Summary of Management Decisions in Manufacturing Using Causal Machine Learning — to Rework, or Not to Rework?, by Philipp Schwarz et al.
Management Decisions in Manufacturing using Causal Machine Learning – To Rework, or not to Rework?
by Philipp Schwarz, Oliver Schacht, Sven Klaassen, Daniel Grünbaum, Sebastian Imhof, Martin Spindler
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Econometrics (econ.EM); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A machine learning-based approach is proposed to estimate optimal rework policies in manufacturing systems. The model considers a single production stage with optional rework steps, aiming to balance yield improvement and rework costs. Causal machine learning techniques, including double/debiased machine learning (DML), are applied to estimate conditional treatment effects from data and derive rework decision policies. The proposed approach is validated using real-world data from opto-electronic semiconductor manufacturing, achieving a yield improvement of 2-3% during the color-conversion process of white LEDs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Manufacturing systems often have production stages where items can be reworked to improve their quality. But how do you decide when and whether to rework? This paper uses special computer models called machine learning models to figure out a good way to make these decisions. The goal is to balance the benefits of reworking some items against the costs of doing so. The model works by looking at data from real manufacturing systems and using that data to learn how to make better decisions. In this case, the model was tested on data from a factory that makes white LEDs and found that it could improve the yield (or quality) of these LEDs by 2-3%. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning
