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Random House, one of the world's largest and most distinguished publishing houses, embarked on a mission to improve its tow-line material handling system at its main distribution center located in Westminster, Maryland. A mechanical tow-line system, while a rugged low-tech but reliable solution, still comes with complicated management and control issues which require a simulation to evaluate and understand. A three person team designed, developed, and implemented a simulation model of a proposed modification to the existing transport system. The results were then analyzed and presented to company management. This paper discusses the processes and solutions of this simulation including how our team approach improved the model, how the model identified significant variables in the implementation and how the model results were used to help justify the capital expenditure.