Question: Problem 3 . Managing and Estimating Delays. AUzon s customer call center wants you to analyze its operation for the time between 1 pm and

Problem 3. Managing and Estimating Delays. AUzons customer call center wants you to analyze its operation for the time between 1pm and 2pm. On average, it takes 15 minutes to handle a call with a standard deviation of 12 minutes. Calls come in every 2 minutes on average with a standard deviation of 2.5 minutes during this period. DO NOT use the Queuing Models and the Excel spreadsheet to answer the questions below. Instead, use the table below to answer the questions.
a)(5 points) What is the capacity of each call agent in calls per hour? Show your work!
Capacity=60min/ avg call time
60min/15min=4 calls per hr
b)(5 points) What is the minimum number of call agents to strictly handle the demand? Show your work!
Arrival rate=60min/ avg time between calls
60min/2min=30min
Number of agents needed= arrival rate/ capacity per agent
30 calls per hr/4 calls per agent=7.5 agents
You need a minimum of 8 agents
c)(3 points) What is the capacity of the call center, if 9 agents are scheduled to answer calls, in calls per hour? Show your work!
Calculate capacity with 9 agents:
Number of agents x capacity per agent
9 agents x 4 calls per hr=36 calls per hr
d)(6 points) If 9 agents are scheduled to answer calls, what is the average time a customer spends in the system in minutes? Show your work!
e)(6 points) If 9 agents are scheduled to answer calls, what is the average total number of customers at the call center either waiting or talking to call agent? Show your work!
f)(6 points) If 9 agents are scheduled to answer calls, what is the percentage of time (probability) that the customer call center is idle? Show your work!
g)(8 points) At most, how many call agents should be scheduled for this period to keep the utilization of the call center at least at 70%? Show your work!

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