Case Study: a global semiconductor company achieves near-100% delivery performance with Adexa real-time planning and scheduling

Real-time Planning & Scheduling for a Global Semiconductor Company

Global Semiconductor Company worked with Adexa, Inc. to address the complexity of planning and scheduling semiconductor fabrication across facilities on three continents. Its challenge was managing long lead times, shifting bottlenecks, volatile demand, high product mix, and expensive equipment while still committing accurately to forecasts and customer orders.

Adexa, Inc. deployed its real-time planning and scheduling system, integrated with the company’s MES and ERP systems, to handle capacity reservations, die-to-wafer conversion, lot sizing, order commitment, release decisions, and dispatch list generation. The solution improved delivery performance to close to 100%, while significantly reducing cycle times, WIP levels, and the time needed to move from forecast to commitment from weeks to hours, enabling real-time promise dates for work orders.