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- You need a high quality product to compete successfully in the
- market. To improve your products' quality, you have to invest in
- R&D to find new ways to produce better products.
-
- In this tutorial, the following hot keys are available:
-
- [Esc] - Quit the tutorial.
- [Back Space] - Go back one tutorial step.
-
- In this lesson, you will learn how to set up an R&D center, start
- R&D projects, and apply the research results to your business.
-
- wait : 20,400
- checkpoint : 32
- First, choose a location for your R&D center. You are recommended
- to choose a suburban location, for its low land cost and
- availability of labour. Click the "Continue Tutorial" button when
- you are done.
-
- pos : 276, 312, 313, 334
- mouse : left single
- Now click the "Build" button.
-
- pos : 41, 281, 125, 290
- mouse : left single
- Select "R&D Center".
-
- pos : 571, 417, 619, 453
- mouse : left single
- Click the "Build" button to erect your first R&D center.
-
- pos : 276, 285, 313, 308
- mouse : left single
- Now click the "Layout" button to see the layout plan for your
- R&D center.
-
- You can set up a maximum of nine R&D units in an R&D center. They
- can work independently as nine separate teams or be linked
- into a large team for increased performance.
-
- An R&D team with three or four units is reasonable if you are not
- too aggressive or too conservative towards R&D.
-
- pos : 334, 259, 397, 314
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 1, 11
- Let's create an R&D team with 3 units. Double-click here to set up
- the first unit.
-
- pos : 418, 259, 480, 313
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 2, 11
- Double-click here to set up the second one.
-
- pos : 507, 266, 557, 309
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 3, 11
- Double-click this slot to set up the last one.
-
- pos : 399, 282, 415, 292
- mouse : left double
- Next, you have to link them. Double-click here.
-
- pos : 484, 282, 498, 292
- mouse : left double
- Double-click here to finish setup.
-
- pos : 418, 259, 480, 313
- mouse : left single
- Now the R&D team is ready to start research. All they need is
- your direction. Click the "leader" unit, which has connections to
- all other R&D units in the team.
-
- pos : 175, 339, 254, 350
- mouse : left single
- Click the "R&D Technology" button. Then you will be asked to
- select the type of product to research and the duration of the
- R&D plan. Answer "Beer" and "3 Years" respectively.
-
- Upon receipt of your order, your team of scientists immediately
- start the research. However, there won't be any solid results
- until the R&D plan is complete.
-
- pos : 215, 285
- Now, let's look at the information area. It displays the
- no. of months since the R&D plan began and the duration of
- the R&D plan in months. These two numbers tell you the status
- of the R&D plan.
-
- pos : 229, 312
- The next two lines show the technology level before the R&D plan
- started and the expected technology level when the R&D plan is
- complete.
-
- The next section explains "technology level" and its effect on
- product quality.
-
- pos : 249, 103
- openmenu : 3, 5
- To find out more about technology, look at the technology section
- of the corporate detail report.
-
- runmenu : 3, 5
-
- pos : 452, 58, 530, 66
- mouse : left single
- Select "Technology".
-
- The technology report shows information about your corporation's
- R&D plans. The "Top Tech." column, displays the highest level of
- technology ever used in production of the product.
-
- pos : 298, 166
- In the beginning of the game, the top technology level of all
- products is 100. When a product with a higher technology level
- hits the market, the top technology level is updated accordingly.
-
- The top technology level is closely related to product quality.
- Launching a product with an unprecedented technology level into
- the market can cause the existing products to become inferior.
-
- For example, if your technology level for beer production is 50,
- and the top technology is 100, your product gains 27 quality
- points in production. (55% of beer quality is determined by
- production, so 55 X 50 / 100 = 27.) If the top technology were
- 200, the result would be much different. Your product could gain
- only 50 X 50 / 200 = 13 quality points in the product part.
-
- Thus, a high production technology level does not guarantee a
- high quality rating, unless the technology level of your factory
- is close to the top technology level.
-
- pos : 212, 433, 231, 446
- mouse : left single
- Now you should have no problem understanding the technology
- report, click here to close it.
-
- When a research is complete, you can apply the results, that is
- the improved production technology, to your manufacturing units.
- You find the "Upgrade Tech" button in your manufacturing
- units that are eligible for a technology upgrade. Press the
- button to upgrade the production facilities of the unit to the new
- technology and enable manufacture of better-quality products.
- However, the unit's productivity may drop as the workers adapt to
- the new production facilities.
-
- R&D is critical to the success of a manufacturing business, but
- you have to figure out yourself how to go about it. Now you are
- ready to move on to the next lesson.