Optimize throughput, yield and cost, while safely steering new product introductions and product changes. Opcenter Execution Semiconductor provides a comprehensive manufacturing execution system (MES) for semiconductor manufacturing, establishing greater, more reliable information flows and digitally connecting the entire manufacturing process lifecycle.
Why Opcenter Execution Semiconductor?
Maximize throughput and yield
Increase throughput and yield with industry-specific, out-of-the-box features that integrate MES logic, automation, and equipment connectivity.
Accelerate optimization with a production digital twin
Leverage an execution-driven digital twin and an integrated digital thread to connect engineering and execution, validate dispatching rules, and improve performance with closed‑loop manufacturing feedback.
Drive device‑level quality and traceability
Enable single-wafer traceability with full genealogy, manage non‑conformance, and built-in quality controls for consistent execution.
Benefits of Opcenter Execution Semiconductor
Achieve end‑to‑end substrate traceability
Deliver die‑level visibility from foundry to final test via wafer map management, supporting end‑to‑end traceability across the wafer lifecycle. Real‑time visualization, advanced map editing, and integrated inspection data improve yield and accelerate root‑cause analysis. AI‑ready analytics, automation interoperability, and standards‑based support strengthen compliance and decision‑making across global operations.
Manage centralized shop‑floor execution
Orchestrate long‑running production and transport jobs through a single, scalable framework to improve control and uptime across complex environments. MES job management provides configurable workflows, built‑in error recovery, and real‑time WIP tracking to simplify automation and reduce operational risk. The integration with MES and equipment systems supports consistent, reliable execution.
Optimize real‑time production dispatching
Adapt continuously to changing factory conditions with intelligent, event‑based dispatching. High‑volume event processing and configurable dispatching rules optimize lot selection and improve schedule accuracy, boosting KPIs such as throughput, equipment utilization, and cycle time reduction. Code‑free configuration and rich out‑of‑the‑box logic reduce manual intervention and increase resilience to disruption.
Standardize recipe‑driven manufacturing
Enable consistent execution of complex processes with a centralized recipe management for recipes, masks, and tools. Built‑in change management accelerates reliable rollout of process updates across fabs and lines, reducing risk while supporting flexible tuning, advanced process control, and high‑volume production.
Opcenter Execution Recipe Management System
Centralize and manage production recipes
In high-mix semiconductor fabs, recipes are the DNA enabling every wafer to meet exact specifications. As fabs scale with hundreds of tools and complex processes, managing thousands of recipes manually risks errors and yield loss.
The Recipe Management System (RMS) centralizes, validates and tracks every recipe change, making consistency and traceability effortless.
Support advanced quality management
Connect design, production, and shop‑floor execution in a closed loop to standardize workflows and accelerate improvement.AI‑assisted capabilities streamline complex and repetitive quality tasks. Integrated inspections and non‑conformance management help detect deviations quickly, collect data needed to enable root‑cause analysis, and drive effective corrective actions, reducing scrap and strengthening compliance.
Gain insight from advanced analytics
Pinpoint opportunities for improving yield and other margin factors, such as overall equipment effectiveness. The semiconductor MES software uses the digital twin of production to reflect performance in real-time and correlates deviations across execution, maintenance, test, and scheduling, helping prioritize actions for continuous improvement.
Connect supply chain and logistics to your strategy
Secure continuous production, prevent unplanned downtimes, and gain a competitive advantage with smarter supply chain management, a key success factor for today's semiconductor manufacturers. Connect every stage of the lifecycle, from sourcing and inbound transport to warehousing, outbound delivery, and reverse logistics, while driving sustainability and cost efficiency.
Align design and manufacturing seamlessly
Eliminate costly data silos between product engineering and the factory floor with a closed-loop semiconductor lifecycle approach. Connect design artifacts and BOI directly to BOP and BOE, removing manual handovers and interpretation errors. Every process step is validated, driving real-time shop-floor execution and enabling full traceability from die to original design intent.
Connecting SLcM, TCM, MES
Bridging the gap between product design and the factory floor in semiconductor manufacturing has never been more critical. Discover how Siemens eliminates manual handovers and connects design intent directly to shop-floor execution.
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Predict and optimize production performance
Simulate production plans and "what‑if" scenarios with a comprehensive digital twin to validate decisions faster and accelerate ramp-up speed. Continuously updated with real‑world data, the system identifies issues earlier, improving throughput and reducing respins and scrap without disrupting live operations.
Simulate your fab before you build it
Semiconductor fabs are extremely complex: hundreds of steps, thousands of lots in motion, and zero tolerance for downtime. Plant Simulation brings a high-fidelity simulation environment built to model this complexity, enabling teams to virtually replicate the entire fab, from individual tool behavior to full-line material flow, and evaluate performance before committing to any physical change.
Uncover bottlenecks and eliminate waste
In high-volume semiconductor production, marginal inefficiencies compound rapidly across thousands wafer starts. Identify hidden bottlenecks, quantify their impact on cycle time and throughput, and enable teams to evaluate corrective actions virtually. Configurable dispatching rules, lot prioritization and equipment utilization scenarios can be tested in simulation, reducing trial-and-error risk on the live fab floor.
Validate dispatching rules and scheduling strategies
Transfer validated dispatching rules into live MES execution with Plant Simulation and Opcenter Execution Semiconductor. Allow teams to evaluate rule changes, priority schemes, and lot sequencing strategies under realistic fab conditions including equipment downtime, maintenance windows, and demand variability before deployment. This closed loop reduces performance improvement time by minimizing operational disruption.
Optimize your production with digital twins
Gain full visibility into your production system with integrated layout design and performance analytics, to optimize resources and cut energy use.
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