Question: Use the spreadsheet you built before, but add a column after the interarrival random times to calculate the arrival time ( previous arrival time +

Use the spreadsheet you built before, but add a column after the interarrival random times to
calculate the arrival time (previous arrival time + current interarrival time). Use the Service
random values as the service times for each customer. Determine the Start-of-Service time (greater
of the previous customers end-of-service time and the current customers arrival time) and End-
of-Service time (Start-of-Service time + Service Time) for each customer.
For output, calculate the Wait Times (in minutes) for each customer (Start-of-Service minus
Arrival) and the average wait time for the 90 customers. Also find the maximum wait, and the
number of customers waiting less than 1 minute, between 1 and 5 minutes, and greater than 10
minutes (use the COUNTIF function). Create a data table that does 50 replications of the
simulation for all those outputs. Average the 50 replications. Determine a 95% confidence interval
for the average wait time. Do all of this before considering the What-If scenarios below. You
should end up with a spreadsheet that looks very much like the lecture note and example
spreadsheets.
Now, create a copy of the simulation spreadsheet and copy the random numbers provided in
Canvas (Assignment Random Numbers) in place of the =RAND() functions (both columns).
That way, you all have the same output, but it makes the Data Table and Confidence Interval tabs
irrelevant. For the What-If Scenarios, make copies of the Simulation tab using the fixed values
for the random numbers, and change the parameters one at a time. Do not combine the scenarios
each one is entirely separate from the others.
What-If Scenarios
Raising your prices would decrease the number of customers you have. Change the
maximum arrival time from 30 to 40, and delete the last 10 customers (change the
number of customers from 90 to 80).
Options for reducing the service time are:
o Decrease options (reduce mean service time from 45 seconds to 35 seconds)
 Use the spreadsheet you built before, but add a column after

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