Question

18.3 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 EF G H I 2 4

Answer 1

MachinA 6 C 0 E F GHI Value 13 2 5 82 3 ろ 4- 288 256 128 6 32 16 8 4 2L 123 32. 8 2. 5 13248 Izg 12 33 43 lo 69 Rqnk

Re-onder ing 8kb③, Rank 2 2 5 5 Steb 4: 2 6 3 5 412/ 6 (C,E,H) 4 (3,8.s)