The production cost relies on the cost of materials/ingredients to make it, the proportional part of the worker's wage and then other miscellaneous factors, like energy, management and general expenses, and technology level.
For ingredients, look for the best ones having a decent quality/price proportion. The cheaper ingredients, the lower cost.
For workers, the more units a single worker produces, the less charge the wage has on the product. Example:
10 workers with 20 machines produce around 5.000 flour units. So, each worker produces 500 units per week. If you are paying that worker a wage of $150, those 500 units would cost you $0.30 each. (Ingredient cost not included here.) This is the way the wages affect the cost of product.
Technology allows you to make more units and with higher quality. So, if you had a much higher level, and you produced 1.000 flour units per worker instead of 500, the wage charge on the product would be reduced. (From $0.30 to $0.15, because the same worker would manufacture double the units at the same wage cost.) The more units you can make per worker, the lower the added cost of wage will be.
The rest is having the mill working at its max efficiency. Or else the production will be reduced too. Same goes for broken machines, but only when the number of broken units is too high.
I guess that's basically all. If I missed something, someone else will add it. |
