本文介绍了一个应用仿真作为设计工具和操作规划工具的案例研究，该工具用于一个新的自动化柔性制造系统，用于计算机工作站的组装、测试和封装。静态（电子表格）和动态模拟在不同的项目阶段都很有用。给出了动态仿真结果。本文的结论是，动态模拟在柔性生产线上特别有用，因为许多产品和工艺选项都是可能的。

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A CASE STUDY OF APPLYING SIMULATION AS BOTH A DESIGN TOOL AND AN OPERATIONS PLANNING TOOL FOR A NEW AUTOMATED FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR THE ASSEMBLY, TEST, AND PACKOUT OF COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS. BOTH STATIC (SPREADSHEETS) AND DYNAMIC SIMULATION HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE USEFUL IN DIFFERENT PROJECT PHASES. DYNAMIC SIMULATION RESULTS ARE PRESENTED. THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT DYNAMIC SIMULATION IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL ON FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING LINES SINCE MANY PRODUCT AND PROCESS OPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE.