TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability analysis for an apparel manufacturing system applying fuzzy multistate network
AU - Chang, Ping Chen
AU - Lin, Yi-Kuei
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - This paper addresses the reliability analysis for a real-world apparel manufacturing system by using fuzzy mathematics. The studied apparel manufacturing system is a precise handicraft profession which involves a great amount of labor-intensive processes. To consider human performance, the apparel manufacturing system is constructed as a fuzzy multistate network, termed apparel manufacturing network (AMN). The workload state of a workstation in the AMN is defined by three fuzzy membership functions: "under-normal-workload", "normal-workload", and "over-normal-workload". Hence, the workload of a workstation is fuzzy multistate and the workstation-reliability is measured by three fuzzy membership functions. Subsequently, the system reliability is evaluated in terms of all workstation-reliabilities, and is derived by fuzzy intersection. The reliability analysis can help the production manager to understand the demand satisfaction of the AMN.
AB - This paper addresses the reliability analysis for a real-world apparel manufacturing system by using fuzzy mathematics. The studied apparel manufacturing system is a precise handicraft profession which involves a great amount of labor-intensive processes. To consider human performance, the apparel manufacturing system is constructed as a fuzzy multistate network, termed apparel manufacturing network (AMN). The workload state of a workstation in the AMN is defined by three fuzzy membership functions: "under-normal-workload", "normal-workload", and "over-normal-workload". Hence, the workload of a workstation is fuzzy multistate and the workstation-reliability is measured by three fuzzy membership functions. Subsequently, the system reliability is evaluated in terms of all workstation-reliabilities, and is derived by fuzzy intersection. The reliability analysis can help the production manager to understand the demand satisfaction of the AMN.
KW - Apparel manufacturing network (AMN)
KW - Fuzzy multistate
KW - Labor-intensive
KW - Reliability analysis
KW - Workload state
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941563857&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cie.2015.07.023
DO - 10.1016/j.cie.2015.07.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941563857
VL - 88
SP - 458
EP - 469
JO - Computers and Industrial Engineering
JF - Computers and Industrial Engineering
SN - 0360-8352
ER -