Demand for the iPhone 5s has caused Apple supplier Foxconn
to boost its production to 500,000 units per day. With the holiday shopping
season quickly approaching, the need to reduce the bottlenecks in supplies has
increased.
According to reports, the Taiwan based Foxconn has dedicated
100 of its assembly lines strictly to the iPhone 5s. The Zhengzhou factory has
more than 300,000 employees working on the iPhone 5s around the clock.
This big
boost in production has helped ease the supply constraints and reduced the
amount of time required for shipping a new iPhone. Reports came in during the
early stages of release that iPhone 5s customers were waiting as much as 3
weeks to receive their new device. However, that wait time has now been reduced
to 3-5 days.
Foxconn has indicated that it is at maximum production for
the iPhone 5s, and rumors of Apple’s desire to diversify its supply chain could
be leading to the company being unwilling to dedicate more of its employees to
the iPhone. If Apple selects other suppliers to produce its products, Foxconn’s
share of the pie could get substantially smaller.
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