I had a question early: what if instead I put all my eggs in a single basket (aka putting all mils in a single order), I split them? Is it viable at all? So I decided to try
The Setup:
Brazil, 100% Non Aligned, Limited Exports, Partial Mobilization, Gun tech 1, Basic Machine Tools, 100% WS and ST, 40 steel from trading, 15 mils and AI off. From July 1st 1936 to Jan 1st 1938.
Results:
All mils togheter
C. Industry 1 6 months: 3571 guns
C. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 13073
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 22676
D. Industry 1 6 months: 3759 guns
D. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14536 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 26323 guns
Mils in groups of 5
C. Industry 1 6 months: 3571 guns
C. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14089 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 24720 guns
D. Industry 1 6 months: 3759 guns
D. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14534 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 26319 guns
Conclusion:
D. Industry is better short and medium term, we all knew that, but the leap of guns produced between C. Industry with the second method was huge. Since the diference between both D. Industries were that small, I would still pick the second method because of two things: Resources and factory damage. If you have many orders instead of a big one, less orders would be affected if you lack resources or have damage, allowing you to keep your top orders with high efficiency throughout rough times.
Not only that but if you have multiple orders, you can upgrade the lowest efficiency ones first with little to no downsides, and you can keep producing older equipment with higher efficiency if you REALLY need more equipment for your garissons and weakest units.
Is that useful? How would you change the testing method?
The Setup:
Brazil, 100% Non Aligned, Limited Exports, Partial Mobilization, Gun tech 1, Basic Machine Tools, 100% WS and ST, 40 steel from trading, 15 mils and AI off. From July 1st 1936 to Jan 1st 1938.
Results:
All mils togheter
C. Industry 1 6 months: 3571 guns
C. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 13073
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 22676
D. Industry 1 6 months: 3759 guns
D. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14536 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 26323 guns
Mils in groups of 5
C. Industry 1 6 months: 3571 guns
C. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14089 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 24720 guns
D. Industry 1 6 months: 3759 guns
D. Industry 2 6 months +5 mils: 14534 guns
Gun tech 2 6 months +5 mils: 26319 guns
Conclusion:
D. Industry is better short and medium term, we all knew that, but the leap of guns produced between C. Industry with the second method was huge. Since the diference between both D. Industries were that small, I would still pick the second method because of two things: Resources and factory damage. If you have many orders instead of a big one, less orders would be affected if you lack resources or have damage, allowing you to keep your top orders with high efficiency throughout rough times.
Not only that but if you have multiple orders, you can upgrade the lowest efficiency ones first with little to no downsides, and you can keep producing older equipment with higher efficiency if you REALLY need more equipment for your garissons and weakest units.
Is that useful? How would you change the testing method?
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