In order to build a semiconductor factory you will first need to have the permits and funding in place. Then creating the design of the facility with utilities and cleanrooms in the layout would be next to have better control over the environment for semiconductor fabrication. And the final steps would be installing the tools needed for fabrication along with testing and packaging areas.

Depending on the size of the semiconductor factory it can take anywhere from 1 to 4 years. Additional factors that can increase the project timeline would be acquiring the factory equipment, building it in accordance with regulations, or issues with stakeholders and project management. ALICE helps teams find time within that range by testing alternative sequences, crew plans, and install methods.

Generative scheduling by ALICE uses proprietary algorithms to explore and evaluate thousands of schedule alternatives from a single project schedule. Each option accounts for time, cost, and resources, so teams can compare real trade-offs instead of relying on one manually built plan.

Fab schedules combine long-lead equipment and tools, complex utility systems, power requirements and cleanroom practices and sequencing that all converge on the RFE date.

ALICE can help test how delays in design, permits, approvals, procurement, and construction affect your (Ready for Equipment) RFE date, across both the critical path and near-critical paths that can become critical after a single slip.

Many semifab schedules also carry hidden bias. Hard logic reflects real technical dependencies, but soft or preferential logic reflects planner choices that get locked in as if they were strict requirements. ALICE tests that preferential logic to find faster sequences that still respect every hard constraint.

With features like, Targeted Optimization, ALICE helps to surface the fastest way to reach RFE and pinpoints the exact tasks that move the date. Scenario Optimization goes further, modeling crews, overtime, sequences, and install methods in combination to find a plan that holds.

Yes. Many general contractors use ALICE to pressure test their ideas and protype new strategies, ultimately identifying the wining project plan. A team used ALICE to prove schedule feasibility and win a $5B bid for a flagship advanced manufacturing facility, identifying 3 months of duration savings in the process.

Semifab asset owners use ALICE to pressure-test contractor schedules, forecast constraints and risks, identify items on the critical and near-critical path and also, ask better questions during bidding and delivery. Contractors keep ownership of how the work gets done.