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Hello Vito,<br>
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Our tracking system was developed in-house and it stores the
reservations and actual use in a database. From this we run reports
and can compare all aspects of the tool reservation (even when it
was made or canceled) and the actual tool use. We then look for
large discrepancies between the two and address these as needed. I
am not familiar with other systems (either turn-key or home made)
but our has worked very well for us. <br>
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We find that with some open discussion with the user groups we can
reel in the ones that make a 10hr reservation for 1hr of use. There
needs to be wiggle room for process issues and it is very hard to
predict exact times, we have a 15 minute window that is allowable on
both ends of the reservation to help out with this and take uncommon
circumstances into consideration when needed. The more open we are
on these kinds of issues and the more we communicate effectively
with the user groups, the less of an issue this has become.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Brent<br>
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Director, Nanoscale Research Facility<br>
1041 Center Drive<br>
University of Florida<br>
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<div>Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div>We have struggled for some time now with equipment
reservations which tend to be much greater than equipment
use times. This is especially problematic on some of our
most popular tools. </div>
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<div>For instance, records for the past 7 day period show an
enable (or use) time for our popular e-beam evaporator of 86
hours while the tool was reserved for a total of 192 hours
during this period. This translates into a tool reservation
efficiency of 45%; this seems very poor to me. </div>
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<div>I can appreciate that it can be difficult to estimate how
much time one might need on any given tool. However, I’m
inclined to think that a robust and well-maintained tool
with well understood and documented processes (as is the
case for this particular deposition system) should allow our
membership to plan their work accurately enough so that the
tool’s reservation efficiency should remain consistently
above 75% or so. </div>
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<div>If this is a parameter that you happen track for your
operations, I would appreciate hearing what your typical
reservation efficiency range might be for some of your most
popular tools. I would also appreciate hearing your thoughts
on what you might have done in the past to improve this
performance parameter for these particularly popular tools.</div>
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<div>Thank you for any insights. All feedback is welcome.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Vito</div>
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