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    Analysis of the Sales Checkout Operation in Supermarket Using Queuing Theory

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    2015
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    Priyangika, JSKC
    Cooray, TMJA
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    Abstract
    This paper contains the analysis of Queuing systems for the empirical data of supermarket checkout service unit using queuing theory. One of the expected gains from studying queuing systems is to review the efficiency of the models in terms of utilization and waiting length, hence increasing the number of queues so customers will not have to wait longer when servers are too busy. In other words, trying to estimate the waiting time and length of queue(s) is the aim of this study. Queuing simulation is used to obtain a sample performance result and estimated solutions for multiple queuing models are also of interest. This study requires empirical data which may include variables like, the arrival time in the queue of checkout operating unit (server), departure time, service time, etc. A questionnaire is developed to collect the data for such variables and the reaction of the Supermarket from the customers separately. This model is developed for a sales checkout operation in the supermarket. The model designed for this research is multiple queues multipleserver model. The model contains five servers which are checkout sales counters; attached to each server is a queue. In any service system, a queue forms whenever current demand exceeds the existing capacity to serve. This occurs when the checkout operation unit is too busy to serve the arriving costumers immediately.
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