Supply chain

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh at Apple Park earlier this week. Cook met with Chinh to discuss the company's relationship with Vietnam, its supply chain, and the expansion of Apple products into the market. As reported by SGGP News (via iMore,) there were multiple reports confirming Chinh's visit...

Following a recent interview with CNBC News in which Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is seeing supply chain problems improving in the March quarter, the iPhone maker’s shares went up as much as 5% in after-hours trading. Even though Cook’s comments on the supply chain improvements weren’t much different from some of his peers...

Amazon is using a combination of its own containers, chartered ships and long-haul planes, and meticulous planning to overcome the supply chain issues that have been plaguing retailers ever since COVID-19 hit and have only gotten worse this holiday season — reports CNBC. Safety regulations and the holiday rush have left massive 14,000-container ships waiting...

New supply chain reports suggest that Apple is having difficulty with the design and sourcing of components of the "iPhone 8." The Chinese-language Economic Daily News reports that "technical issues" related to the OLED screen lamination process and unspecified difficulties with the 3D sensing system. The report notes that these supply chain issues could shift...

Citing "reputable supply chain analysts”, a report by MacRumors is claiming that Apple may announce new products between Monday, March 20 and Friday, March 24. While the unnamed sources did not give out details about which products Apple is expected to unveil this month, rumours strongly suggest that a trio of new iPad Pro models may be...

Less than four years ago, it seemed plausible that Apple's iPad product line was on track to dominate the tablet market and upend the global PC market. Now, iPad sales have been in free-fall for years. Potential catalysts like the launch of the business-friendly iPad Pro lineup, the availability of cheaper iPads, and the aging of the...

In response to US President-elect Donald Trump's calls for manufacturing in the United States, if Apple decides to shift production from China to the U.S., majority of its China-based supply chain partners will not follow suit, DigiTimes is reporting. According to a qq.com report, Apple’s suppliers in China have indicated that they will not set up...

Smartphone manufacturers will likely end the year selling 1.45 billion phones, a slight uptick in sales from 2015, industry analysts at IDC said in a new report this week. If IDC’s forecast is accurate, that’ll represent year-over-year growth of just 0.6 percent. By comparison, smartphone sales grew 10.4 percent from 2014 to 2015. As Apple’s […]

Rumor has it that Apple is finally ready to introduce OLED displays in its 2017 flagship iPhone 8. However, the latest reports suggest that the plan, if true, may not be a very successful one for Apple, as most suppliers aren’t ready to manufacture as many displays yet. In a new report, Bloomberg reveals that there […]

According to Timothy Arcuri, an analyst with Cowen and Company, Apple originally considered making a version of the iPhone 6 with a 4-inch screen. The report notes that Apple was set to produce an “iPhone 6-looking version of the iPhone 5C,” which would look exactly like an iPhone 6, run on the same internal components,...

Apple has the best supply chain management, according to Gartner’s annual Supply Chain Top 25 list. This year Gartner celebrates its tenth annual list, and Apple has taken the No. 1 spot for the past seven years, the market research company emphasizes. Apple took the top spot, outpacing every other member of the list by...

Over the past several weeks we have seen the iPhone 6 leaked in various forms. Today, Apple’s next-generation iPhone was leaked again in the form of 3D schematics, which are reportedly coming straight from the supply chain (ie. Foxconn or its affiliates). The 3D schematics, which were first leaked by the Chinese WeiFeng network, are...