FACTORYWORKS 3.X INTRODUCTION

• Describe all tasks required to successfully deploy FACTORYworks in a manufacturing line
• Start and Stop all FACTORYworks components and discuss system architecture issues
• Configure FACTORYworks objects used to manage:
  • Lot/Job flow and historical records
  • Equipment utilization
  • User access
  • Engineering data collection
• Utilize runtime client to:
  • Dispatch lots along a predefined process plan and execute ad-hoc WIP transactions
  • Create, dispatch and delete batches
  • Execute system test of configured objects
  • Describe business rule development environment
  • Run standard reports

Classroom Format:

• Lecture / Lab
  • Lecture describes major features & concepts
  • Hands-on exercises provide practice using examples
• Class length is five days

Course Outline:
Module 1:  Introduction and Overview

• What is FACTORYworks?
• Introduction to the Operator Client

Module 2:  Getting Started with your FACTORYworks Deployment

• Deployment Tasks Outline
• Work Flow Modeling
• Introduction to Configuration
• Installation and Startup Basics

Module 3:  Configuring Equipment - EQP

• Configuring EQP objects using the FMC:  attributes, capabilities, states, equipment types, equipment and groups
• Advanced Equipment Monitoring: 
  • Exact copy via templates
  • Hierarchical equipment 
  • Event-driven state model
• Equipment as step & area resources 
• Equipment management at runtime

Module 4:  Site Modeling – MDL

• Purpose of a Site Model
• Configuring MDL objects using the FMC:  areas, shift schedules and storage locations
• Making the Site Model available at runtime – issuing RollOut command
• Creating Reason Codes and assigning them to categories for use at runtime
• Defining Reason Code Groups

Module 5:  Process Planning - PRP

• Process Plans at Runtime
• Configuring PRP objects using the FMC:  attributes, rules, steps, plans & products
• Advanced Process Planning – Multiple PASS paths & Process Operations
• The Process Spec Editor

Module 6:  Application Class Extensions - ACE

• Overview and benefits of ACE
  • Extending FACTORYworks base objects
  • Creating stand-alone tables
• Defining and using Rule Procedures

Module 7:  Work In Process Tracking - WIP

• WIP's role in lot management, transaction processing and lot history
• Configuring WIP objects using the FMC:  attributes, lot templates & component templates

Module 8:  Users & Security Modeling - OPR

• User security in FACTORYworks
• Configuring OPR objects using the FMC:  access strings, user groups & user profiles
• Object ownership

Module 9:  Testing Configuration in Run-time

• Testing configured objects
• Behavior of WIP transactions
• Lot and Component States
• Setting Preferences in the Operator Client

Module 10:  Database and Reporting

• Reporting Architecture
• Populating the Reporting database
• Scheduling, running & viewing standard reports

Module 11:  The CIM Environment

• FACTORYworks Architecture Overview
• DTPFadmin Utility – A Closer Look
• Managing Data using Archive/Purge and FwLoader utilities
• Overview of DTPFutil, ACEutil & CDEutil Utilities

Module 12:  Introduction to Business Rules

• Business Rule overview - types of Rules
• Work Flow functionality and the Operator Client
• Rule creation and testing in the Rule Development Environment
• Deploying Business rules in the production environment
• Overview of API II transactions
• Review of Rule Definition in PRP

Module 13:  Engineering Data Collection - EDC

• Configuring EDC objects using the FMC:  Plans, Specifications & SPC Charts
• Collecting engineering data at run-time
  

Cost:  $2,500.00 USD per person

Disclaimer:  Periodically, Applied Materials will review and change course content to ensure it is aligned with current functionality of the product.  Course content presented in this document could change because of this process.