Short answer
Build short, readable lanes: raw materials enter on one side of the Assembly Bench and finished goods leave on the other into a Supply Station. Keep power in budget, since each Carousel zombie is reported to add 7 Factory Power (10 with Belt Master) while every belt tile, splitter and station draws some. When demand passes supply the whole line stops, often right after you add one more tile.

The Town workshop
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Before you lay a belt
Clear the cellar blockage, repair and staff the Zombie Carousel, then unlock Conveyors and the Assembly Bench. Conveyors need 50 reputation with Jack.
Start with one short belt to a single worker on a simple recipe before you scale up.
A layout that reads at a glance
Feed raw items in on the left of the bench and send products out on the right. Belts that are not lined up correctly move nothing, so check each joint.
End every line in a Supply Station so output does not back up into the workers.
Original diagram of a starter Factory line: materials in, bench, products out to storage.
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Power budget
Community numbers put each Carousel zombie at 7 Factory Power, or 10 with the Belt Master perk. Belts, splitters, underground sections and supply stations all draw from that pool.
Do not confuse Factory Power with Zombie Power from the Bioreactor or with the zombie limit. They are three separate systems.
Why zombies stand idle
Zombies cannot fetch materials. An idle worker usually has a wrong tool, too little mastery, no materials, no queue, a full output chest, a blocked path or the wrong work zone.
A Zombie Supplier Station moves materials between nearby chests and benches, but only inside the same area, so keep each production cell compact.
Sources
- communityGameBrief: Factory layout guide
- communityGameBrief: Zombie power and factory power
- communityProdigy Gamers: Full zombie factory layout
- communityKeenGamer: Factory guide
- communityAllThingsHow: Factory basics
Related pages
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildAutomationGraveyard Keeper 2 Factory Layout & Setup
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildAutomationGraveyard Keeper 2 Zombie Supplier Station
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildAutomationGraveyard Keeper 2 Bioreactor & Zombie Power
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildAutomationGraveyard Keeper 2 Zombie Limit & Excessive Zombies
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildGuidesGraveyard Keeper 2 Graveyard Layout
Official screenshot · © Lazy Bear Games / tinyBuildEconomyJack in Graveyard Keeper 2