Global Supply Chains & Manufacturing - Shareholder Value and Trade

Question 1

Example of weather impacting global supply chain

Answer 1

tsunami 2011 Japan

Question 2

iphone high value elements of supply chain

Answer 2

research, development and design in California

selling worldwide

Question 3

what countries are included in the apple supply chain

Answer 3

Taiwan
China
South Korea
Japan

Question 4

How much % of revenue was spent on iPhone 4 assembly

Answer 4

1%

Question 5

Example of an Apple supplier that has grown in line with Apple’s fortunes

Answer 5

Foxconn

China

Question 6

If Apple were to reshore all production to the US, how much would it cost them

Answer 6

€4.2 billion

due to additional labour costs, higher tax of profits

Question 7

biggest manufacturing countries in the world

Answer 7

China
US
Japan
Germany
South Korea

Question 8

why are wages cheaper in places like bangladesh

Answer 8

no rights in place to support workers, no trade union

Question 9

At what stage did a lot of production and manufacturing leave the US

Answer 9

around the time China joined the WTO