iProducts
Published on Dec 11, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LOCATION
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Made in China
Used to be made in the US
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"Companies once felt an obligation to support American workers, even when it wasn't the best financial choice. That's disappeared. Profits and efficiency have trumped generosity."
-Betsey Stevenson, chief economist at Labor Department
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"We sell iPhones in over 100 countries. We don't have an obligation to solve America's problems. Our only obligation is to make the best product possible."
-Apple executive
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Inputs are mainly from Asia, with some from Europe and a few from America
SITE
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Located on the coast of China. That makes it easier to get goods to America, etc.
LABOR
Foxconn--more than 230,000 employees, living in barracks. Many reports of suicides recently.
Usually 6-7 day weeks
12 hours per day
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Workers:
Young, sometimes children.
Both male and female
Factories are located partly based on where labor is cheapest.
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CAPITAL
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The US runs Apple, and invests money to get products from the cheaper countries, like China
SITUATION
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Both the inputs and factories are concentrated in China. It's easier and cheaper to have everything close together.
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Changing technology makes it easier for products to be in China, and it easier to transport them to the market.
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TRANSPORTATION
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The products have break in bulk points at airports, when they go change from truck to plane and back again.
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They have just in time delivery, the inputs come in right before they are needed.
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