Admission
A service fee. It needs no inventory and has no supply route.
Admission + add-on sales
Cinema in Big Ambitions
Cinema combines an admission fee with optional stocked sales. The two revenue streams are stocked differently.
Business basics
Cinema businesses operate out of cinema buildings. All of this store's items can be ordered from Wholesalers. Customers are self-serving. The business requires the following furniture to function: * Ticket Kiosk * Projection Booth * Cinema Screen (and Projector) * At least one product to sell (see below) Businesses of this type primarily sell: * Cinema Ticket And can additionally sell: * Cotton Candy * Popcorn * Slushie * Soda Can Employees with the following skills can be assigned: * Projectionist * Customer Service * Cleaning
How this business makes money
Combine admission with optional sales
Cinema can earn through Cinema Ticket, Soda Can, Cotton Candy, Slushie, Popcorn. Admission and stocked products are different product types: a service fee does not require inventory, while physical add-ons do.
Products
Physical goods. They need stock, a supply route and price acceptance.
Operating chain
- 01Setup demands
- 02Staffing
- 03Customer pressure
- 04Capacity
- 05Purchase conditions
- 06Supply & sales
What You Need to Run It
Fixed requirements
- Ticket Kiosk
- Cinema Screen
- Projection Booth
- Paid Licensing Fee
- Cash Register
Core business roles
Building support
- Cleaning
Equipment and items for this business
Each group names its own relation: required equipment comes from the business requirement data, while employee customization is an optional uniform feature. A required item that also carries a capacity value is a staffed station.
Required equipment
- Cash RegisterOpen item page →
Capacity 20 · Workstation for Customer Service
- Cinema ScreenOpen item page →
Capacity 25
- Projection BoothOpen item page →
Capacity 25 · Workstation for Projectionist
- Cinema Ticket KioskOpen item page →
Capacity 50
Employee customization
Customer conditions
Demands That Matter Here
A demand belongs to the business relationship shown here. It is not a universal property of every item or building.
- Music
- Employee Uniforms
- Interior Design
- Toilet
- Toilet Privacy
- Sink
Where stock comes from
These are the confirmed supply routes for goods this business stocks. Admission and service fees are not stocked and have no source.
- Wholesaler
- Factory
Operating chain
What usually limits a Cinema?
Facility demands, staffed capacity, customer pressure, purchase conditions and stock can each become the first usable constraint.
- 01Setup demandsOpen tool →
- 02StaffingOpen tool →
- 03Customer pressureOpen tool →
- 04CapacityOpen tool →
- 05Purchase conditionsOpen tool →
- 06Supply & salesOpen tool →
Common Cinema Problems
Why are customers unhappy?
Check the demands that change from business to business: Music, Employee Uniforms, Interior Design, Toilet, Toilet Privacy, Sink.
Why does more promotion not increase sales?
Promotion cannot create usable throughput when staffed capacity or supply is already limiting.
Why are add-on products not selling?
Check product demand, price acceptance and stock separately from the entrance fee.
Test a Cinema scenario
Start with this business identity, then add a neighborhood, building, staff, market and cost data. The Simulator will not invent a Current state.
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