{"id":1027,"date":"2019-05-06T02:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T02:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=1027"},"modified":"2024-11-08T02:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T02:10:33","slug":"how-do-i-purchase-scu-in-mikesbikes-introduction","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/article\/how-do-i-purchase-scu-in-mikesbikes-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying \/ Selling Factory Capacity in MikesBikes Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Increasing your company’s Factory Capacity is done through the Factory Capacity menu (under the Operations top-menu, available from year 3 of the simulation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buying or Selling Factory Capacity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Click on either “Buy” or “Sell” and then enter the number of Standard Capacity Units (SCU)<\/a> you require:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One SCU will cost you $200. So if you purchase 1,000 additional SCU this will cost you $200,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> Each year companies can double their current Factory Capacity provided you have enough cash available to pay for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means your maximum capacity purchase each year may be limited by how much cash you have at the start of the year. For instance, if you have $1m in cash, then you will only be able to purchase an additional 5000 SCU of capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need to purchase more capacity than the simulation allows, then consider raising long term debt<\/a> or issuing more equity<\/a> to increase your available cash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much SCU do I need?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When your production requirements exceed available Factory Capacity you will be notified on the Pricing & Production<\/em> screen and on the Factory Capacity<\/em> screen. The message will specify the quantity of SCU required. Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calculating Required SCU Manually<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A manual calculation can also be made using the following formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total SCU required = Planned Production x SCU required per unit \/ Efficiency%<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n