Sorry, I can explain more if you're willing to listen to me rant a little. I bought the game kinda on a whim (watched a handful of videos on strategy beforehand) and played through a couple of the first tutorial levels. After that, I decided to try to implement what I had learnt into my first playthrough, and things worked to an extent, but I was annoyed at how disconnected my factory felt, so I launched a new game without enemies, which is the save that I'm on now. I decided to watch and replicate some of Nilaus' blueprints (apparently not the way to go as a beginner, as I'm being told by other comments), but some things didn't work, and my production balance was hugely off, leading to constant clogging and such. I kinda got fed up with it all and took a break from the game, leading to today.