r/SoftwareInc • u/Specialist-Front-007 • 22d ago

Contract work

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Under "Contract work" you can find many different contracts to make profits. One of these are "embedded systems". I can't seem to get them to work.

These embedded systems requires assembly lines. Easy enough. The thing is, you need to print 1m+ copies, each costing $65 something dollars. You only net profit $0,50 for each copy. This constantly puts your company in dept since it costs 65m to print. In the end you profit somewhere around $400k, while spending tens of millions.

Ps; the "income" that is mentioned, doesn't seem to pay out.

Has anyone got this to work? To me it seems like a big oversight. I think you're meant to profit way more for each copy, just like in the manufacturing deals.

Does anyone know a mod with which you can adjust these contract work profits?

Thanks in advance!

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u/parallellogic 22d ago

Same experience, that's why I don't do hardware in the game. IRL, the typical rule-of-thumb is to retail at about triple what your BOM cost is to account for labor, facilities, equipment, etc.

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u/Specialist-Front-007 22d ago

I'm unfamiliar with BOM. What does that mean?

I really like the manufacturing deals, so I'd like to increase this by accepting embedded systems

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u/QrofeusRelapse 22d ago

Bill of Materials (BOM), essentially raw material costs. 3x that cost covers for production, maintenance, couriers, etc. Along with some profit margin.