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Line balance and tool throughput are two important, yet conflicting goals. Especially for cascading tools supporting multiple layers in the line, there has to be a trade off between these two optimization criteria. Short cascades are optimal for line balancing, but this strategy leads to lower tool throughput. The size of the negative throughput impact is even stronger when tools require setup times...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.