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The big story of Apple is to prove to the MBA's of the USA that off shoring is bullcrap. Just check out any box an Apple product comes in: Designed in Cupertino, CA. This means all the developers and marketing people all are in one location. The success of Apple shows that face to face interaction of all departments makes pretty damn good products. Off shoring just cuts (perceived) cost which just fragments the critical thinking due to time zones.
The greatest strength of the US is ideas. Don't see how ideas can get anywhere with time and distance in the way. The hallway conversations can't be quantified on a finance sheet, which the bean counters don't get.
The return on investment of off shoring just means you're just sending your Intellectual Property (IP) off shore, with shady laws to protect that IP. Most executives can't think past one quarter with no regards to long term strategy. Shameful. Of course this lesson will be bypassed in hopes that reduced costs can bring a company on the path of success. (Penny wise, pound foolish.)
And Foxconn is not Apple.
IMHO
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