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Question A1 (a) What are three key points of lean philosophy in manufacturing? Discuss how would apply them in each element of operation activities in manufacturing. (b) 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 by numbers. July 2022 Machine A B 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 C Parts D 1 1 1 1 1 Figure A1-1 E F G 1 1 11 1 [21 marks] 1 [4 marks] Page 4 of 8