I've read articles about the supply chain impacts of being in China, very near all your suppliers, compared to being in the US. When you need the screws in your

I've read articles about the supply chain impacts of being in China, very near all your suppliers, compared to being in the US. When you need the screws in your first production run to be 0.1 mm shorter, you can call the screw manufacturer, they'll make a new mold right away and get you screws in 3 hours. Your screw manufacturer is almost certainly more than a 3 hour drive if you're in the US. [1] Looks like labor flexibility is another factor. In the US, culturally, you can't summon people from their sleep to start making phones urgently. Apparently this happened after the iPhone prototype Steve Jobs had got a scratched plastic screen 6 weeks before launch. [2] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=all https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-an... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2018/11/05/apple-only-in-china-can-you-change-your-forecast-like-that/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2018/11/05/apple-only...