Singh and Rajamani [25] provide data for a local wood manufacturer that wants to decrease material handling by changing from a process layout to a GT layout. It is considering installing a conveyor for intracellular movement of parts. It wishes to restrict interacellular movement. The machine-part matrix for the wood manufacturer is shown below. Use the direct clustering algorithm to form the cells and, if conflicts exist, pro-nose alternative approaches for resolving the conflicts.

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Part # 1 2 1 NO 4 0 0 3 6 5 1 7 00 1 2 3 3 8 1 1 Machine # 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 Part # 1 2 1 NO 4 0 0 3 6 5 1 7 00 1 2 3 3 8 1 1 Machine # 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1