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1- pply the rank order clustering technique to the part-machine incidence matrix in the following table to identify
logical part families and machine groups. Parts are identified by letters, and machines are identified numerically.
Parts
Machines A B C D E
1 1
2 1 1
3 1 1
4 1 1
5 1
Solution:
Step 1 Step 2
A B C D E Rank A B C D E
1 1 2 3 1 1
2 1 1 4 1 1
3 1 1 1 4 1 1
4 1 1 3 2 1 1
5 1 5 5 1
Rank 1 3 4 2 5
Step 3 Step 4
A D B C E Rank A D B C E
3 1 1 1 3 1 1
1 1 2 1 1
4 1 1 4 5 1
2 1 1 5 4 1 1
5 1 3 2 1 1
Part families and machine groups: I = (A, D) and (3,1,5), II = (B, C, E) and (4, 2).
2- Apply the rank order clustering technique to the part-machine incidence matrix in the following table to identify
logical part families and machine groups. Parts are identified by letters, and machines are identified numerically.
Parts
Machines A B C D E F
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 1
4 1 1
5 1 1
6 1 1 1
Solution:
Step 1 Step 2
A B C D E F Rank A B C D E F
1 1 1 2 3 1 1
2 1 1 6 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 5 1 1
4 1 1 5 6 1 1 1
5 1 1 3 4 1 1
6 1 1 1 4 2 1 1
Rank 1 2 5 4 3 6
Step 3
A B E D C F Rank Part families and machine groups:
5 1 1 3
6 1 1 1 4
4 1 1 5
2 1 1 6
3- Apply the rank order clustering technique to the part-machine incidence matrix in the following table to identify
logical part families and machine groups. Parts are identified by letters, and machines are identified numerically.
Parts
Machines A B C D E F G H I
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 1 1
4 1 1 1
5 1 1
6 1 1
7 1 1
8 1 1
Solution:
Step 1 Step 2
A B C D E F G H I Rank A B C D E F G H I
1 1 1 2 7 1 1
2 1 1 4 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 3 2 1 1
5 1 1 7 3 1 1 1
6 1 1 8 8 1 1
7 1 1 1 5 1 1
8 1 1 6 6 1 1
Rank 1 5 7 2 8 6 4 9 3
Step 3 Step 4
A D I G B F C E H Rank A D I G B F C E H
7 1 1 1 7 1 1
1 1 1 2 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1
2 1 1 4 2 1 1
3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1
8 1 1 7 3 1 1 1
5 1 1 8 8 1 1
6 1 1 5 5 1 1
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1 7 6 1 1 1 1
5 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1
6 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1
7 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1
Ran 3 8 9 6 1 10 4 2 5 7
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Step 3 Step 4
E H A G I D J B C F Rank E H A G I D J B C F
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1
7 1 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 1
6 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 1
5 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10