Electrical machine production is a multi-disciplinary area, comprising traditional mechanical processes such as sheet metal cutting, chemical processes for insulation and electrical for the working principles. In manufacturing, high throughput automation of coilwinding and sheet-cutting is combined with complex assembly, such as slotting the coils, often performed manually, but with increasing interest in automation. Followed by inherently slow processes such as the curing of resins for insulation, this poses a very difficult challenge for production system designers. Selecting the most efficient combination of low and high cycle time processes, appropriate levels of automation and sufficient buffer levels, while minimizing investments and work in progress costs.