A decade ago, the development of cluster tools in the IC manufacturing industry seemed to herald the end of batch processing systems. Single-wafer, multichamber tools were the wave of the future—they ...

Most enterprise IT operations rely heavily on batch processing operations. The reliance doesn't go away when you move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA), yet SOA just means online transaction ...

Automating batch processing and sending accurate data to enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other systems can alter how a plant functions. Before Washington Quality Foods, in Halethrope, Md., ...

Bread is on the menu of nearly every restaurant. Sandwich makers, for instance, roll through millions of cases of bread each year to keep profits rising. The business of bread-making can be ...

significantly enhanced if it has on-line connectivity with, and access to, the work-in-process inventory system that contains the actual, sampled characteristics and attributes (i.e., potency, percent ...

When chemical processors—including those creating plastic, polymer, or rubber products—use batch reactors, following the recipe from batch-to-batch and plant-to-plant is critical to reliably and ...

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As the demand for more effective drugs increases, so does the potency of the drugs being developed. Safeguarding and protecting both products and the operators is vital, as is taking into ...

Real-time streaming data applications may get all the press, but the reality is that much of the business world still runs in batch mode. As companies grow, so does the volume of management reports ...

(1) Processing a group of files or databases from start to completion rather than having the user open, edit and save each of them one at a time. For example, a graphics conversion utility can change ...