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The story says they were delivering partial shipments of the tens-of-thousands of screws in their personal vehicles. And also, that they couldn't make as many s

• specialist 6y ago
  Hmmm. There's got to be more to this story. Tim Cook's Apple is a logistics powerhouse. Surely they have full control over their entire supply chain. Every detail planned long ahead of time. Which screw part was it? Quick scan of all the popular reports doesn't identify the specific screw. Why not change the design to use a more readily available screw? Why not make a one time order of a box of screws from China? Apple regularly provides the capital so their suppliers can ramp up. How much would have cost for that tiny Austin screwer suppler to double production? Probably less than the loose change found in Cook's office couch. In conclusion, I don't buy this excuse. I dimly recall another report about the struggles the Austin plant had producing the Mac Pros. Bad fit and finish. Long turn arounds because there's no surrounding ecosystem of skills, suppliers, deep experience. Etc. Nothing that Apple couldn't have fixed; they just didn't want to.
• csharptwdec19 6y ago
  > The story says they were delivering partial shipments of the tens-of-thousands of screws in their personal vehicles. Sounds about right. When my brother was green in his automotive supply logistics career, there were a couple of times he got thrown on an airplane with a carry-on of parts...
  • laurent92 6y ago
    Sounds terrible for the chain of custody (The aviation had a huge counterfeiting problem in the 1990ies).