Question: You are asked to perform a capacity analysis for a bank. The current resources of the bank are as follows: Drive - through : Service

You are asked to perform a capacity analysis for a bank. The current resources of the bank are as follows:
Drive-through : Service providers: 3| Processing time (mins): 5
Teller: Service providers: 5| Processing time (mins): 10
ATM: Service providers: 3| Processing time (mins): 5
Specialist: Service providers: 1| Processing time (mins): 30
In addition, the following information is presented to you on the operations of the bank:
On average, 50% of the customers use the drive-through lanes without leaving their cars. Customers can perform tasks such as making a withdrawal, paying bills, or depositing a check via the drive-through lanes. There are 3 identical drive-through lanes currently operating and the average processing time of a customer is 5 minutes in each of these lanes.
On average, 70% of the customers who walk into the bank prefer talking to a bank teller and the remaining 30% prefer the ATM, which is located inside the store. There are 5 bank tellers and each of them services a customer in 10 minutes on average. There are 3 ATMs, and it takes 5 minutes on average for a customer to complete service via ATM.
After talking to a bank teller, 30% of the customers are directed to a specialist because the bank tellers cannot perform operations such as opening a new account or applying for a credit card. There is 1 specialist in the bank, and it takes an average of 30 minutes for a specialist to complete the service for a customer.
a. What is the capacity of each resource in the bank (drive-through lanes, tellers, ATM, and specialist) in number of customer-arrivals per hour?
b. What is the system capacity of the bank in number of customer-arrivals per hour? Identify the bottleneck(s). What is the slack of each resource in total number of customer -arrivals per hour?
c. If the bank can add 4 additional unit of resource per bottleneck resource(s), what would be the new system capacity and bottleneck(s)?

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