Simulation with Arena Th e purchasing department of the John Corporation receives approximately 48 new purchase requests day (about 1 every 10 minutes). As requested arrive, an intern reviews the purchased amount of each request and sends them to the appropriate location based upon the purchased amount. This review process takes anywhere from 20 to 60 seconds but usually required 30 seconds Approximately 25% of the requests are for items costing more than R2000. These requests are sent to the appropriate department head for approval before they proceed to purchasing This process can take up to 1 work day or as short as 2 hours, however, most agent. Request R2000 are sent directly to a purchasing agent Once a request is assigned to a purchasing agen, the agent ti ut the purchase order form here trom 2635 minutes to and phones the order to the vendor This process takes complete The corporat has 3 purchasing agents and t interm bo in the purchas The base t Run the s Examine t Model the ith id be i for 5a ment actvibes