must be shared among lots belonging to different products and production stages. Furthermore, as chip dimensions continue to shrink, maintaining high quality standards requires advanced process control systems that impose additional constraints on resource utilization.
To address these challenges, we provide a cutting-edge, generic, and scalable optimization software solution for lot scheduling across various factory areas. First, the solution is highly generic and can manage extremely complex and diverse constraints, including batching, queue-time constraints, re-entrant flows, and auxiliary resource management, while simultaneously optimizing the most relevant performance indicators. Additionally, the optimization engine is highly scalable and capable of solving very large and complex scheduling problems efficiently. Finally, the scheduling engine relies on advanced optimization technologies that go beyond the current state of the art.
Planimize Schedule Optimizer, implemented as a service that can be deployed either in the cloud or on-premise, computes optimal scheduling decisions for complex manufacturing systems. The solution also operates in highly dynamic production environments, where scheduling decisions must continuously adapt to changing factory conditions, resource availability, and production priorities. As a result, manufacturers can improve operational efficiency while maintaining high levels of flexibility and responsiveness.
With our software, you gain access to the customizable “Panelo” interface, which provides real-time visualization of production schedules, optimization progress, and the key performance indicators that matter most in your operational context.
In addition, Panelo is designed to offer a clear and intuitive user experience, enabling users to monitor scheduling performance efficiently and make informed operational decisions.
With our software, you gain access to the customizable “Panelo” interface, which provides real-time visualization of production schedules, optimization progress, and the key performance indicators that matter most in your operational context.
In addition, Panelo is designed to offer a clear and intuitive user experience, enabling users to monitor scheduling performance efficiently and make informed operational decisions.
Our scheduling solution has been developed in close collaboration with the semiconductor industry, which operates the world’s most advanced and complex manufacturing systems. As a result, the software addresses the demanding requirements of high-tech industrial environments.
Initially designed for semiconductor manufacturing, the solution was built with long-term maintainability, scalability, and extensibility in mind. Furthermore, its flexible architecture enables continuous adaptation to evolving industrial needs and production constraints.
Thanks to our expertise in advanced optimization and manufacturing systems, the solution can also be adapted to other complex and capital-intensive industries. Consequently, organizations operating sophisticated production environments can benefit from the same level of optimization performance and operational efficiency.
Our solution has been developed in collaboration with the semiconductor industry, which operates the world’s most complex manufacturing systems.
Initially designed for semiconductor manufacturing, the solution was built from the ground up with long-term maintainability, scalability, and extensibility in mind.
Thanks to our expertise in advanced optimization and manufacturing systems, the solution can also be adapted to other complex and capital-intensive industries.
Delivering advanced optimization solutions for complex manufacturing environments requires close collaboration with our customers and a deep understanding of their operational challenges. Research, innovation, and performance therefore remain at the core of our strategy and development efforts.
We provide our expertise in deploying advanced analytics and optimization solutions to our customers to realize the full potential of our software. Additionally, our research and development roadmap is continuously shaped by customer needs, which we strive to address using state-of-the-art technologies.
