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I. INTRODUCTION
Waiting is already part of people’s daily lives wherein it cannot be avoided but
where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else
happens. In business, waiting line is the most visible kind of waiting you can
observe. In customer’s perspective, waiting line is just a waste of time and in,
can deal with this and there are theories or model that being used in analyzing
waiting lines.
The mission of one’s business is to entertain and meet the expectation of the
customers. Having waiting lines does not add to the enjoyment and satisfaction
of the customers they have and it also does not add to generating revenue but
important for a business to appreciate the impact of waiting lines and how they
can reduce it. If strategies were made for customers not to wait in line, this will
bring a win-win situation; customers are happier because their time will not be
different models will be presented in analyzing waiting lines and how to manage
III. CONTENT
WAITING LINES
(capacity) and demand. It is when one or more customers wait for the service. In
waiting lines, it is not only person who can be observed but also objects such as
service capacity. According to Belbel and Abdo (2018), waiting line problems
exist because the demand patterns are irregular or random and service times
vary among customers. Most often, the rate of producing the service also varies
depending upon customer needs. For example, a fast food restaurant can
accommodate 200 orders per hour and the arrival rate of customers is 150 per
hour and yet they experience waiting line because the arrival of customers vary
throughout the day and the processing of order depends on customer’s needs;
QUEUING THEORY
operations including call centers, banks, post offices, restaurants, theme parks,
analysis is to minimize customer waiting and service capacity cost. With this,
keeping customer satisfaction high. There are also other costs associated with
waiting lines, such as loss of business due to customers leaving and refusing to
automatic dialing equipment made in the early part of the 20th century by Danish
telephone engineer A.K. Erlang. It stated with a formula which is derived from
the number of agents (advisors) that you need in a call centre, given the number
of calls and the service level that you want to achieve.The Erlang C formula is
the most important part of the equation. It allows you to work out the probability
that a call waits (Pw), given the Traffic Intensity (A) and the Number of Agents (N)
2. possible loss of business: should customers leave the line before being
customers
IV. SYNTHESIS/EVALUATION
V. REFERENCES
https://www.callcentrehelper.com/erlang-c-formula-example-121281.htm