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> Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
> A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.
> “The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,” the executive said. “There’s no American plant that can match that.”
- e40 9y agoYes, it is amazing what near-slave labor can achieve, and how glowingly executives will feel about their work.
- flinty 9y agohttp://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpress/timeline/ http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpr... Another notch in the history of Chinese/foreign labor doing great things to improve american lives :) >Winter 1866-1867: One of the harshest winters in history, featuring 44 storms and averaging 18 feet of snow at the summit. Despite this, the Chinese workers continued work on the tunnels. The Tunnel 6 labor force by this time is almost completely made up of Chinese. Avalanches pose particular danger, as demonstrated at Strong’s Canyon (Tunnels 11 and 12) known as Camp 4, which included 2 gangs of Chinese and a gang of culvert men.[16]
- throwaway32189 9y agoChina may have earned its Silver back in a few more decades, but India has a long way to go. Then again, may be not - everything is paper these days.