Value Stream Mapping of Rope Manufacturing: A Case Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Activity</td><td class="align_center">Fixed time (minutes)</td><td class="align_center">Traveling time (minutes)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forklift: delivering material from warehouse to twister</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forklift: delivering yarn to strander</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hoist: moving bobbin of yarn from strander to braider</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forklift: moving finished rope to oven</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forklift: moving finished rope to oven to splicing area</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forklift: moving finished rope from splicing area to shipping area</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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