OPEARATIONS MANAG.REV CUSTOM 2017
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Chapter F, Problem 2CS
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
The case deals about the call center of State A’s airlines, which has 800 reservation systems. The information related to the phone calls between midnight and 6:00 A.M. is as follows:
| Time between calls (minutes) | Probability | Cumulative probability | Random number interval |
| 1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 01-11 |
| 2 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 12-32 |
| 3 | 0.22 | 0.54 | 33-54 |
| 4 | 0.2 | 0.74 | 55-74 |
| 5 | 0.16 | 0.9 | 75-90 |
| 6 | 0.1 | 1 | 91-00 |
| Time to process customer inquiries | Probability | Cumulative probability | Random number interval |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 01-20 |
| 2 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 21-39 |
| 3 | 0.18 | 0.57 | 40-57 |
| 4 | 0.17 | 0.74 | 58-74 |
| 5 | 0.13 | 0.87 | 75-87 |
| 6 | 0.1 | 0.97 | 88-97 |
| 7 | 0.03 | 1 | 98-00 |
Customers of the airline does not want to be in hold for more than 3 to 4 minutes. As a part of new television advertising campaigns, the incoming call distribution from midnight to 6:00 A.M. is as follows:
| Time between calls (minutes) | Probability | Cumulative probability | Random number interval |
| 1 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 01-22 |
| 2 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 23-47 |
| 3 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 48-66 |
| 4 | 0.15 | 0.81 | 67-81 |
| 5 | 0.12 | 0.93 | 82-93 |
| 6 | 0.07 | 1 | 94-00 |
To determine: The recommendation regarding operator utilization and customer satisfaction.
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