Reference production plan — the products, targets and worker skill are an editable example, not your current factory.
Production planning workspace
Set production targets, assign recipes and a worker skill profile, then see how many whole batches, ingredients and warehouse movements your factory needs.
Static recipe data determines ingredients and output per batch. Exact machine capacity appears only after you enter observed batches per workstation/day.
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Plan result
7 batches/day
1120 output/day
+120 surplus/day
Plan result
5 batches/day
400 output/day
Plan result
5 batches/day
800 output/day
+100 surplus/day
Each lane plans whole recipe batches. Surplus remains visible because ingredient demand follows planned batches rather than the exact target.
Target 1,000/day · Factory Worker skill changes effective output. 160/Whole batches
+120 surplus/day
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Chicken Breast ×200 · Vinaigrette ×100
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7 Whole batches / day
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Target 1,000/day
Target 400/day · Factory Worker skill changes effective output. 80/Whole batches
At target
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Paper ×2 · Expensive Fabric ×100
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5 Whole batches / day
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Target 400/day
Target 700/day · Factory Worker skill changes effective output. 160/Whole batches
+100 surplus/day
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Vinaigrette ×100 · Lettuce ×200 · Tomato ×100 · Pepper ×100 · Onion ×100
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5 Whole batches / day
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Target 700/day
Shared ingredients are merged from whole planned batches across every product.
| Ingredient | Required / day | 3 stock target | Base value / day | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Breast | 1,400 | 4,200 | $490.00 | Frozen Food 1400 |
| Expensive Fabric | 500 | 1,500 | $6,000.00 | Limited Edition Book 500 |
| Lettuce | 1,000 | 3,000 | $280.00 | Salad 1000 |
| Onion | 500 | 1,500 | $70.00 | Salad 500 |
| Paper | 10 | 30 | $62.50 | Limited Edition Book 10 |
| Pepper | 500 | 1,500 | $50.00 | Salad 500 |
| Tomato | 500 | 1,500 | $145.00 | Salad 500 |
| Vinaigrette | 1,200 | 3,600 | $120.00 | Frozen Food 700 · Salad 500 |
Base ingredient-value estimate: $7,217.50/ day. This excludes payroll, rent, storage and logistics.
Send ingredient plan to Warehouse →Planned batches are known from recipe data. Workstation counts become capacity estimates only after you add observed throughput.
Heaviest planned group
12batches/day
Frozen Food 7 · Salad 5
Workstation group
5batches/day
Limited Edition Book 5
Simultaneous staffing check: 2 slots / 2 workers.
7 planned batches
1,120units/day
5 planned batches
400units/day
5 planned batches
800units/day
Test one skill change while product targets stay fixed. Training cost and wage changes are not included here.
| Product | Current batches | Test batches | Change | Test output/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen Food | 7 | 6 | -1 | 1080 |
| Limited Edition Book | 5 | 5 | 0 | 450 |
| Salad | 5 | 4 | -1 | 720 |
Total planned batches: 17 → 15 / day (-2)
Compare against training cost →Carry the selected output, production target and Factory Worker skill into the full business simulation.
3 planned batches
17 Whole batches / day
8 Ingredient types
Needs input
Entered coverage sufficient
2,320 units/day
Recipes define each production batch. Every recipe has fixed ingredient quantities, a base output and a required workstation family. Planning uses complete batches so ingredient requirements and surplus stay visible.
Factory Worker skill changes effective output. A higher effective output can reduce the number of batches needed for the same target, which also changes daily ingredient demand.
Multiple recipes share factory resources. Ingredient demand is aggregated across products, while recipes assigned to the same workstation family contribute to one combined planned batch load.
Exact machine capacity needs a throughput assumption. Until reliable cycle duration is available, the planner separates game recipe data from observed batches per workstation/day entered by the player.