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SHOP

Order the goods. To retail goods in your stores, you first need to purchase the goods you want from the manufacturers and arrange for deliveries to your store. We recommend that you focus on one particular category of retail products to get the most out of your sales area. Order several products from the selected category. Don't spend all your money buying a product. Because if there are difficulties with its retail sale, it can lead to bankruptcy. When buying wholesale from manufacturers, be guided by city average data on the cost and quality of goods in order to ensure yourself the necessary profit. You don't have to try to buy the highest quality product on the market - it can be prohibitively expensive. Retail sales in your store only on the next turn after ordering the goods from the supplier. One turn is required to deliver the ordered goods to the store.

Hire shop assistants. The requirements for the number and experience of store personnel are determined by the number of visitors, the location of the store and the product range. For small shops up to 1000 sq.m. do not be afraid to hire all possible staff, for larger outlets follow the requirements to maintain the quality of service.

Start advertising your store. The advertising of the store determines its popularity, and therefore the number of visitors - potential buyers.

Set prices for goods. Compare the quality and price of the items you have purchased with the market figures for the city, and set competitive prices for the items in your store.

FACTORIES

Buy equipment. The equipment must correspond to the level of established technology in your plant. You should not buy equipment with inflated quality, this will not give you an advantage in production, but it will entail increased costs and require more qualified and expensive employees.

Hire workers. The number and skills of employees must match the plant equipment. Set the salary in such a way that the quality of the hired employees is slightly higher than required. Overly qualified personnel can have low manageability and negatively affect the effectiveness of the top manager.

Arrange supplies. The number of equipment and employees, as well as the level of technology installed, determine the production volume of your plant. Also, the required amount of raw materials and semi-finished products for production depends on them. These requirements can be seen in the "Supply" tab. Based on these requirements, order the required components for production. By signing a contract with a supplier, you will automatically receive the required amount of raw materials from him every turn. The supplier automatically fulfills its obligations to supply you with raw materials if they have sufficient quantities in stock.

Set the selling price after production. After the ordered raw materials arrive and the finished products are produced (this requires one round for each operation), it is necessary to sell the manufactured products. To do this, you need to set a price in the "Sale" tab and set a sales policy ("To all buyers" or "Only to yourself").

LIVESTOCK FARM

Arrange supplies. According to the reference materials reference materials, decide how much animals and feed you need. Order the required quantity. These requirements can be seen in the "Supply" tab. Based on these requirements, order the required components for production. By signing a contract with a supplier, you will automatically receive the required amount of raw materials from him every turn. The supplier automatically fulfills its obligations to supply you with raw materials if they have sufficient quantities in stock. IMPORTANT! The feed must be ordered in advance, 1 turn before the purchase of the animals.

Buy animals. The animals must be suitable for the quality of the feed on the farm. The quality of the feed must be less than half the quality of the animals on the farm (e.g. Grain = 1st quality and Animals = 2nd quality)

Hire employees. The number and quality of employees must correspond to the number and quality of the Animals. Set the salary in such a way that the level of hired employees is slightly higher than required. Overly qualified staff can be poorly managed and negatively affect the top manager's performance.

Set the selling price after production. After the ordered raw materials arrive and the finished products are produced (this requires one round for each operation), it is necessary to sell the manufactured products. To do this, you need to set a price in the "Sale" tab and set a sales policy ("To all buyers" or "Only to yourself").

OFFICE

Purchase equipment. Equipment determines the productivity of the office. It is not worth purchasing equipment with an inflated quality; this will require more qualified and expensive employees. At first, there is more than enough equipment below quality 8.

Hire employees. The number and quality of employees must correspond to the number and quality of the Animals. Set the salary in such a way that the level of hired employees is slightly higher than required. Overly qualified staff can be poorly managed and negatively affect the top manager's performance.

Regularly check office workload and efficiency. The efficiency of the office affects the activities of all divisions in the region, so it is very important to monitor its efficiency. Check the workload of the office after all significant changes in the regional divisions of your company. If the workload of the office is more than 100%, install additional equipment and hire additional employees.

WAREHOUSE

Choose a warehouse specialization. Storing different types of goods requires a different warehouse specialization. It can be changed at any time if the warehouse is empty. The warehouse is a convenient auxiliary business unit for organizing efficient supply chains. The warehouse can be used for the accumulation and storage of large consignments of goods, for wholesale trade or optimization of logistics processes, as well as for moving goods from other subdivisions.

Provide supplies. When ordering goods from a supplier, you enter into a regular supply contract by default. If the supplier has a product, it will be delivered to you automatically every turn.

Set your selling price. After the goods arrive at your warehouse (this takes one turn after ordering), you need to sell them. To do this, you need to set a price in the Sales tab and set a sales policy ("To all buyers" or "Only to My company")

Use a warehouse to move goods. You can move surplus accumulated goods from stores and raw materials from factories to the warehouse. To do this, at the factory (in Supply) or in the store (in the Trading floor), use the "Move to warehouse" function

LABORATORY

Buy lab equipment. It is desirable that the quality of laboratory equipment corresponds to the level of the technology being studied. We do not recommend buying and installing equipment with an inflated quality, this will not give an advantage in the speed of research, but it will entail increased costs and require more qualified personnel.

Hire staff. The quality of the personnel must match the equipment. Set salaries so that the level of staff is slightly higher than required. Overly qualified personnel can negatively affect the effectiveness of the top manager.

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