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American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 2012, 2, 116-127 /10.4236/ajibm.2012.24016 Published Online October 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajibm) Configuration Model for Automating Work System Design 1 2 Muhamad Arfauz A. Rahman , John P. T. Mo 1Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Malaysia; 2School of Aerospace Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Bundoora, Australia. Email: arfauz@.my Received May 5th, 2012; revised June 4th, 2012; accepted July 2nd, 2012 ABSTRACT The design of an automation work system involves important choices concerning the type of system process as well as the condition of the process. These are based on the requirements from the user. This work provides the development of configuration model for automating the design of work system. The model consists of the extraction and execution process of user requirements. It begins with the identification of the requirement statement. Once identified, the state- ment is extracted and sorted accordingly into process type, number of item count and condition of the process. Cur- rently, the model considers simple sorting and basic assembly process. The model continues to the selection of system action and system component. At the end of the work, the user requirements are transformed into a set of system model and eventually provide the desired system specification. At this stage, the model is represented in a symbolic flow process. Keywords: Automation; Configuration; System Actions; System Components; User Requirements; Work System 1. Introduction 2. Configuration Phase In configuring the automation work system, Mo et al. [1] To understand the configuration process, phases