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The introduction of manufacturability into the design arena using advanced computer aided methods means that manufacturing engineers can operate more directly in assembly planning and concurrent engineering design. Network analyses carried out on the final assembly operations for a regional jet fuselage section using a methodical, step by step approach, shows that the process efficiency for workers carrying out fitting operations can be more than doubled when compared to existing shop floor performance figures. The more efficient use of operator time results in a simulated 19% improvement in financial efficiency, as the actual working hours required for assembly are reduced to below budgeted levels. The simulation predicts that these results can be achieved with one final assembly station. 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