Improved customer satisfaction with a hybrid dispatching rule in semiconductor back-end factories

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4903-4923

  Chiang, David M ^a   Guo, Ruey Shan ^a   Pai, Fan Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dispatching; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Semiconductor manufacturing; WIP balance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THROUGHPUT;

DISPATCHING RULES; DUE DATES; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (FAHP); HIGH-THROUGHPUT (HT); ON TIME DELIVERY; REAL-WORLD DATA; SATISFACTORY SOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; SHORT CYCLES; SIMULATION MODELLING; WORK-IN-PROGRESS (WIP);

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 48249085362     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701324168     Document Type: Article

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