Foxconn's iPhone output could drop by 30% over COVID outbreak
Foxconn's COVID-19 outbreak in a major iPhone factory could impact production by up to 30%, but the assembly partner is attempting to use other facilities to keep production up.
A Foxconn facility
The Zhengzhou factory in China's Henan province was hit by a Coronavirus outbreak in October, which threatened production at Foxconn's biggest site for assembling iPhones. While Foxconn is attempting to mitigate any shortfall, it seems the hit to global iPhone could be significant.
A person familiar with the issue told Reuters on Monday that the impact of reduced production could cut supplies by as much as 30%. To work around the slump in production, Foxconn is said by the source to be increasing activity in Shenzhen city.
The report correlates with tweets from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Sunday, who said that the outbreak has forced Foxconn to delay a seasonal reduction in production.
The facility has also quickly and suddenly adopted closed-loop production, keeping workers in dormitories to minimize contact with the outside world. Just the shift to closed-loop caused a reduction of more than 10% of capacity, Kuo offered.
Initiatives at the factory to minimize spread include an October 19 ban on dining at canteens, with workers instead forced to eat meals within the dorms.
The measures prompted workers to vent on social media, as well as claims scores of workers fled the factory. Videos on Chinese social media reported by the Washintgton Post show workers climbing fences and carrying belongings as they depart the factory. While the videos aren't all verified as accurate, it is also unclear if the workers were permitted to leave or if they were escaping.
As the producer of 70% of the world's iPhones, the factory produces the majority of iPhone output, making such issues a major problem for both Foxconn and Apple. The period is also traditionally busy, due to the year-end holiday sales, so any drop in production could have a big impact overall.
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A Foxconn facility
The Zhengzhou factory in China's Henan province was hit by a Coronavirus outbreak in October, which threatened production at Foxconn's biggest site for assembling iPhones. While Foxconn is attempting to mitigate any shortfall, it seems the hit to global iPhone could be significant.
A person familiar with the issue told Reuters on Monday that the impact of reduced production could cut supplies by as much as 30%. To work around the slump in production, Foxconn is said by the source to be increasing activity in Shenzhen city.
The report correlates with tweets from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Sunday, who said that the outbreak has forced Foxconn to delay a seasonal reduction in production.
The facility has also quickly and suddenly adopted closed-loop production, keeping workers in dormitories to minimize contact with the outside world. Just the shift to closed-loop caused a reduction of more than 10% of capacity, Kuo offered.
Initiatives at the factory to minimize spread include an October 19 ban on dining at canteens, with workers instead forced to eat meals within the dorms.
The measures prompted workers to vent on social media, as well as claims scores of workers fled the factory. Videos on Chinese social media reported by the Washintgton Post show workers climbing fences and carrying belongings as they depart the factory. While the videos aren't all verified as accurate, it is also unclear if the workers were permitted to leave or if they were escaping.
As the producer of 70% of the world's iPhones, the factory produces the majority of iPhone output, making such issues a major problem for both Foxconn and Apple. The period is also traditionally busy, due to the year-end holiday sales, so any drop in production could have a big impact overall.
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anyway, some fun COVID facts.
According to worldometer, out of a population of 1.54 billion people, only 260,000 people have contracted the couf and not yet 5300 deaths.
that Ranks China as number 107 out of reporting 230 reporting sources.
One would be tempted to make observations about the efficacy of the vaccine, but the true, real story here is about the reliability of statistics in a fascist country. They are just not credible. The Chinese people would know this, but they have no choice but to accept it. That is the true problem in a country where the state has more rights than the individual.
You are too lazy to do a simple Google search.
Where Are Dell Laptops Made?
Dell laptops are made and shipped from China as their manufacturing plant mainly resides there. Other than that, Dell has plants in Brazil, Malaysia, and the US. Dell also outsources its manufacturing from different plants in Nashville, Tennessee, and Austin, Texas. Dell’s headquarter is in Round Rock, Texas, and it has many other manufacturing plants across the globe.
Dell laptops are made by a few top-rated companies like Compal, and Dell itself in Brazil, including Alienware, Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, G Series, and XPS series.
also this is likely a anti USA anti Taiwan organized weibo hit likely with CCP behind it
while peovince of Henan with millions of people has 2k cases but Foxconn close look with 200k people has 20k cases
no way, the people on those highways likely paid and offered new jobs already