Admission
A service fee. It needs no inventory and has no supply route.
Admission + add-on sales
Theater in Big Ambitions
Theater combines an admission fee with optional stocked sales. The two revenue streams are stocked differently.
Business basics
Theater businesses operate out of theater buildings. Some of this store's items can be ordered from Wholesalers and the rest can be ordered from Importers in your Headquarters. Customers are self-serving. The business requires the following furniture to function: * Ticket Booth * Costume Booth * Dressing Room * Lighting Booth * Sound Booth * At least one product to sell (see below) Businesses of this type primarily sell: * Theater Ticket And can additionally sell: * Cheese Platter * Martini * Popcorn * Whisky Employees with the following skills can be assigned: * Actor * Stage Crew * Customer Service * Cleaning
How this business makes money
Combine admission with optional sales
Theater can earn through Theater Ticket, Cheese Platter, Popcorn, Martini, Whisky. 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 booth
- Dressing room
- Lighting booth
- Sound booth
- Costume 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
- Costume BoothOpen item page →
Capacity 100 · Workstation for Stage Crew
- Lighting BoothOpen item page →
Capacity 100 · Workstation for Stage Crew
- Sound BoothOpen item page →
Capacity 100 · Workstation for Stage Crew
- Theater Ticket BoothOpen item page →
Capacity 50 · Workstation for Customer Service
- Cash RegisterOpen item page →
Capacity 20 · Workstation for Customer Service
- Dressing RoomOpen item page →
Capacity 80 · Workstation for Actor
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.
- 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.
- Importer
- Factory
Operating chain
What usually limits a Theater?
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 Theater Problems
Why are customers unhappy?
Check the demands that change from business to business: 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 Theater 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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