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 det

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.