APPLE TAKING SOME ASSEMBLY WORK
OUT OF CHINA?
PING!
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Posted on 06/20/2019 6:47:25 AM PDT by maggief
Apple is considering moving some of its production outside of China amid rising trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The company is looking into the feasibility of shifting up to one-third of the production for some devices out of China, sources told the Journal.
Destinations under consideration reportedly include Southeast Asia.
Any major shift would take years to implement, given the company relies on hundreds of thousands of workers available in China to manufacture the iPhone, the Journal noted.
Foxconn Technology Group, Apple's biggest assembler, is starting preparations to ramp up production for the new iPhones coming out this fall, sources told the newspaper.
“There is some flexibility to move Mac and other products, but it won’t be easy,” Mehdi Hosseini, an analyst with Susquehanna International Group who focuses on the technology supply chain, told the Journal.
“You have to have relatively skilled labor. You have to create an inventory hub. It would take time.”
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
The reported shift out of China comes amid rising trade tensions with the U.S.
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The company is looking into the feasibility of shifting up to one-third of the production for some devices out of China.
However, they will not be moving to the USA.
Any bets on India getting the ‘nod’?
I'd love to see India get a windfall of industry moves to their shore!
MADE IN INDIA would be much nicer to see on stuff at WalMart.
I wince whenever I see MADE IN CHINA :-(
Make it here, do it now.
MADE IN THE USA G-D it.
You Free Traitors™ never give up. I guess it will take the noose.
You don't know that.
That sounds really nice :-)
Hope to see many labels like that.
However, they will not be moving to the USA.
They want to keep their 99% profit ,90% is too low ,D’oh
The amount of labor per phone is $16!!!! Even if made in the USA the labor would still be minuscule compared to the retail price.
If they’re just now starting to look into this, then they’re fools. They should have started looking and considering 2 years ago. Looks like they’re gonna get hit with a hefty tariff bill for being too slow to diversify their supply chain.
They should have started looking and considering 2 years ago.
This is mostly posturing to the Chinese.
Next up will be ‘Chinese Consumer Reports’ discovers an ‘amazing’ flaw in the iPhone, sales in China tank...
You’re touching on the key point that needs to be made.
iPhones are already at the $1000 price point. Do we really want to move production to the US and see them sell for $1,200 and more?
One hour of US labor is NOT going to cost $200/phone LOL!!!
A $1,000 phone made in the USA would cost $1,050 If the entire amount of labor cost was passed on. My guess most of that would come out of the the $300/ph profit margin.
Apple *ping*
And Apple wonders how China steals their software.
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Apple already Manufactures the 2013 Mac Pro in Austin, Texas, and assembles custom iMacs in Elk Grove, California. A huge new plant is being built in Wisconsin right now. Many components of the iPhone and iPad are already built in the USA.
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