%0 Journal Article %A Muhammad Marsudi and Dzuraidah Abdul Wahab and Che Hassan Che Haron %D 2009 %J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 34, 2009 %T Application of Spreadsheet and Queuing Network Model to Capacity Optimization in Product Development %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8394 %V 34 %X Modeling of a manufacturing system enables one to identify the effects of key design parameters on the system performance and as a result to make correct decision. This paper proposes a manufacturing system modeling approach using a spreadsheet model based on queuing network theory, in which a static capacity planning model and stochastic queuing model are integrated. The model was used to improve the existing system utilization in relation to product design. The model incorporates few parameters such as utilization, cycle time, throughput, and batch size. The study also showed that the validity of developed model is good enough to apply and the maximum value of relative error is 10%, far below the limit value 32%. Therefore, the model developed in this study is a valuable alternative model in evaluating a manufacturing system %P 1354 - 1359