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> They would make 10-20% extra, deliver X to Apple, then sell the extra out the back door of the factory. Very common in outsourced manufacturing, it's called
by xienze 8y ago
> They would make 10-20% extra, deliver X to Apple, then sell the extra out the back door of the factory.
Very common in outsourced manufacturing, it's called a "ghost shift" (contracted orders are made 9-5 and a "ghost shift" works later to produce extras). Presumably Apple wised up to this eventually.