“…Due to the large number of decision variables, an effective approach to designing manufacturing cells and improving their performance is to use computer simulation for testing and selecting the configuration that meets the desired objectives (Antonelli, Volz, & Mudge, 1986;Watson & Sadowski, 1994). The primary objective of engineers is to obtain a superior solution by analyzing manufacturing cell simulation outputs that include throughput, utilization, time/ number in queue, and time/number in system (Mellichamp, Kwon, & Wahab, 1990). Based on simulation results, engineers can design a system by determining initial manufacturing cell parameters such as number of machines; speed of material handling systems, for example, conveyers; and necessary manpower assignment.…”