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* * please help!! FLG ( Finger Licking Good ) Chicken Shack, like most eating establishments, saw a significant increase in their Drive Thru business

**please help!!
FLG (Finger Licking Good) Chicken Shack, like most eating establishments, saw a significant increase in
their Drive Thru business because of the COVID pandemic. The establishment originally was intended as
a casual sports bar and a DT window was added as a convenience feature for customers who want to
pick up a meal to take home. However, with the restrictions put in place because of the pandemic, the
DT was the only source of revenue.
DT's have limited capacity dictated by their speed of service. For example, if it takes 1 minute to make
change and deliver the product to the customer, then they can only serve 60 customers during that
hour. Originally, FLG did not have any problems serving their drive thru clientele. However, now they
noticed that it was common to see cars leave the waiting line and take their business elsewhere.
"General" Tso, FLG's owner, had watched with envy how McDonald's was able to handle their DT
business and was contemplating adding a second window to his DT. The first window would be used to
receive payment and make change and the second window would be used to deliver the completed
order to the customer. However, before committing, he wanted more evidence that a two window DT
would be a good investment.
Xiao Tso, the General's son, had recorded the customer and service data during the peak hours when DT
capacity was an issue. He has turned this data, shown below, over to you in hopes that you can help him
decide.
*Simulate FLG's current DT operation for two hours and determine how many balks will occur
during each hour well as the revenues per hour.
*Simulate FLG for two hours assuming it had a double window drive through and estimate the
impact of the double window DT on balks and revenues.
*Estimate the 95% confidence interval or average revenue per arrival (including balks) for bpth
the current and proposed double window configuration for FLG with a +-10% of the true
average margin of error (note: this is in the long run, meaning that your sample size is not
limited to one or two hours).
*For both DT configurations, determine the operating characteristics of the DT (average time in
queue, average time in system, average server idle time, number of units in line, etc.).
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