Patent ID: 8175738

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a device, the apparatus comprising: a processing unit configured to perform a process for manufacturing the device; a conveying unit configured to convey an article to the processing unit; and a controller configured to control the conveying unit based on a job queue, wherein each job registered in the job queue includes attribute information concerning whether an article is enabled for a next job that is conveyed to a preparatory position in the apparatus in advance, the attribute information for a certain job includes information that indicates a conveyance destination of the article for the certain job, the preparatory position of the article for the next job, and a current position of the article for the certain job, and the controller is configured to calculate a conveyance destination of the article for the next job, based on the attribute information, and to cause the conveying unit to convey in advance the article for the next job to the calculated conveyance destination.