Sorry, Apple, and Apple fans, but that's how it goes.

[Ikonoklast]

30. That argument they use is total bullshit.

Having experience in supply chain solutions, just-in-time inventory, freight forwarding and expediting for multi-billion-dollar companies in this country, do you really believe that there is no way to keep manufacturers supplied in a timely manner with the appropriate volume and correct inventory of the parts necessary to keep assembly lines running?

If the assembler runs out of a gasket or screw I can tell you with absolute certainty that the idiots running inventory control at that factory need to be shit-canned, ASAP, as they don't know what they are doing.

When is that last time you read about an automotive assembly plant being shut down in this country due to an interruption caused by poor inventory control?

It doesn't happen, and those parts come in from all over North America to those various assembly plants. On time. Without fail.

If the Chinese run out of parts and have to wait until they get more shipped in from a supplier, they have a horrible supply chain problem and a management that doesn't figure in lead times and production schedules.

Now, I will say this about one reason the Chinese cluster parts suppliers so near to the final assembly site; you just can't ship parts internally across China with any sort of speed comparable to the movement of freight in this country, you are almost forced to have your parts suppliers as close as possible in order to remain functioning.