Best way to use HQ

[Richard01]

Hi people,
What is the best, or what is youre best way to use the HQ.
Now ive got a HQ for HR and one HQ for purcasche and logistics agents. But im thinking to create a HQ for every single business, but mabye thats to much? Or a HQ for every niche business?

[Draa]

I've tried it a couple of different ways but finally settled on a high cap office(50) with low traffic rating (since that doesn't matter with a HQ).

Usually a 50 cap office building will give you enough room to put a lot of workers into. How many of each type is dependent on how many overall workers you have and how many businesses you operate. A 50 cap office building also has 3 rooms that you can separate the types of HQ workers into so that it's somewhat ordered, which I like. I'm sure there are better ways, but it's not too important no matter what way you choose.

[Lelo Mariin]

In most playthroughs I only use 4 purchasing agents and possibly 2 logistics managers so I put them in a 10 cap building.

Since employees are evergrowing I need more HR managers
I find it easier to manage their requirements/demands in a separate office building
I place all my HR in a separate 50 cap HQ . I wish there was a 25 cap office since 50 is just pointless to me. (I rarely do more than 1 law firm and never did the web development studio)

[WordCobbler]

Unless they change something in the future you can put more than the cap number of desks in offices when you're using them for HQ.

I made one with all my logistics and purchasing agents and then a second for HR managers. I just find keeping the logistics all in one much easier to actually be able to find them.

[David Estes Creations]

Originally posted by WordCobbler:

Unless they change something in the future you can put more than the cap number of desks in offices when you're using them for HQ.

True, the cap limits customers, not employees, and since the HQ isn't dealing with customers, the limit has no impact on them!

[Jay Zerosix]

I have one Main HR HQ for all HR. Then i have a HQ for each district with its own Logistics and Purchase agents that is attached to its own Warehouse. From there i can operate up to 16 business within each district with out having a massive mess of trying to ship/ keep up with stock to each business

[STV]

I use 4 central warehouses and import into them (General x2, Bags, Soda) but not clothes

I use the other warehouses to deliver to shops

I put my purchasing agents (9) and the 4 Logistics Managers in the same HQ. This allows me to quickly spot when the Centrals are low of stock and fix that issue.
I have 2 PAs per supplier so they have different priorities on filling orders.
The 9th is purely for Paper Bags as I found the some businesses (e.g. Food shops) seem not to trade without bags whilst Clothes shops do? Having cheap "bags" tagged on an order usually means that I run out.
The Logistics Managers only ship to the "Shop Supply" Warehouses.

The second HQ has the 12 Logistics Managers for the "Shop Supply" Warehouses (and the Clothes direct from supplier warehouse). These tend to be dedicated for the business types. (Coffee Shop\Clothes\Fast Food etc)

(Since the bags are supplied to each supply warehouse from central - the delivery of bags is only limited by shelf-space).

My 3rd and 4th HQ are packed full of desks and house the HR Managers.

I try to only employ HQ workers that have chair or object requirements (can always put a coffee machine on a desk) or squeeze a fridge. I avoid those that want a bigger desk.
This allows me to use the 15CP offices up nicely first.