Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 2CTE
a)
Summary Introduction
To determine: Reasons doubling the service rate of single-server system would cut the average waiting time in line in half.
Introduction: A waiting line system, otherwise called a queuing or lining system. It is one of the most seasoned and most generally utilized quantitative investigation systems. Waiting lines are an ordinary event, influencing individuals looking for foodstuffs, purchasing fuel, influencing a bank to store, or looking out for the phone for the most readily accessible carrier reservationist to reply.
b)
Summary Introduction
To determine: Impact on the average number waiting in line.
c)
Summary Introduction
To determine: Managerial implications on the analysis.
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In waiting line management, system performance measures include which of the following: I. an arriving customer will have to wait. II. The average
number of customers waiting. III. The average time customers spend in the system. IV The probability that the server is busy.
Select one:
a. II, III & IV
b. I, II & III
c. I, II & IV
d. I, III & IV
convert inputs into outputs; they are at the core of operations management.
Select one:
a. processes
b. decisions
C. resources
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In a waiting line situation, arrivals occur at a rate of 2 per minute, and the service times average 18 seconds. Assume the Poisson and exponential distributions.
a.
What is λ?
b.
What is μ?
c.
Find probability of no units in the system.
d.
Find average number of units in the system.
e.
Find average time in the waiting line.
f.
Find average time in the system.
g.
Find probability that there is one person waiting.
h.
Find probability an arrival will have to wait.
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A single server queuing system has an average service time of 10 minutes per customer, which is exponentially distributed. The manager is thinking of converting to a system with a constant service time of 10 minutes. The average arrival rate will remain the same. The effect will be to:
Select one:
a.
increase utilization.
b.
decrease utilization.
c.
not have any effect since the service time is unchanged.
d.
increase the average waiting time.
e.
decrease the average waiting time.
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