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The question is what does $8 per Hour look like when factoring in capital costs, maintenance and flexibility and that's not addressed by the article. It's inte
by sfifs 10y ago
The question is what does $8 per Hour look like when factoring in capital costs, maintenance and flexibility and that's not addressed by the article.
It's interesting that Apple and others closed ultra modern robotics factory in the US and now essentially assemble most stuff by hand in China.
It argues that robotics is not always a no brainer choice under many circumstances (which admittedly would be difficult to create in the US)
- tanto 10y agoIt might be that Apple did that but do you think American employees will be as "flexible" and cheap as Chinese? If American factory workers are willing to work for less then Chinese your argument definitely holds.
- cube00 10y agoThis may be true today but the technology is evolving faster then humans are.
- zimpenfish 10y agohttp://atomicdelights.com/blog/why-your-next-iphone-wont-be-ceramic http://atomicdelights.com/blog/why-your-next-iphone-wont-be-... (and other blog posts on the same blog) seems to disagree that Apple "essentially assembles most stuff by hand" - e.g. > Apple is the world's largest owner of CNC milling machines and swiss style lathes.
- Inconel 10y agoYou're correct in that Apple is one of, if not the largest owner of CNC machines, and that those machines are responsible for a large portion of their total manufacturing work, but I believe they still use a tremendous amount of human labor for final assembly.