Satisfactory production decisions

A larger factory helps only when the limiting stage can use the added capacity.

Start with the plate target and work backwards through ingots to ore. Compare the flow required at each stage instead of comparing plate output with every belt's capacity directly.

The worked article explains the 80-to-81 boundary and the differences between more ore and faster transport. Continue to the iron plate guide to compare your planning inputs; it calculates capacity rather than measuring the running factory.