Quarterly Decisions-- Operations

Note:  Capacity can be reduced by temporarily laying off a line or deactivating a line.  Capacity can be increased by reactivating previously deactivated lines and by building a plant, or a plant addition and new lines.

All active lines must be either scheduled, temporarily laid off or deactivated.

First Shift

Limits:  Lines:   0 to maximum number of lines available

Hours:  0, 40 to 48

Lines scheduled + lines idled + lines deactivated must be equal to the number of  lines available.

Second Shift

Second shift is only available in your home area.

Limits:  Lines:  0 to maximum number of lines available in home area

Limits, Hours:  0, 40 to 48

Second shift-lines scheduled + second-shift lines idled + second-shift lines deactivated must equal to the number of second-shift lines available.

Temporary Layoffs First or Second Shift

Note:  There must be a first shift line for every second shift line operating.  Layoffs tend to lower moral resulting in lower productivity.

Limits:  0 to maximum number of lines available

Cost:  $52,000 or 312,000 in local currency per quarter per line (subject to inflation)

Deactivate First or Second Shift

Note:  There must be a first shift line for every second shift line operating.    Layoffs tend to significantly lower moral resulting in lower productivity.  If second shift deactivated lines are replaced by new first shift lines, moral will not be affected.

Limits:        0 to the number of lines available for production

Cost:  $100,000 or 600,000 in local currency per line

Reactivate Deactivated Lines

Note:  A second-shift line must use the equipment used by a first-shift line.  You may not reactivate a second-shift line unless you have a supporting first-shift line either available, being built or reactivated.

Limits:  0 to number of lines previously deactivated

Cost:  $50,000 or 300,000 in local currency per line

Research and Development

Develops new products and new production processes.

Limits:  1 to 999 (in thousands of dollars)

Operations Employee Training

Upgrades employee skills and prepares them for more complex assignments.

Limits:  1 to 999 (in thousands of dollars)

Investment in Production Facilities and Equipment

(All costs subject to inflation)

New First Shift Lines

Construction requires one quarter to complete.

Limits:  0 to space available

Cost:  $500,000 + $100,000 worker training per line or

Lc 3,000,000 + Lc 600,000 worker training per line

New Second Shift Lines

Note:  A second-shift line must use the equipment used by a first-shift line.  You may not  construct a second-shift line unless you have a supporting first-shift line either available, being built or reactivated.

Construction requires one  quarter to complete.

Limits:  0 to number of 1st-shift lines operating in home area

Cost:  $100,000 per line worker training (home area only)

New Additions

New lines must be built in the addition prior to production taking place.

Construction requires two quarters to complete.

Limits:  0 or 2 lines (to a maximum of 12 lines in a plant)

Cost:  $900,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 5,400,000 per 2-line addition

New Plant

New lines must be built in the plant prior to production taking place.

Construction requires three quarters to complete.

New plants may only be built in areas where there are no existing plants.

Limits:  0 in home area; 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 lines in other areas

Cost:  2 lines capacity:  $1,200,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 7,200,000

4 lines capacity:  $1,900,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 11,400,000

6 lines capacity:  $2,600,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 15,600,000

8 lines capacity:  $3,300,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 19,800,000

10 lines capacity:  $4,000,000 or Dn, Rp or Ps 24,000,000

Plant Closing

All lines must be deactivated at the time a plant is closed.

Limits:        0 or -1, -1 closes the plant in the area