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Product Briefing Outline: Brooks Software has
introduced PROMIS 5.8, an upgrade of its PROMIS MES that provides
enhancements in the @PROMIS web GUI making it easier to increase
productivity and enforce stringent quality controls in the production
of precision products. Existing customers using any of the three
previous major version releases of PROMIS (5.5, 5.6, and 5.7) will be
able to take advantage of all the new features with a single-step
upgrade, according to the company.
Problem: Continued performance refining of the MES
software and direct customer input and recommendations for new
enhancements have become an important aspect for fabs, striving to
obtain better cost of ownership and improved productivity within volume
production fabs.
Solution: With PROMIS v5.8,
the software can now support custom co-operative processing with only
configuration data. The result is custom tracking rules with standard
software that can be retained across upgrades. New GUI enhancements for
performing functions in Task Management have been added as well as a
powerful yet low-cost equipment maintenance module, according to the
company. The GUI also allows the choice of Equipment-centric or
Lot-centric selection, providing the capability for improved fab
equipment utilization. A refresh function provides a simple, safe
mechanism to update all relevant specifications for a lot, without
opening up opportunity for error in part/step selection - significantly
reducing the chance of mis-processing. Real-Time Integrator (RTI) - the
outbound API - now supports web service calls over HTTP. Besides
eliminating the need to purchase traditional middleware, this RTI
protocol enables the use of external rules and applications to
influence tracking behavior without customizing PROMIS code. Process
modeling functions now provide more flexibility to reduce the number of
specifications, while allowing more accurate reflection of your real
processing needs.
Applications: Discrete manufacturing facilities.
Platform: PROMIS 5.8, an upgrade of PROMIS MES. Users of PROMIS (5.5, 5.6, and 5.7) can make single-step upgrade.
Availability: November 2006 onwards.
