Hello. Sorry if the text is hard to understand because I am using machine translation.
I know there has already been a lot of discussion about the efficiency of factories.
Since there has been so much talk about jewelry and electronics production, I would like to write about food production.
I had the misfortune to be the first to build a bread factory, which created a huge loss.
Take the production of croissants as an example.
Purchasing Agent will purchase croissants for $1.64 each.
On one production line I tried, I was able to run six baking machines with two input machines and one output machine.
1 baking machine produces 4 pieces per hour x 6 machines = 24 pieces
Labor cost $18/hour x 3 persons = $54
Labor alone costs $2.25 per unit. Not taking into account the agent labor and material costs, it is clear that the agent wins at this point.
My question is, why produce bread one piece at a time in a factory? I think handmade is far more productive.
And while one worker is always needed to feed one material, one worker is sufficient to feed two materials into one machine. They don’t seem to be doing much work.
I also tried to make donuts, but the results were even more disastrous because of the additional machinery needed.
I want to sell the machine but can only destroy it, I fired all the factory employees, the factory is closed and waiting for an update… 