Methodology for Supply Chain Integration: A Case Study in the Artisan Industry of Footwear

Table 2

Comparison of the results obtained after line balancing according to the modification of the simulation model.

Parameter	Unbalanced system		Balanced System
	Mean (minutes)	Standard deviation (minutes)	Mean (minutes)	Standard deviation (minutes)
Total manufacturing time (three products)	1252.4	5.9	1121.1	7.2
Product 1
Manufacturing cycle	591.4	7.2	550.3	4.2
Cycle time (batch)	22.0	0.2	20.1	0.1
Product 2
Manufacturing cycle	469.8	3.0	417.5	2.4
Cycle time (batch)	21.0	0.2	19.8	0.1
Product 3
Manufacturing cycle	457.0	3.0	392.0	1.8
Cycle time (batch)	21.0	0.1	19.0	0.2
Parameter	Mean (%)	Standard deviation (%)	Mean (%)	Standard deviation (%)
Workers
Worker 1	63.3	0.4	81.5	0.5
Worker 2	88.9	0.1	66.6	0.5
Worker 3	74.2	0.5	67.9	0.6
Worker 4	61.2	0.4	57.1	0.4
Worker 5	46.8	0.8	66.6	0.5
Worker 6	23.6	0.1	64.5	0.5
Line efficiency	56.0		73.6