The Restocker has changed nothing!

[benpro239]

The Restocker has changed nothing. Now I must restock the storage racks, before then only the Supermarked racks. It needed to implemented an automatically storage rack, that restock by buying suitable products. Precondition is of course a marked storage rack.

[Pepe]

Do we know the date of the next update?
I am impatient and nervous to know when it will be available and all the new features.

[Swisspike]

Publicado originalmente por benpro239:

Publicado originalmente por Swisspike:

I don't think I will ever use the stockers. A BIG part of the game is setting up the store each morning. Once that is done, I man the register, and watch the cha-CHING dopamine release.

Thats the point, you don't have to use them but you can.
I would like the option
But I think also, you become a bunch of problems, when your Supermarket becomes bigger.

The journey is the destination. If it takes me an hour to set up the store - perfectly - prior to opening, then that's fine.

[KweenEva]

do i need to have a full rack to make the restocker work? all he does is stand outside and do nothing lol

[CrazyIvan512]

Publicado originalmente por KweenEva:

do i need to have a full rack to make the restocker work? all he does is stand outside and do nothing lol

No, If there is enough stock taken from the store shelf a restocker will take whatever quantity You have on the storage shelf and restock the store, they are a bit bugged to where they do not fill every item completely on the store shelf, like SuSu Brown sugar.. they leave 2 spaces empty on my shelf, which is fine for me, I add them if I feel like it, and other items they fill all the way

[Ƥrǐŋcєss Ƒluեեєrsɦy]

Publicado originalmente por paulblackburn12121:

So is game restocked the storage racks automatically, the restockers filled your shelves, the cashiers sold your products then you have no game to play

Not right, you still have do the Management and theRestockers/Cashiers are not good enough to made this an Idle Game, even if the Restockers are able to Pickup Boxes from the Streets.
First, the Cashiers are very slow, scanning one Item per Second and cause long Lines at the Register, while the Player is able to do that in a few Seconds with Mouseclick Spamming.
Then the Restockers, who can't sort in new Stuff, so the Player need to sort in the Products for the Restockers.
Here also is the Problem how the Shelfes are made.
Shelfes in the Storage use an "last in, first out" system, so you need to take out the first box from the shelf and put it aside, fill the shelf and put it back in to prevent a Shelf full of half filled Boxes.
The Restockers also work inefficient by restocking every time one item is missing, instead of waiting forenough space to empty a complete box in a Shop Shelf.
So usualy I do one of the Registers to prevent full Registers, even the NPC Customers always go to the Cashiers first and only use my Register if theres no Space left.
The Restockers I have fired after a while in my Storage, who has cost me 12.000 Money for 42 Products, because to have a Shelf Storage need the double amount of time as in my usual system, where I have one box of each Product in my Storage on the Floor.

I have made a Guide for my way of Sorting:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3197883282

So I do the storage practical like a car factory with delivery on demand.
I have one shelf/fridge/freezer per product,exept the oversized potatoes, bleach and toiletpaper, who have two, what are usual enough to do a day without running out of products.

Publicado originalmente por ><Ce|\|T><:

Before the restocker. I had more work in the day filling my store.
Since the restocker. I have less work in the day filling the store but at the end of the day, I've to correct all the mess they are doing because for me, I like to refill all shelves to full capacity but restocker are only triggered at a certain treshold. Then, I've to merge some boxes of products when they left one box with 4 units and another with 2 units. So they help but they also give extra work...

this just feel like it, but practical it need more time as long the ai not restock the storage as well.
You need to pickup a box from the street, then find the shelf, put out the used box of the restockers and put the new box in, then put back the removed box.
thats needed to prevent a storage full of half empty boxes.
I have test the times with my Smartphone Stopwatch, how long it need.
it was about 9-10 minutes from the opening of the shop until the last customer leave.
about 25 minutes to manualy restock the store with my System and over 40 minutes to use a storage with shelfes and restockers.

[benpro239]

Publicado originalmente por Swisspike:

Publicado originalmente por benpro239:

Thats the point, you don't have to use them but you can.
I would like the option
But I think also, you become a bunch of problems, when your Supermarket becomes bigger.

The journey is the destination. If it takes me an hour to set up the store - perfectly - prior to opening, then that's fine.

