Apple’s enterprise is beneath menace from a widespread coronavirus outbreak in China, with provide chain consultants warning of a rising danger of months-long disruption to the manufacturing of iPhones.
The US tech big has needed to deal with greater than a month of chaos at its most important assembler Foxconn’s megafactory in Zhengzhou, China, often known as “iPhone Metropolis,” following a Covid-19 outbreak that began in October.
Foxconn has moved a few of its manufacturing to different factories throughout China, whereas Apple has labored with elements suppliers to alleviate unusually lengthy wait occasions—about 23 days for patrons shopping for high-end iPhones within the US, in response to analysis by Swiss financial institution UBS.
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