Target -Gainesville Retail Store Simulation & Resources Utilization

System description and problem statement

Target Store Sections:

1. Store (Groceries, Food, Toys, clothes, Consumable goods, etc.)

2. Cafeteria

3. Pharmacy

4. Electronics

5. Billing Counters

a. Self-check out Counters

b. Normal Manned Check Out Counters

c. Express Check Out Counters

6. Return Counters

7. Separate Check-out Counter for Pharmacy

8. Separate Check-out for electronics

9. cafeteria

Pharmacy Manned-check out (2)Express-check out (2)

Self-check out (4)Manned-check out (12) Retur

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Electronics Manned-check out (2)

Objective and Problem statementObjective of Analysis :• To know Resource Utilization

• Normal Check Out Counters• Self Check Out Counters• Express Counters• Other Counters

• Queue Length on each counters• Average Waiting time in the Queue

Problem : Optimization of no. of current counters and impact on resource utilization, waiting time and queue length on addition of self check out counters.