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The team collected data giving the distributions of incoming calls by time of day and the service times of the customer service representatives to answer the calls. Recording and analyzing data for individual steps in the process flow chart is an example of disaggregation. Classifying and analyzing data by a factor such as time of the day is an example of stratification.
The customer service center staffing levels by hour of the day is a crucial system design parameter. Wait times will be long without adequate staff. On two occasions in the past two months, I have had to wait more than an hour for technical service support personnel to answer my calls. I know that this happens because the companies involved have allocated inadequate staffing to handle the incoming calls. The team developed staffing levels throughout the day using a simulation of the process represented by the figure above. Constructing a simulation requires a flowchart. Refer to Jeffries and Sells (2004) for additional details. The next post will illustrate the use of a flowchart for a process producing a physical product. References 1. Jeffries, R. D. and P. R. Sells (2004). Managing Customer Service Using Statistical Tools: A Case Study. Annual Quality Congress Proceedings.