Effective vehicle dispatching method minimising the blocking and delivery times in automatic material handling systems of 300 mm semiconductor fabrication

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3997-4011

  Im, Kwangyoung ^a   Kim, Kyungsup ^a   Park, Taeeun ^b   Lee, Sujeong ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automated material handling systems; Blocking time; Dispatching rule; Overhead hoist transport; Reassignment

Indexed keywords

300 MM SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING; AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; BLOCKING TIME; DELIVERY TIME; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; DISPATCHING RULES; OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORTS; SEMI-CONDUCTOR FABRICATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; VEHICLE DISPATCHING;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SIMULATORS; VEHICLES;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 70449635407     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540801914934     Document Type: Article

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