Keywords
discrete process simulation, manufacturing applications, palletization, throughput estimation

Abstract
We describe a discrete-process simulation analysis of a production system at an automotive supply company. This simulation project was undertaken with the goals of demonstrating and confirming production rates of a manufacturing process based on a proposed design layout and operational data, and of identifying cost-effective ways of improving the design to increase those production rates.

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