Patent ID: 7089077

Claim:
A computerized method of controlling inventory of monitor wafers in an automated semiconductor factory (FAB) comprising providing a system having at least one computer, and on the at least one computer performing the following steps of manipulating and displaying files: displaying a view of Manufacturing Process Center (MPC) On Demand where technicians can view all the monitor wafers that need attention and where the technicians can program database; displaying a view of Control Center on Demand where Budget Control Files and stocker Control Files are displayed; displaying a view of Budget Control Files which controls an amount of wafer monitors that a process area (PA) can purchase in a set period of time; and displaying a view of Stocker Control File which controls an amount of Front Opening Universal Pods (FOUPs) that a process area can have in the FAB; further comprising in the view of MPC On Demand, displaying the following: a MPC Substock Queue which is where reuse wafer monitors available to be released are listed; a MPC Tech Attention Queue which is where returned wafer monitors waiting to be reviewed by one of the technicians are listed; and a MPC in Clean Queue which is where wafer monitors currently being cleaned are listed.