Although the single-line method may be faster, Mr. Hammack says customers generally prefer to "jockey for position" in separate lines.
But ordering is done near the front door, with a single-file line that moves right along.
In a research project conducted during last year's holiday season and posted on YouTube, Bill Hammack, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, concluded that a single-file line leading to three cashiers is about three times faster than having a separate line for each cashier.
SIB's proposal to offer the public a single telephone help-line for calls on everything from motor insurance to pensions.
With 55 percent of all U.S. households beholden to a single, fixed-line provider of broadband access (mostly cable modem service), the Commission should consider how each of its rules affects broadband investment.
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Pre-loaded on Xperia Z, the "WALKMAN", Album and Movies apps, enable discovery of on-line and off-line content through a single access point with new ways to enjoy and share that content.
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Wells, who hit the go-ahead two-run homer on Saturday, followed with a solo shot, and then drove in Brett Gardner with a single down the third-base line in the fifth inning.
Ngog had the arduous task of leading the Liverpool line almost single-handedly and, while he worked tirelessly, he failed to make the most of a rare chance which came his way.
And they expect Quad to become a widely used first-line therapy, since it consists of a single-tablet regimen and lacks neuropsychiatric side effects.
Flaws sees Q1 glass volumes up year over year, but don in the mid-single digits sequentially, in line with previous Q1 declines.
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During this period, the percentage of single-mother families below the poverty line grew from 31.7 percent to 35.4 percent, an increase of 3.7 percentage points.
Be it back-office or assembly-line, one single unmotivated team member is not only difficult to manage but can bring down the moral of an entire team.
Vivendi and Vodafone will probably merge their fixed-line assets into a single entity.
Approaching from Seoul, only 50 kilometers from the armistice line, a single barbed-wire fence gives way to thicket of guard towers and other fortifications.
Sir Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams were among the line-up on the single for the Justice Collective.
Any delay in the multiple-line system will stop the line completely, while a delay in a single line might just delay one shopper.
Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, former Spice Girl Mel C and Gerry Marsden are among the line-up on the single for the Justice Collective.
While a single, bed-width cushion creates an orderly line, a pair of bolsters one for each half of the bed makes more sense for bedmates with opposing propping needs.
The Z600 line of low-power single-core chips released a year ago were said by Intel to be the fastest smartphone chip at the time and capable of 1080p video.
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Their diversification into the single-serve area, recently releasing single-cup brewer Verismo while they continue to juice K-cups, will boost their bottom line.
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We got half our sales and three-fourths of our profits from this single product line.
Meanwhile, the research firm notes that Apple hardware is single-handedly keeping PC hardware sales about the flat line.
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The houses that line the streets here are all single-family homes, each with a driveway that connects the garage to the street.
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The sale of a 33.5% stake in Turk Telecom, the state-owned fixed-line monopoly, has not drawn a single foreign bid.
The vehicle has a single-speed transmission that makes it feel sprightly off the line, producing acceptable acceleration (reported at 9.5 seconds from zero to 60), good for around town, and a top speed limited to 85 miles per hour.
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In February, an ECJ advocate general said this was in line with the aims of the EU single market - a border-free zone for goods and services.
After tens of billions of euros have been spent on these systems, raising consumer electricity prices in the process, not a single coal or gas-fired power plant has been taken off line.
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When you pack Intel's blazing new Core 2 Extreme processor and a pair of top-of-the-line nVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards into a single gaming desktop, you can pretty much expect it to post impressive benchmark numbers.
We discussed how oftentimes people and organizations think of themselves as falling somewhere along a single line or dimension you are either slow and process-driven or fast and entrepreneurial.
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