1. A method of analyzing a manufacturing system, the system including a plurality of manufacturing resources, a set of orders being currently appointed for processing by the manufacturing system, each order of the set of orders requiring performance of at least one task, each task to be performed by at least a respective one of the manufacturing resources, the method comprising: determining stochastic parameters for each task of said plurality of tasks; and calculating a stochastic waiting time for at least one selected task of said plurality of tasks, said calculating based at least in part on said stochastic parameters of said tasks.