Value Stream Mapping of Rope Manufacturing: A Case Study

Table 4

Transfer time—revised plant layout.

Activity	Fixed time (minutes)	Traveling time (minutes)
Forklift: delivering material from warehouse to twister	2	1
Operator of strander uses yarn directly from the basket in that area	0	0
Hoist: moving bobbin of yarn from strander to braider	2	0
Forklift: moving finished rope to oven to splicing area	2	0
Forklift: moving finished rope from splicing area to shipping area	2	2.5