Consider an Espresso Stand with a Single Barista

question 29

Multiple Choice

Consider an espresso stand with a single barista.Customers arrive to the stand at the rate of 28 per hour according to a Poisson distribution.Service times are exponentially distributed with a service rate of 35 customers per minute.If the arrival rate remains at 28 customers per hour and the stand's manager wants to have the average time a customer spends in the system (i.e. ,wait time and service time) to be a maximum of 6 minutes on average,then the service rate must

• A)decrease by 2 to 33 customers per hour.
• B)decrease by 3 to 32 customers per hour.
• C)increase by 3 to 38 customers per hour.
• D)increase by 2 to 37 customers per hour.

---

Definitions:

Enterprise Resource Planning

A software architecture that facilitates the flow of information among all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manages the connections to outside stakeholders.

Business Processes

Sequences of tasks or activities conducted by an organization to produce a specific outcome or value.

Software Upgrade

A software upgrade involves installing a more recent version of a software application to improve its functionality, security, or performance.

Bills of Material

A comprehensive list of materials, components, and assemblies required to build a product.