Research Article

Incorporating Variability in Lean Manufacturing: A Fuzzy Value Stream Mapping Approach

Table 5

The NFNs corresponding to cycle time and WIP.

 NFN

Raw material inventory (days)(2.01, 0.31)
Cutting (s)(19.84, 1.89)
Buffer 1 (days)(0.80, 0.23)
Prefitting (s)(30.05, 1.60)
Buffer 2 (days)(1.49, 0.15)
Computer stitching (s)(320.60, 6.25)
Buffer 3 (days)(0.43, 0.17)
Manual stitching (s)(298.06, 11.24)
Buffer 4 (days)(1.91, 0.84)
Assembly (s)(510.58, 12.61)
Buffer 5 (days)(2.18, 0.83)