📦 Supply Chains: Apple Edition
New year, new production country. Apple will start producing MacBooks in Vietnam in 2023. This will have every product in its portfolio manufactured in multiple countries.
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Covid is wreaking havoc on Apple’s supply chain once again. The main Foxxcon factory in China was hit by an outbreak in October leading to production hot potato with other plants. Now, the reversal of country’s zero-Covid policy could lead to worker shortages as the virus rampages through winter. I’m sure Apple won’t be the only company with bumpy roads ahead in China, so 2023 could be starting a lot like 2020 for supply chains.