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IJSTR >> Volume 8 - Issue 8, August 2019 Edition



International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research  
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research

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ISSN 2277-8616



Application Of Queuing Theory On A Food Chain

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AUTHOR(S)

Abhishek Yadav , Dr. Nagendra Sohani

 

KEYWORDS

arrival rate, customer satisfaction, m/m/1 queuing model, multi-server queuing model, queuing theory, service time, waiting time.

 

ABSTRACT

In their daily life people go to many places such as hotels, hospitals, banks etc. to avail some kinds of services and the biggest problem that they face there is the formation of long queues and high waiting time. It affects customer in a negative way and harms the growth of business. To grow in today's competitive market a firm always need to improve its services and should focus on satisfying customer’s needs in best possible way and apply a strategy that suits the firm. To pursue quality education students living out of station depends on food services for their food requirement and as the population of students is very high it causes load on food chains and they always run out of capacity and often fails to provide a quality service. This paper studies and evaluates queuing system and operating characteristics of a food chain by applying queuing theory. It focuses on queuing modeling of the system and finding ways to improve service and reduce waiting time by calculating arrival, departure, queue length etc. It also aims at finding a balance between cost of providing service and loss due to high waiting time, so that system can operate at an optimized minimum possible cost. The study shows that the food chain needs to increase seating capacity and instead of the current m/m/1 queuing model, a multi-server model will best suit the food chain. The study also consists of a survey to find potential customers that can join the food chain if waiting time of the system decreases. The survey also aims to find problems in the food chain that are the reasons behind high waiting time and eliminate them.

 

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