Perform the cell grouping for obtaining the machine grouping and job assignments for an 8 machine 10 job problem.

Jobs Machine Used

1 2, 3, 6

2 1, 3, 8

3 4, 7, 5

4 2, 5, 8

5 1, 3, 8

6 4, 6, 7

7 6, 7, 8

8 3, 5, 6

9 1, 6, 7

10 4, 5, 6

1. Using Rank-Order Clustering Algorithm
2. Perform the cell grouping using P=0.7 (Tabular method from the handout)

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