Advanced Quality and Effectivity (Kebir Blue)

Does anyone know how to use these upgrades? I am building an advanced quality factory, but I have no idea as to how I integrate these with my companies!

Make sure the box is checked to auto-order upgrades on the Upgrade section of your My Corporations screen. You can't use your own AQP/AEP upgrades. You wouldn't want to even if you could as it would waste money.

I have the auto-order upgrades for my companies checked, and they have been that way for some time (all but two new ones at 200 quality and effectivity). However, it doesn't seem to be ordering any of the advanced quality and effectivity ones.

The AQP and AEP upgrades are what your corporations order to improve their quality and effectivity. 200 is the maximum for a country's effectivity and quality upgrades, you can't go higher.

200 is the maximum for state-owned corporation.
225 is the max for ceo-owned.

I can't remember the max cor public corps.

I believe true public corps (25% or less of shares in hands of controlling shareowner -- which is of course, the largest shareowner), can get to 230.

Thats according to the online docs.

Truly public corps go to 250 regardless of state or private ownership.

Also, interesting fact: The controlling shareholder does not always have to be the largest. Normally it will be but there are 2 cases where it's not.

Right. Investment funds cannot be the controller.

I thought that the higher levels of upgrades were only available to CEO controlled truly publics? Unless you've done the trick where the CEO controls it for a while, and then sells it back to the state. Can you reach 250 in a truly public thats always been state controlled?

Does this also overide the inherent disadvantage in operations costs to which state controlled corps are subjeced?

Thanks in advance for any info.

"Can you reach 250 in a truly public thats always been state controlled?"

Yes.

"Does this also overide the inherent disadvantage in operations costs to which state controlled corps are subjeced?"

Govt-owned truly publics still pay higher fixed costs like regular state corps do. Remember also that with public corps, you only receive profit payments equal to the % of shares you own. So if you have a country-controlled truly public and you own 25% of the shares, you'll see 75% of the profits going out the window... unless there are taxes involved, in which case those are taken off before profit payments.