When thats the Game for you, fine.😀

[Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug]

Publicado originalmente por LuckyLuke365:

Publicado originalmente por shadowbeast:

For them to restock the warehouse as well that will be in the next update.

noo i really dont hope thats the next update, taking a way the only gameplay thats left, hope more features comes first.

There's a ton of gameplay and stuff you need to do right now
You still need to order the boxes, adjust prices, listen to customer complaints and address them, plan expansions and work on adding the new furniture and initial stocks, etc
The stuff that has to do with the managing

[Swisspike]

Publicado originalmente por Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug:

Publicado originalmente por LuckyLuke365:

noo i really dont hope thats the next update, taking a way the only gameplay thats left, hope more features comes first.

There's a ton of gameplay and stuff you need to do right now
You still need to order the boxes, adjust prices, listen to customer complaints and address them, plan expansions and work on adding the new furniture and initial stocks, etc
The stuff that has to do with the managing

My last job, prior to retirement, was to manage a MASSIVE XPO Logistics warehouse. I had 77 dock doors, and 240 employees. I had my own golf cart to get around the facility. I enjoyed the planning and effort required to keep everything running smoothly.

Edit to add..I had 22 people in inventory control, including a manager, JUST to keep track of product, in and out.

[Ƥrǐŋcєss Ƒluեեєrsɦy]

Publicado originalmente por Swisspike:

Publicado originalmente por Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug:

There's a ton of gameplay and stuff you need to do right now
You still need to order the boxes, adjust prices, listen to customer complaints and address them, plan expansions and work on adding the new furniture and initial stocks, etc
The stuff that has to do with the managing

My last job, prior to retirement, was to manage a MASSIVE XPO Logistics warehouse. I had 77 dock doors, and 240 employees. I had my own golf cart to get around the facility. I enjoyed the planning and effort required to keep everything running smoothly.

Edit to add..I had 22 people in inventory control, including a manager, JUST to keep track of product, in and out.

Well this Store is much smaller even on max Size the Store just has 416m² with a 96m² Storage.
For that 9 workers (included the PC) are many Employees.
Here in Germany, a Store with such a Size has usual 3-4 Workers included the Store Manager.
Just in the Game the Clerks at the Registers are no real NPC, they are more part of the Register Model, like a industrial Robot (thats why you can move them with the Employee standing inside).
Practical you just have a max of 4 Employee, who are just able to restock, the remaining Work is the Job of the Store Manager (the PC).

[Sten]

I love the stockers. I put the computer in the storage area and I stocked the product in the same order as the order menu so now i just have to glance at the shelves and order what is missing. way faster.

[Knottypine]

The restocker helps for sure. Him and I restock the store in less time than if I was doing it on my own. They also keep things stocked up during the day (albeit slowly), so less chance something runs out when the rush comes in late afternoon/evening. I think it's a good system. And the next update will most likely include having the restocker grab things from the sidewalk and place them into storage.

[Ƥrǐŋcєss Ƒluեեєrsɦy]

Publicado originalmente por Sten:

I love the stockers. I put the computer in the storage area and I stocked the product in the same order as the order menu so now i just have to glance at the shelves and order what is missing. way faster.

Publicado originalmente por Knottypine:

The restocker helps for sure. Him and I restock the store in less time than if I was doing it on my own. They also keep things stocked up during the day (albeit slowly), so less chance something runs out when the rush comes in late afternoon/evening. I think it's a good system. And the next update will most likely include having the restocker grab things from the sidewalk and place them into storage.

If you add one Shelf, Fridge or Freezer per Product (Except the Oversized Bleach, Potatoes and Bucket sized Poiletpapers, who neet two), you usual not need to restock over the Shoptime, just be sure to fill every Spot on all Shelves.
My store is now on I think it was Level 38 and the last License was the one with the 2. Brand of Water and the Boxes of 10 Eggs and I never have a sold out Product with no Restocker and 3 Registers, where I work in one of them.
Just the Money I get is a bit low with about 1500 per Day.
I would add more Products, but I need to buy this much to small 4x4m Parts first to have enough space for another double Row of Shelfes.
Actual I add 30 cent on top of the displayed Shop Price and remove the 2. Digit in the Cents, but maybe I need to made it on the Store Price or lower to made more sales, not sure.