Friendly Bank Has Various Branches Throughout the City

question 63

Essay

Friendly Bank has various branches throughout the city. Ronnie Fare is a branch manager. Ronnie has always been very customer focused. Her branch is relatively small; three counter tellers and two drive-through tellers. Her drive-through support appears more than adequate. Her concern is with the in-branch service. She is concerned with the level of service being provided and whether or not each of her three tellers are of equal proficiency.
When a customer comes in for service, they wait in a single line and move to the first available teller. Once serviced, the customer leaves the bank. Six weeks ago, Ronnie enlisted a small company to conduct time studies of the bank processes. The data was collected over a four-week period. This extended collection period helped overcome bias in the data collection due to observation activities. The final set of data just arrived in the mail and Ronnie is ready to conduct some desk-top analysis of the data to answer her own questions about her branch.The data pertinent to her concerns are:
At first glance, it appears there is no difference between the tellers. However, Ronnie wants to simulate the bank process to provide estimates on the following pieces of information:
Build a simulation model to help answer Ronnie Fare's questions. Use 250 arrivals per day. Provide appropriate statistical information in your answer.

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Definitions:

General Transcriptional Machinery

A complex of proteins and enzymes in cells necessary for the transcription of DNA into RNA, involving various transcription factors and RNA polymerase.

Regulatory Proteins

Proteins that control the expression of genes, the activity of enzymes, and the flow of signals in cells, maintaining homeostasis and coordinating biological processes.

Promoter

A region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene, responsible for the regulation of gene expression.

Repressible Genes

Genes whose expression is decreased or stopped in response to the presence of a specific molecule, usually an end product of a metabolic pathway.