Production Scheduler for Factories

Hello :waving_hand:

While playing, I thought it would be very handy to have a production schedule for factories. For example: Monday to Wednesday producing “Cheap Jewelry” and Thursday to Sunday producing “Expensive Jewelry”.

Currently, we have to switch products manually, which is pretty tedious. The only alternative is buying the same expensive machinery multiple times for different items, leading to machines being underutilized and costing a fortune. Having an automated planning would be a huge QoL improvement!

Many products don’t need to be mass-produced to the point of requiring a dedicated production line, so being able to automate the switch between items would be a game-changer.

What do you think about this? :thinking:

Hello - you have a few options. You can switch manually if you want, or you can have two machines that you assign the schedule as you see fit as you mentioned.

Or just let them run and sell the excess back to the importers!

Hi :waving_hand:

I see your point, but that’s exactly the issue: manually switching is very tedious when you have a lot of things to do, and buying for example a second $550,000 setup just to produce a small amount of a different item is a huge waste of money and space.

My point is about efficiency: being able to schedule production would allow us to fully utilize one expensive machine for multiple low-volume items without the manual headache. It would add a layer of “smart management” that the game currently lacks for factories!