One thing about Indian manufacturing facilities is that leaks are definitely not as prominent. That's probably because the scale of production isn't as high as Chinese factories but still, it's rather commendable that I've never really seen supply chain leaks from on here.
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iPhone 17 to Be Assembled in India as Apple Aims to Further Diversify Supply Chain
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Not at the time. Apple is demanding and India is not ramped up yet - and nowhere else is close in terms of costs
I suppose it depends when you start your timeline. Before “globalization” and global supply chains, a lot of manufacturing was done in a single country. And now, I suppose it’s not accurate to say Apple and others were relying on a single country for manufacture, as many of the components are sourced from other locations. Just the ultimate assembly in China. Having worked with companies on supply chain, geopolitical risk was never ignored, just monitored, with the expectation to move or diversify if the situation changed, which you now see happening. Many companies for a decade or more have done China plus one, now many are moving to a model of manufacturing in China for domestic market there, plus locations outside of China for other markets.
Can you elaborate on your casual racism good sir?
There was a reason for that though. You need a huge population of relatively skilled labor at a relatively low cost with a stable infrastructure. Not many countries in the world fit the bill.
We can completely replace china in Manufacturing when we achieve the these steps.
1) Once every single step can be done by robots.
Or
2) Once we agree to get manufacturing skilled labor from China.
Or
3) Once a huge population of the US decides to work in a production line doing the same repeated manufacturing task all day, every day, at super speed, for a low income.
And
4) We agree to live with the levels of pollution you find in a typical work day in China.
If there is a skirmish in the South China sea all trade in the region will be impacted - cargo ships will still have a tough time getting to the US.
They really need to be building the chips in the US, and assembling these in Mexico.
They really need to be building the chips in the US, and assembling these in Mexico.
Lol
"A recent Financial Times report claimed Apple is running into issues with its first foray into India-based manufacturing with poor quality of products."
"Tata’s Apple factory at Hosur, which make cases or housings for iPhones, had 50 per cent of its produced cases fail Apple’s quality control check."
A few years ago, I began buying clothing and footwear that was only made in Japan, Canada, and the United States. The quality and durability of the Japanese and Canadian merchandise was outstanding. The American stuff fell apart after a few weeks of wear.
I know garments aren't electronics. But based on that experience, I lost quite a bit of faith in U.S. manufacturing.
shame! shame! shame!
bring back all manufacturing to America !!
more jobs lost to India continues sadly.
bring back all manufacturing to America !!
more jobs lost to India continues sadly.
I suppose it’s all cyclical, innit?
One could counter argue that it was the wealth from Asia and Africa that made Europe what it is today over the preceding three centuries.
Having said that, the past is the past and there is no point in arguing about it.
If not for the mass industrialisation esp in the electronics sector led by China, the world wouldn’t be where it is today .. Let’s see what the future holds
Yeah dude, like there aren't QC issues with any new apple product lines being manufactured in other countries? The moment AirPods started buzzing, did people immediately blame Vietnam? Or the older Mac Pro with its thermal issues, is that cause of US manufacturing? When the iPhone X was being released, Samsung was rejecting over 50% of panels, reject rates are always high with apple.
Edit: Shall we get info software and all the bugs with iOS. Is that cause of the dominant population in America?
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Someone who gets it. I'm an American but the UK and USA have so much blood on their hands we just hand wave away. Africa, India, Asia, up to 97% of their GDP was going to the UK and the after effects of colonialism don't just go away overnight. Half these countries literally weren't independent 50-100 years ago.
Yeah, imagine sh****ng your pants with racism accusations and, when you were shown the facts, instead of asking for an excuse keep bringing race into conversation when noone else is even talking about it.
I didn't make a single accusation. I pointed out how absurd it would be to condemn a whole country for QC issues and it clearly made you uncomfortable. That means you know it's true dawg.