A close look at Apple’s Supply Chain.

A supply chain professional should be aware of the following key aspects of Apple’s iPhone supply chain:

Complexity: Apple’s iPhone supply chain is incredibly complex and involves a large number of suppliers and components from around the world.
Reliance on China: A significant portion of the iPhone supply chain is based in China, which makes Apple heavily dependent on Chinese suppliers and logistics.
Just-in-time production: Apple uses a just-in-time (JIT) production model, which means that suppliers are only producing components as they are needed, reducing waste and inventory costs.
High standards: Apple has very high standards for quality and performance, which puts pressure on suppliers to meet these standards in order to continue doing business with the company.
Supplier responsibility: Apple has strict policies in place to ensure that suppliers are following ethical and environmental standards, and it conducts regular audits to ensure compliance.
Continuous improvement: Apple is known to continuously improve their supply chain, by always looking for ways to make the process more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable.
Diversification: As reported in the previous answer, Apple is trying to diversify its supply chain in order to reduce its dependence on a single country for manufacturing.

Apple is reportedly considering moving some of its manufacturing operations outside of China in order to reduce its dependence on the country’s supply chain. This move would be part of a broader strategy to diversify its supply chain and mitigate the risks associated with relying heavily on a single country for manufacturing. It is not clear yet which countries Apple is considering for this purpose, but it could be countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, India, or Taiwan.

Apple Quotes

“We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose …..It’s not just saying yes to the right products, it’s saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as other ones.” ~ Tim Cook, CEO Apple
“Steve (Jobs’) brilliance is his ability to see something and then understand it and then figure out how to put it into the context of his design methodology – everything is design.” ~ John Sculley, former CEO Apple
“I remember going into Steve’s (Jobs) house, and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he admired greatly, and he had a Tiffany lamp and a chair and a bed. He just didn’t believe in having lots of things around, but he was incredibly careful in what he selected.” ~ John Sculley
“I saw lots of music devices. I loved playing with music devices. And like most of the world, I thought of a music device as a music device. Steve Jobs tends to look beyond that, and he doesn’t see a music device as having any importance at all,he sees music itself to a person as a being the important thing.” ~ Steve Wozniak, co-founder Apple