I an far in the game and when i put my tooling workshops on "assambling lines" they use negative goods and workers to generate nothing. (they generate urbanazation and negative pollution)
each level would employ 500 engeners, 1000 artificers and 500 shopkeeprs but unemploy 3000 Guild Laborers. and 2000-3000 = -1000 and i guess thats breakes the calulation.

the previous automation production method does not reach a negative worker value.

dont know what information you need to explain or solve this issue
i play as Borasak
i have the "flame-forge-tools" arcana Card that increases Manufacturing industrie Throughput by 15%
and the two companies that increase the building pops output for the starwoken by 15% but i dont know if thats for all or just a very specific building