The manager of a grocery store in the retirement community of Kapiri is interested in providing good service to the senior citizens who shop in his store. Presently, the store has a separate check-out counter for senior citizens. On average, 30 senior citizens per hour arrive at the counter according to a Poisson distribution and are served at an average rate of 35 customers per hour with exponential service times. Find the following;
(a) Utilization of the checkout clerk
(b) Number of customers in a system
(c) Number of customers in line
(d) Time spent in the system
(e) Waiting time in line
The manager of Kapiri grocery wants to answer the following question:
(1) What service rate would be required to have customers average only eight minutes in
We have given,
L = Average arrival time = = 30 per hour
M = Average service rate = = 35 per hour
a.) Utilization of the checkout clerk, = = %
b.) Number of customers in a system,
Firstly we have to find out the Average number of customers or units waiting in line for service
,
Now, Average number of customers or units in the system =
=
c.) Number of customers in a line
d.) Time spent in the system
But before that we have to find out,
The Average time a customer or unit spends waiting in line for service
Hence,
Now, time spent in the system
=
e.) Waiting time in line
1.) Service rate would be required to have customers average only eight minutes in =
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