Investigation details Apple's struggles to create a device manufacturing supply chain in India
Several years ago, employees at Apple investigated whether components for the iPhone could be made in India. The results weren't encouraging. — While the employees found some companies …
The Information Wayne Ma
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Discussion
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@amir
Amir Efrati
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🍎Apple🍎 tried & tried & tried & tried & tried to move supply chain & 📱production to 🇮🇳India🇮 🇳, away from 🇨🇳China🇨 🇳. Countless people involved in the process described, in detail, all the reasons why Apple mostly failed. http://thein.fo/... $aapl by @waynema
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@viditb
Vidit Bhargava
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As much as I wished this wasn't true, it is unfortunately the case for many manufacturing units in the country. Being a manufacturing student I visited a few of them. The best were plants which had some prior Japanese collaboration or standard units such as tetrapack machines htt…
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@therealjpk
JPK
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Opportunity knocks and brings the door down. India: sorry, go back where you came from. https://twitter.com/...
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@raffasadun
Raffaella Sadun
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Fascinating article. Apple wanted to move some of its production to India, but managerial and organizational deficits (in part policy related) got in the way. https://twitter.com/...
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@sub8u
Subrahmanyam Kvj
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This is a fascinating read on Apple's attempts to build a supply chain in India. About time companies looked at a supply chain beyond China! Avg Chinese worker at Wistron (iPhone assembler) China, makes ~$700/month. Indian counterpart ~one-fourth of that! https://www.theinformati…
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@radnus0
Sundar Ramakrishnan
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When opportunity comes knocking, and we're woefully unprepared. ☹️ #Apple #MakeInIndia https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@tombschrader
Matt Schrader
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Still something to keep an eye on. Apple's efforts in this space appear unusually determined: https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@waynema
Wayne Ma
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Apple has struggled for years to build a supply chain in India. I explain why for @theinformation https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@benedictevans
Benedict Evans
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Why Apple struggles to make iPhones in India: low volumes, lack of depth in the supplier ecosystem, and this. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@jessicalessin
Jessica Lessin
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Why can't Apple manufacture the iPhone in India? @waynema has an in-depth look at what happened when Apple execs showed up to the offices of Indian suppliers like Superpacks. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...