Production Efficiency

[leemonk]

Hi.

Does a product gain fast efficiency if there are more factories assigned to it?

I'm thinking of introducing new models but with minimal factories whilst still pumping out older kit at far higher rates with similar factory counts.

Clearly this only works if efficiency gains at the same speed as assigning one factory or fifteen etc.

Regards

Lee

 

[browd]

Same speed, regardless of number of factories -- efficiency is earned on a factory-by-factory basis, independently of how many other factories are producing the same equipment (whether in the same set of 15 factories or a different set that is producing the same equipment). What is displayed in game for a run of factories is simply the average efficiency of all of the factories in that run.

 

[Dalwin]

One thing that is not obvious to many players and which causes most questions of this type is thinking that efficiency is calculated for the entire line as some sort of aggregate. In fact, it is calculated for each factory individually. 10 factories in a single line behave exactly the same as those 10 would in 10 separate lines. What we see displayed in the production interface is the average of all the factories within said line.

 

[leemonk]

Thanks guys. Slightly confused on the answers so I 'll phrase my question differently.

I'm currently at 102% efficiency for 'Rifle No.4 mk1'. I am about to research 'Sten Mk2'.

If I switch out from my ten factories....................

Just been playing around with the settings to post my question but now I see what you mean.

I can not really progress efficiency with one factory because as soon as I load more in the efficiency will drop off as the newer factories are not familiar with the production.

 

[Dalwin]

Thanks guys. Slightly confused on the answers so I 'll phrase my question differently.

I'm currently at 102% efficiency for 'Rifle No.4 mk1'. I am about to research 'Sten Mk2'.

If I switch out from my ten factories....................

Just been playing around with the settings to post my question but now I see what you mean.

I can not really progress efficiency with one factory because as soon as I load more in the efficiency will drop off as the newer factories are not familiar with the production.

That appears to be true. My point is that the appearance is misleading. Your total production and overall efficiency are exactly the same whether the new factory is added into the existing line or placed into a new line all its own.