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Shipping thousands of parts from many countries half a world away to assemble in the US is super expensive compared to choosing a location where most of the parts are made and just shipping the finished product to the US. This is a no brainer. If …
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My guess is north of 15 million. Foxconn alone has over a million employees in China; and I believe it's not the only assembly house in China making idevices. Then there's the battery factories, aluminum/steel machining plants, glass makers, lens ma…
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longfang said: coolfactor said: In order to account for weight on the plane, they should charge customers based on the height/weight ratio of their own bodies, after a certain reasonable threshold. Do you think that would be too discri…
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I have said this before, but really, supplier forecasts are wildly inaccurate for predicting how a product is selling. Supply management strategies change all the time. Sometimes you can buy every part you need all at once and store them for the ent…
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I have no interest in paying for any news subscription service. While it's true that there's a lot of fake news out there when you choose free content; it doesn't really take much to debunk them. Just pay attention when the little alarm bells start …
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Well, having the option to opt out that isn't hidden in multiple sub-sub-sub-menus is certainly a nice touch.
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Apple could reuse it's Dialog semiconductor purchase model and just buy Ford engineers and IP instead of buying the whole company.
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Supply chain predictions are complicated by their very nature. There are many different scenarios that can lead to reduced forecasts. For example, a company can choose to "front load" their orders and buy enough supply for the entire year in the spa…