近幾年來TFT-LCD平面顯示器的發展可說是最快速的行業，也是台灣從晶圓代工轉型到光電產業重要的產品，尤其從單純桌上型電腦的顯示器(Monitor)，到後來消費型的電子產品(LCD-TV)，平面顯示器的發展與成果已成為全球矚目的焦點。TFT-LCD產業是屬於高資本額與高技術性的產業，建構一條生產線可能需要幾百億以上的資金，投資成本相當龐大，因此如何建構一條符合經濟成本的面板廠成為最重要的課題。為追求更大的產能與降低成本，TFT-LCD面板廠將往下一世代建廠，而且當世代越大時越需要靠自動化搬運來進行作業，因此搬運傳輸的課題將更顯重要。G5(五代)後的面板廠都會建構自動化倉儲(Stocker)系統來做為搬運系統的中樞與儲存空間，而且機台都靠著自動化倉儲串連起來，因此自動化倉儲的設計與效能將影響整體效能。
本研究將先針對面板廠中搬運傳輸系統進行研究，並針對搬運傳輸系統中的自動化倉儲使用田口實驗計畫(Taguchi Methods)找出最佳的設計，提供廠房設計規劃人員參考的依據，以減少面板廠建構自動化倉儲設置成本且發揮最大效能，得到最佳的設計規劃。

For recent years, the development of the LCD is one of the rapid-moving occupations.Without mentioning, the LCD is the important product which helps Taiwan high-technology industry change from IC into LCD industry. Traditionally, it is only used as the “Monitor”. Depending on the improvement of the manufacturing technology, it turns into the “LCD-TV”. Therefore, the development and achievement of the LCD is in focus in the whole world. However, LCD is the kind of industry which needs huge capital and high technology. As a matter of fact, it costs more than one thousand million for constructing a factory and in other words, the investment of its capital is quite large. In order to obtain more production and lower the cost, it is necessary for the CEO to expand the plant of next generation. As the factory becomes larger, the transfer of the production is more necessary to be automatic. For the above reasons, the subject of the transfer becomes more important than before. The AS/RS is established in the fifth and next generation. All the machines are connected by the AS/RS. Therefore, the design of the AS/RS affect the efficiency of the whole factory.
In this study, the AS/RS in the TFT-LCD factories is researched in the first step and the optimal design is found for the Taguchi Methods. This study provides the optimal methods for the planner. In addition, it lower the cost of setting up the AS/RS for the TFT-LCD factories and the efficiency is brought. Therefore, the optimal design could be obtained.

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