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The purpose of this thesis is the design of a flour production line and the presentation of its processes. A special analysis is made at each stage of the process and how all these are connected to produce the final product. Then, through the ARENA Simulation Software of Rockwell Automation, a simulation is made on the production line. The purpose of the simulation is to present and understand all the stages of the production line, as well as the interactions between them. With the ARENA software, a realistic simulation can be made and the possible delays and failures in the production, which negatively affect the final product, can be identified. Then a second simulation is presented, on the same production line, however with a different location of the tasks. In the end, the results from both simulations are compared and some useful conclusions are drawn, regarding process placement, as well as possible improvements to the production line.