Research Article

INVESTIGATING THE TIME AND THE COST OF SOLVING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS WITH SIMULATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODEL APPROACHES

Volume: 27 Number: 2 June 3, 2024
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INVESTIGATING THE TIME AND THE COST OF SOLVING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS WITH SIMULATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODEL APPROACHES

Abstract

Companies aim to meet their customers' expectations and make them happy by producing value-added products and services. Customer satisfaction is affected by many factors. Resolving the complaint quickly and with the expected quality is one of these factors. For this, optimum resources must be provided to the complaint system. In this study, the number of people used in the complaint system and its cost were determined by evaluating the stages from the arrival of the complaints to their closure, thanks to the simulation model created. In addition, in the study, a mathematical model was established and solved by taking the exponential distribution of service times from complaint arrival to closure. Afterwards, it was compared with the simulation results under the same conditions. As a result of the comparison, it was determined that the simulation and mathematical model results were very close to each other. The difference in complaint closing time between the mathematical model with exponential distribution of service times and the simulation model solutions with exponential distribution of service times was only 0,381%. Additionally, when service times are taken as an exponential distribution, the resulting complaint closing time is 6,749% lower than that obtained with the actual distribution value of service times. The results show that taking service times as an exponential distribution is a viable option for companies. With optimum use of personnel, customer satisfaction will increase, and more efficient use of personnel will be contributed.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

Çukurova Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinatörlüğü

Project Number

MMF2011D1

Ethical Statement

Bu makalenin yazarı olarak herhangi bir çıkar çatışması olmadığını beyan ederim.

Thanks

Çalışmayı MMF2011D1 numaralı proje ile destekleyen Çukurova Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinatörlüğü’ne teşekkürlerimi sunarım.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Industrial Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 3, 2024

Submission Date

November 17, 2023

Acceptance Date

January 25, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 27 Number: 2

APA
Çekici, V. (2024). SİMÜLASYON VE MATEMATİKSEL MODEL YAKLAŞIMLARI İLE MÜŞTERİ ŞİKAYETLERİNİ ÇÖZME SÜRESİ VE MALİYETİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 27(2), 426-446. https://doi.org/10.17780/ksujes.1392121