Questions about mines and factories/en

From virtonomics


How to become an owner of a mine?

The deposit can be bought on the state-owned market for game points and on the secondary market through an auction with players. It can also be purchased at an auction for the sale of deposits. The date and time of such auctions is announced in advance.

When building a dairy, you can choose a specialization. For example, produce yoghurts (quality modifier + 50%). What will it give?

Output product quality + 50% means that if conventional dairy products were of quality with a value of 5.00, then yoghurt would be of quality 7.5.

What will happen to a mine or field, which stocks of raw materials equal to 100 million units, when their resources are depleted?

The mine turns into a warehouse of the corresponding specialization. Equipment and personnel are lost forever. You can replenish the reserves of the mine by clicking the "Explore" button. However, more often it is more profitable to purchase a new mine.

Why am I not purchasing raw materials from an independent supplier even though the order has been placed?

Your company did not have enough funds for a complete purchase of all enterprises. To guarantee the stable operation of the company, it is necessary to have at the beginning of the recalculation an amount equal to or exceeding the total costs of the company (including costs of intra-company movements of goods).

I have 1200 units of goods in my factory. 2000 units were ordered, but only 100 are sold and this has been going on for 2 days. What is the problem?

Perhaps the fact is that a buyer ordering 2,000 units of products does not have enough funds to make a purchase. It is advisable to terminate this contract so that other buyers can purchase your products.

How to build a factory?

You can build a new plant from the List of Subdivisions by clicking the "Create Subdivision" button. In the window that appears, select the type of product to be manufactured, then sequentially select the country, region and city of location, size, specialization (within the type you selected) and confirm your decision by clicking the "Build a plant" button. When choosing a city, pay attention to the level of education and average wages of workers. When choosing the size of the plant, pay attention to the construction time and cost. The cost of building the plant will be paid from your company funds at the end of the construction period. If at the end of the construction period your company does not have enough funds, the completion of the construction of the plant will be frozen until the required amount appears. During the construction period, the plant cannot be sold or any parameters of the enterprise can be changed.

How to increase the size of the plant?

You can expand the size of an already built factory by building new production buildings. To increase the size of the plant, go to the plant and click the "Resize" button. The construction of new buildings of the plant takes several weeks. During the construction time of new buildings, you can cancel your decision to expand the plant.

How to hire (fire) workers?

To hire or fire workers in a factory, go to the enterprise page and click the "Workers and Salaries" button. Then, in the window that appears, enter the desired number of workers and confirm your decision by clicking the "Save" button. The number of workers employed in a plant cannot exceed the maximum possible number of workers for a given type and size of the plant.

How to set the amount of wages?

To change the wages of workers at the plant, go to the plant and click the "Employees and wages" button. Then, in the window that appears, enter the desired salary value and click the "Save" button. The average wage level for plant workers in the city is equal to 70% of the citywide wage level. Moreover, the qualifications of workers at this salary correspond to the education index of the city's population. The change in wages takes effect from the current week. Raising wages improves the qualifications of workers.

How to purchase equipment?

The equipment for the factories is the "Machine tools" product produced at machine-building plants. To install new or additional equipment, on the factory page, click the "Equipment" button, and select the "Buy" action. Then, in the new window, select your machine supplier and click the "Next" button. In the window that appears, enter the purchased number of machines and click the "Buy" button. The optimum quality of equipment at the plant is equal to the required quality, taking into account the technological level of the enterprise. Equipment that is too high quality does not have a positive effect on the production process.

How to repair equipment?

To repair the equipment, on the factory page, click the "Equipment" button and select the "Repair" action. Then, in the window that appears, select the supplier of the machines and click the "Next" button. In the new window, enter the required number of purchased machines (equal to the number of worn out machines) and click the "Buy" button. Equipment repair can be carried out only if the number of worn out machines is more than one.

How to write off equipment?

With an increase in the technological level of the plant, it may become necessary to dramatically improve the quality of equipment. To do this, you can write off the old equipment (or part of it) and buy new equipment for the vacated space. To write off equipment, on the plant page, click the "Equipment" button and select the "Write off" action. Then, in the window that appears, enter the number of machines that you want to write off and click the "Write off" button. After that, it is necessary to purchase new machines for the plant. When a piece of equipment is decommissioned, the percentage of machine tool wear does not change as the wear is distributed evenly between all machines.

How to change the specialization of the plant?

At some types of factories, you can change their specialization (i.e. change the product of production or the type of product (for example, wine, vodka and whiskey - types of product are alcoholic beverages)). To change the specialization of an enterprise, go to the plant and open the "Specialization" tab, in the window that appears, select the product / type of product that you want to produce and click the "Save" button. The specialization of the plant changes immediately. Remember that other raw materials may need to be purchased from the plant to make a new product.

How to buy raw materials?

To add a supplier of raw materials for a plant, go to the plant and open the "Supply" tab. Then click the "Select supplier" button (green icon). After that, in the window that appears, select a supplier and click the "Next" button. In the new window, enter the purchase quantity from this supplier and select a price limit, then click the "Save" button.

How to improve the efficiency of the plant?

Efficiency is one of the main indicators of the plant's work, affecting the productivity of workers and equipment, the quantity and quality of products, and hence the financial results! Low efficiency of a plant is usually caused by insufficient quality of equipment with high technology, low qualification of workers with high quality of equipment, or insufficient qualifications of a plant manager with high qualifications of workers. In addition, the efficiency of the company's management office also affects the efficiency of the plant. Read the detailed help on performance management.

How do I change the name of the plant?

To change the name of a plant, go to the plant and click the "Plant name" button. Then, in the window that appears, enter the desired name of the company and confirm your decision by clicking the "Save" button. Only the president of the company can change the name of a company. Most often, the names of enterprises include the serial number of this type of enterprise in the company (for the convenience of managing a company with a large number of similar enterprises in one city).

How to sell a plant?

To sell a plant, go to a company and click the Sell Plant button. Then, in the window that appears, enter the selling price (it should be between 70% and 300% of the value of the company's assets) and click the "Put the company for sale" button. Please note: You will not be able to sell an enterprise in the following cases: 1) if you have installed a new technology on it (within 30 days from the date of installation) 2) if your company is less than two months old 3) if you bought this unit in the current count

How to close the plant?

To close the plant, go to the plant management and click on the "Close plant" link. Then, in the window that appears, click on the "Close enterprise" button. The cost of liquidating a plant is 10% of the cost of its production buildings.