Apple’s supply chain management prowess is well-chronicled, but the tech leader could be leading the charge in quite a different logistics adventure.
The Cupertino-based company is reportedly outsourcing Samsung A5 processors to the United States, a nation with historically high production costs. Apple’s decision to outsource part of its iPhone and iPad processors to Austin, Texas represents a kind of ‘insourcing’ mentality that’s to this point been uncommon within the electronics industry.
Apple’s production factory is a site to behold, however. The 1.6 million square foot facility cost the company $3.6 billion to furbish. Now, the plant is producing the A5 processor, introduced in Apple’s iPad 2 earlier this year.
via Apple ‘insources’ Samsung chip processing to Texas – Supply Chain Digital.
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