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Chapter 19, Problem 19.26E
Waiting time, cost considerations, customer satisfaction. Refer to the information presented in Exercise 19-25. The head of the registration advisors at SMU has decided that the advisors must finish their advising in 2 weeks (10 working days) and therefore must advise 420 students a day. However, the average waiting time given a 12-minute advising period will result in student complaints, as will reducing the average advising time to 10 minutes. SMU is considering two alternatives:
- a. Hire two more advisors for the 2-week (10-working day) advising period. This will increase the available number of advisors to 12 and therefore lower the average waiting time.
- b. Increase the number of days that the advisors will work during the 2-week registration period to 6 days a week. If SMU increases the number of days worked to 6 per week, then the 10 advisors need only see 350 students a day to advise all of the students in 2 weeks.
- 1. What would the average wait time be under alternative A and under alternative B?
- 2. If advisors earn $100 per day, which alternative would be cheaper for SMU (assume that if advisors work 6 days in a given workweek, they will be paid time and a half for the sixth day)?
- 3. From a student satisfaction point of view, which of the two alternatives would be preferred? Why?
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