Apple’s $10.5B on Robots to Lasers Shores Up Supply Chain

Apple’s $10.5B on Robots to Lasers Shores Up Supply Chain | Bloomberg

アップルが１兆円投じる「メカトロ」－ｉＰｈｏｎｅ生産技術 | Bloomberg

★An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple’s Supply Chain

An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple’s Supply Chain | Bloomberg/Businessweek

アップルサプライチェーンの罠に落ちたある労働者の話 | maclalala2

Starving To Death On An iPhone Assembly Line | Cult of Mac

When Apple launched the iPhone 5 last year, it was the most aggressive launch Apple had ever attempted, requiring entire armies of workers to aggressively line-manufacture their most advanced, difficult-to-make iPhone yet. But what was it like to be one of those workers? Businessweek has published a fantastic, haunting investigative report on one Nepalese worker, who almost starved to death after his stint as an iPhone tester.

iPhone製造に外国人出稼ぎ労働者の搾取問題が新たに浮上 | JDNet Japan

Apple iPad Mini with sharper display faces delay

Apple iPad Mini with sharper display faces delay | Reuters

発表の時期が近づくとまず出てくるのがこのテの話。さて今度は・・・

(Reuters) – Apple Inc will be unable to widely roll out a new version of the iPad Mini with a high-resolution “retina” display this month, people who work in the company’s supply chain said, leaving the gadget without the sharper screen found on rival tablets from Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc.

Apple Shifts Supply Chain Away From Foxconn to Pegatron

Apple Shifts Supply Chain Away From Foxconn to Pegatron | WSJ.com

Executive changes at Apple have also made a difference. Mr. Jobs had been easier at forgiving his favorite manufacturing partner, according to several people familiar with the relationship. Now, instead of relying on the uniquely close partnership between “two leaders with a hero complex”—as one of the people said—Mr. Cook is putting a greater premium on risk diversification, they said.

Pegatron Corp., named after the flying horse Pegasus, will be the primary assembler of a low-cost iPhone expected to be offered later this year.

Report: Apple picks Pegatron to build low-cost iPhone, not longtime partner Foxconn | GigaOM

Pegatron is already an Apple partner — it made some iPhones and the iPad mini — but is set to take on a larger role, according to the WSJ. Apple will reportedly be “dividing its weight more equally” among it and Foxconn

Apple Shifts Away From Foxconn | ParisLemon

Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China)

Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China): An Interactive Map | ChinaFile

Apple’s Supplier Responsibility 2013 Progress Report | Apple

Supplier List 2013 | Apple

Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China) | ParisLemon

アップルのサプライヤーは中国だけではない | maclalala2