A computer integrated manufacturing system for excursion management

The current virtual factory excursion management system has proven itself in high volume manufacturing fabs and is flexible enough for continuous improvement. All system components described in this paper have successfully passed the ISO9002 surveillance. The material containment utility has allowed no escapes across the virtual factory. The Access DB is widely used to generate the health indicators of functional area or a factory. Automated reports help planning in meeting their output commitments by identifying material at risk in a factory. Periodic audit of this system will help in maintaining synergy across the virtual factory and help drive continuous line yield and die yield improvements in the virtual factory through shared learning.