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If the Tech Supply Chain Must Face a Pandemic, Now’s the Time
Global hardware manufacturing is more decentralized than it has been in a decade.
Foxconn has expanded its plants to countries such as India.
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Setting aside the global health implications, Apple Inc. and its suppliers may have gotten lucky with the timing of the coronavirus outbreak.
Not only is this low season for iPhone manufacturing, but the supply chain is the most decentralized it has been in a decade.