Sequence assembly/finishing methods

Unfortunately at times this approach may result in that the initial choice of performance boundary/requirements is too restrictive. In order to analyze a given engineering system fully it may be necessary to expand the performance boundaries to include other sub-performance systems that strongly affect the operation of the model under study. As an example, a manufacturer finishes products that are mounted on an assembly line and decorate. In an initial study of the secondary decorating operation one may consider it separate from the rest of the assembly line. However, one may find that the optimal batch size and method of attachment sequence are strongly influenced by the operation of the RP fabrication department that produces the fabricated products (as an example problems of contaminated surface and other detriments in the product could interfere with applying the decoration). 

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