low cost cell phone producer XUMI(小米)which outsourced the manufacturing and produced to the Foxconn which one of the world largest 3C product OEM firm‚ in XUMI cases‚ the outsourcing of the manufacturing process give help to the company to improve their values adding capabilities and obtain competitive advantages as XUMI have the TOP market share gain in low cost cell phone market in China ‚also Foxconn provide a leader class standard of manufacturing ‚ outsourcing of this may give the XUMI a
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Ch. 1: Who Makes the Apple Iphone? 1. What are the benefits to Apple of outsourcing the assembly of the iPhone to foreign countries‚ and particularly China? What are the potential costs and risks to Apple? Some of the main benefits to Apple of outsourcing to particularly China are the following; -Cost advantages: this is the most obvious benefit of outsourcing. Apple can get their assembly in China done at a much lower cost compared to the US. Moreover‚ the low wages won’t hurt the quality of
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conditions of oversea manufacturing factories‚ most notably Foxconn‚ which has been a controversial subject for quite some time. Foxconn has come under fire several times in recent years. According to an article by the New York Times (2012)‚ some time before an iPhone launch‚ some students were forced to work on the assembly lines‚ and if they didn’t‚ they would fail their course. Though the students were only there to learn and not work‚ Foxconn needed the extra manpower to fulfill orders placed by Apple
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India apple I phone is still ranked after android supported phones. Internal Business Processes objectives • Develop ethical suppliers for its products: Unlike Foxconn (the current supplier of I phone)‚ which usually suffers with labor unrest due to ill and unethical working conditions. In long run Apple should aim at replacing Foxconn with a better and ethical supplier because having associated with such supplier can tarnish the image of Apple and can send wrong signals to shareholders and stake
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Employment Relations Essay Introduction: Unitarism‚ which also called human resource management‚ it is an organization is perceived as an integrated and harmonious whole with the ideal of one big happy family‚ where management and other members of the staff all share a common purpose‚ emphasizing mutual cooperation. Another opposite approach is pluralism which called industry relationship. There are no common interest in the organization and different loyalty and authority inside. This essay
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Business Environment Sample Assignment In today ’s business world‚ there are so many factors that influence the day-to-day decisions of small and large companies. Based on current events‚ leaders are forced to adapt to changes and make tough decisions to keep a competitive edge. There are two important environmental factors that can influence the decisions of a business - the general environment and the task environment. The general environment affects a corporation on a macro-level‚ perhaps on
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STRAYER UNIVERSITY Arlington Campus Contemporary Business - BUS 508 Assignment # 5 Financial Management Outline: Tech stock companies Apple vs. Samsung March 14‚ 2013 By Natcha R. To Professor. Magies Sizer Select two (2) tech stock companies that attempted to make profits from rising consumer demand after the crash. Analyze how they attempted to make a profit after the crash and discuss any unethical practices. Evaluate the change in consumer demand trends after the crash
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The iSlavery We iGnore We are very familiar with all of the iProducts such as iPods‚ iPads‚ and iPhones‚ but are you aware of what iSlave means? Probably not. The term iSlave is used by human rights activists to describe the labor conditions at the Apple ’s manufacturing plants in China. Sadly‚ most of us do not even care where and how these products are made as long as we can enjoy the wonders of technology that Apple can provide us. But there is something more behind these dazzled wonders‚ something
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occur. So we have concurrent control to allow managers to correct problems as they arise. The best-known form of concurrent control is direct supervision. Manager can use technology can minimize the delay of giving corrections. The real example is foxconn‚ they require their employees to finish a certain amount of text in a hour‚ so employee have a too much stress. The final result is between January and May‚ 2010‚
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the interest of this appalling revelation of Apple and partners‚ Foxconn and in addition to the explosion of a factory on January 25‚ 2012 that manufactures iPads in Chengdu‚ China‚ which killed four and injured eighteen. This horrifying incident called forth the China Labor Watch to investigate factories of Foxconn in China. China Labor Watch helped a journalist organize a visit to Foxconn to report about working conditions in Foxconn (China Labor Watch 2012). As the crisis escalates‚ Apple executives
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