Chapter 5: Food Goblin Supermarkets use both cashiers and baggers to serve customers at check out. During the peak hours, 8 cashiers and 6 baggers serve approximately 75 customers per hour. On average, a cashier spends 6 minutes at checkout and a bagger spends 4 minutes at bagging to serve a customer. Calculate the utilization of cashiers and their capacity cushion during a peak hour?

Chapter 5: Food Goblin Supermarkets use both cashiers and baggers to serve customers at check out. During the peak hours, 8 cashiers and 6 baggers serve approximately 75 customers per hour. On average, a cashier spends 6 minutes at checkout and a bagger spends 4 minutes at bagging to serve a customer. Calculate the utilization of cashiers and their capacity cushion during a peak hour?

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Practical Management Science

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Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section12.5: Analytic Steady-state Queueing Models

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