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Tag Archives: Apple
Is the inability to source custom screws a reason why it is difficult to build iPhones in the USA ?
An article in the New York Times (January 28, 2019) titled “A Tiny Screw shows why iPhones won’t be “Assembled in the USA”” describes the difficulties that Flextronics, Apple’s assembler of the high end Macbook Pro in Austin, Texas, faced … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, Cost, delivery, emb2021, Global Contexts, logistics, Operations Management, ordering
Tagged Apple, assemble in the USA, competitiveness, emb2021, global supply chain
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Not enough new iPhones, strategy or supply chain challenge?
An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Why There Are Never Enough New iPhones” (September 18, 2017) describes the new iPhones launched in September 2017 as being available only in November, with possible delivery delays. The introduction if many … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, consumer, emb2019, imm2018, Innovation, logistics, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, emb2019, imm2018, imm2019, iPhone, Supply Chain
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Nintendo and Apple battle for components provided by supplier
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 30, 2017) titled “Nintendo battles Apple for parts as Switch demand rises”, describes supplier parts NAND flash memory chips, liquid crystal displays and tiny motors used by both companies in their products. … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, Cost, flash memory, manufacturer, mgmt5612018, Supply Chain Issues, technology
Tagged Apple, mgmt5612018, Nintendo, shortage, technology
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Calculating penalties for component design IP infringement
An article in the Wall Street Journal (August, 4 2016) titled “Apple wins famed designer support in battle vs Samsung” describes the challenge of determining penalties for Samsung ‘ s violation of Apple’s patents for display of apps and the … Continue reading
Posted in intellectual property, Liability, product, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, Consumers, Cost, Samsung, Supply Chain
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Apple’s efforts on conflict free tantalum procurement
An article published by the Financial Times titled “Apple to name and shame suppliers of conflict minerals” (February 13, 2014) describes Apple’s “supplier responsibility” report. Given the Dodd-Frank bill’s requirement to track use of conflict materials, Apple plans to use … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Capacity, certified, competition, conflict minerals, Cost, global supply chain, Risk, supplier
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On to the next legal round regarding Apple’s role in ebook pricing
An article in the New York Times (July 10,2013) describes the judge’s ruling that Apple coordinated with competing publishers to increase ebook prices. Apple is said to have offered publishers an agency pricing scheme by which it would be paid … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged agency pricing, Amazon, Apple, collusion, competition, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, prices, publishers, Suppliers
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Apple’s supply chain transparency — what do we learn ?
A recent release of Apple’s supplier list, mapped on Google maps (http://www.chinafile.com/who-supplies-apple-it-s-not-just-china-interactive-map) provides specific locations of 74 component suppliers, of which 331 are in mainland China. A related supplier responsibility report (http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/reports.html) lists audits of suppliers and corrective action, along … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, China, Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Apple cuts chip orders to Samsung
An article in the New York Times (September 9,2012) claims that Apple has cut orders for memory chips sourced from its long time supplier, Samsung. Current patent disputes regarding the similarity of Samsung’s phone and the iphone have caused friction … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Capacity, chips, competition, Intellectual Property, Legal, Risk, Samsung, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Apple’s supply chain strategy – more insights
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (Nov 7,2011) describes Apple’s plans to invest $ 7.1 billion in its supply chain and commit $ 2.4 billion in prepayments to suppliers. It describes Apple’s decisions to buy such large volumes of high-end drills that … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Capability, competition, Consumers, Cost, Global, Growth, manufacturing, Margins, Supply Chain
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Expensive iPad case, free iPad
The Oct 11 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting story of auctions on Yahoo by companies in Taiwan. Apple currently does not sell the iPaDs in Taiwan. But savvy companies are selling iPad cases for over $ 1000 and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Auctions, Case, iPad, Taiwan
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