Solution for Assign_1_Wk1

IME 5050
1. Apply the rank order clustering (ROC) 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.
Machines
1
2
3
4
5
6

A
1

Parts
C
D

E
1

1
1

F
1

1
1

Solution:

1
2
3
4
5
6

3
1
5
6
4
2

A
1

Step 1
C D

E
1

1
1

1
1

1
1

A
1
1

B
1
1

Step 3
E D

1
1

1
1
1
1
1

Rank
2
6
1
5
3
4

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6

3
1
5
6
4
2
Rank

A
1
1

B
1

Step 2
C D

1
1
2

1
1

1
1
1
4

Part families and machine groups:

I = (A, B, E) and (3, 1, 5)
II = (D, C, F) and (6, 4, 2)

1
6

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.
Machines
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

A
1

Parts
E

I
1

1
1

1
1

1
1

1
1

Solution:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Step 1
A B C D E F G H I Rank
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
5
1
1 1
3
1
1
7
1 1
8
1
1
1
1
1
6

Step 3
A D I G B F C E H Rank
7 1 1
1
1 1
1
2
4
1 1 1
3
2
1 1
4
3
1 1 1
6
8
1 1
7
5
1
1
8
6
1
1
5

7
1
4
2
3
8
5
6
Rank

Step 2
A B C D E F G H I
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
1 5 7 2 8 6 4 9 3

A
7 1
1 1
4
2
6
3
8
5
Rank 1

Step 4
D I G B F C E
1
1
1 1 1
1 1
1
1
1 1
1 1
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part families and machine groups:

I = (A, D, I) and (7, 1)
II = (G, B, F) and (4, 2, 6)
III = (C, E, H) and (3, 8, 5)

1
1
9

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.
Machines
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

C
1

D
1

1
1

Parts
E
1

1
1

1
1

1
1

1
1

Solution:
Step 1
A B C D E F G H
1
1 1 1
2 1 1
1 1
3
1 1 1
4 1
1
1
5
1
1
6
1
1
7 1
1 1
8
1
1
1

A H B
2 1 1 1
7 1
4 1
8
1 1
6
1 1
1
5
3
1

Rank
6
1
1
8
3
7
1
5
2
1
4

Step 3
I G C D E F Rank
1 1
1
1 1
2
1
1
3
1
1
4
1
5
1 1 1
7
1
1
8
1
1
6

A B C
2 1 1
7 1
1
4 1
1
8
1
6
1
1
1
5
1
3
Rank 1 3 6

Step 2
D E F G H I
1 1 1
1
1
1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1
1 1 1
7 8 9 5 2 4

A H B
2 1 1 1
7 1
4 1
8
1 1
6
1 1
3
1
1
5
Rank 1 2 3

Step 4
I G C
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4 5 6

Part families and machine groups:

I = (H, B, I, G, F) and (2, 8, 6, 3)
II = (A, C, D, E) and (7, 4, 1, 5)
Note: part pack A in group II requires processing in group I (machine 2).

D E F
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
7 8