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Mary Jander Yes, indeed. Great point, Shane. There is enough blame to go around here -- and certainly not all of it goes to the specific plants. The outsourcers and offshorers too must shoulder some of the burden...
Shane Fernandez Hi Mary. Not just China. Have you seen the latest on that factory in Bangladesh? "It was the worst tragedy to hit Bangladesh's massive garment industry, and focused attention on the poor working...
Mary Jander I agree, Shane. I know there were many who argued that Foxconn's statistics taken in context showed that the suicide rates at that plant were average or low. I'm not buying it. I think Foxconn's...
Shane Fernandez Agreed Jim.
Jim O'Reilly There's an efficiency factor involved,too, Shane. You've seen the rows of Chinese workers all assembling iPhones by hand. We'd autoamte much of that, with the result that per unit assembly costs...
Shane Fernandez Hi Mary, Apple's revenue issue are just one of the many problems they have and are facing. Their partnership with contractor Hon Hai/Foxconn is something I believe has left a bad tase in many people's...
Shane Fernandez Jim, I agree totally. A couple more points to reinforce yours: Global shipping costs are rising steadily. Chinese wages rose by 16 percent annually over the past decade. At that pace, combined...
Mary Jander Interestingly, Apple is having setbacks in China for a range of reasons not related specifically to lower labor rates. I think it's worth noting that offshoring in China does not guarantee market...
Jim O'Reilly US assmbly will shorten inventory cycles, freeing up cash and also shorten fulfillment times and add flexibility. As to labor costs, the labor cost per unit has dropped significantly, so moving onshore...
Mary Jander Indeed, arv, there are advantages to offshoring. In the last while, though, some of those advantages have weakened -- for instance, higher wages in China are bringing up the cost of formerly cheap...
arv Mary, I think off-shoring the work to east has a few advantages like round the clock production (faster time to market), reduced costs, exchange of ideas, new probable markets but when...
arv The large scale manufacturing and low cost labour is the major advantage China has compared to other countries. To assemble the handsets we may not need high skilled graduate, but are the people...
arv Jim, I should say the topic that you have put forth is very serious and I can sense it with the way it is presented here. I agree with everything that you have written here. Avoiding...
Mary Jander Interesting observation. It's pretty obvious that our relationship with China as a trade partner needs some emending.
Jim O'Reilly China is a complesx mess of state ownership, state mentoring, state subsidy and state policy. In every case, the playing field is loaded against the US. Moreover, in a nation where capitalism is...
Jim O'Reilly For many HR departments "educated workforce" is short for "Don't hire dummies". As China has proven, you don't need a batchelor's degree to assemble an iphone every 6 minutes. On the job training...
Mary Jander Jim, I have to say I agree with much of your blog. I know that Huawei has vigorously disputed the accusations against it made by last year's report, and I think those arguments are reasonable. But...
Davedgreat2000 Thank you for a great article. The Tax incentives would be a great first start to bring some companies back. However, why hasn't this all been happening? First off the tax incentives are few and...
Davedgreat2000 Thank you for a great article. The Tax incentives would be a great first start to bring some companies back. However, why hasn't this all been happening? First off the tax incentives are few and...
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Mary Jander Yes, indeed. Great point, Shane. There is enough blame to go around here -- and certainly not all of it goes to the specific plants. The outsourcers and offshorers too must shoulder some of the burden...
Shane Fernandez Hi Mary. Not just China. Have you seen the latest on that factory in Bangladesh? "It was the worst tragedy to hit Bangladesh's massive garment industry, and focused attention on the poor working...
Mary Jander I agree, Shane. I know there were many who argued that Foxconn's statistics taken in context showed that the suicide rates at that plant were average or low. I'm not buying it. I think Foxconn's...
Shane Fernandez Agreed Jim.
Jim O'Reilly There's an efficiency factor involved,too, Shane. You've seen the rows of Chinese workers all assembling iPhones by hand. We'd autoamte much of that, with the result that per unit assembly costs...
Shane Fernandez Hi Mary, Apple's revenue issue are just one of the many problems they have and are facing. Their partnership with contractor Hon Hai/Foxconn is something I believe has left a bad tase in many people's...
Shane Fernandez Jim, I agree totally. A couple more points to reinforce yours: Global shipping costs are rising steadily. Chinese wages rose by 16 percent annually over the past decade. At that pace, combined...
Mary Jander Interestingly, Apple is having setbacks in China for a range of reasons not related specifically to lower labor rates. I think it's worth noting that offshoring in China does not guarantee market...
Jim O'Reilly US assmbly will shorten inventory cycles, freeing up cash and also shorten fulfillment times and add flexibility. As to labor costs, the labor cost per unit has dropped significantly, so moving onshore...
Mary Jander Indeed, arv, there are advantages to offshoring. In the last while, though, some of those advantages have weakened -- for instance, higher wages in China are bringing up the cost of formerly cheap...
arv Mary, I think off-shoring the work to east has a few advantages like round the clock production (faster time to market), reduced costs, exchange of ideas, new probable markets but when...
arv The large scale manufacturing and low cost labour is the major advantage China has compared to other countries. To assemble the handsets we may not need high skilled graduate, but are the people...
arv Jim, I should say the topic that you have put forth is very serious and I can sense it with the way it is presented here. I agree with everything that you have written here. Avoiding...
Mary Jander Interesting observation. It's pretty obvious that our relationship with China as a trade partner needs some emending.
Jim O'Reilly China is a complesx mess of state ownership, state mentoring, state subsidy and state policy. In every case, the playing field is loaded against the US. Moreover, in a nation where capitalism is...
Jim O'Reilly For many HR departments "educated workforce" is short for "Don't hire dummies". As China has proven, you don't need a batchelor's degree to assemble an iphone every 6 minutes. On the job training...
Mary Jander Jim, I have to say I agree with much of your blog. I know that Huawei has vigorously disputed the accusations against it made by last year's report, and I think those arguments are reasonable. But...
Davedgreat2000 Thank you for a great article. The Tax incentives would be a great first start to bring some companies back. However, why hasn't this all been happening? First off the tax incentives are few and...
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