Television, radio, online media, everyone is talking about it: more and more inhabitants of the province of Hubei, in China, are said to be suffering frompneumoniavirus having already killed several dozen people. Proven cases have also been identified in other regions of the world, including in Europe and France, where patients remain treated without serious problems for the moment.
On the other side of our supercontinent, psychosis is already beginning to set in, to the point that the authorities have simply put the metropolis of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) in quarantine. And not far away,Foxconnemploys hundreds of workers assembling Cupertino's products.
Subcontractors consider precautions
Always dependent on its suppliers,Applecould thus risk seeingthe new iPhones of 2020arrive late. Except this time, they are notthe sensors from Sony which would be in question, but indeed the coronavirus which is making the headlines at the moment.
Indeed,Terry Gou, the CEO of Hon Hai, is already worried about the rapid spread of this potentially fatal respiratory syndrome. In particular, he pointed out hypothetical delivery delays, during a period when many employees also took leave for the local New Year. The travelers in question could also be ordered… Not to return home. A sector executive should have already postponed his own schedule.
Less labor and ever-larger orders from Apple? The danger of a slowdown in production is felt, especially as economic researchers based in Taiwan point out thatthe commercial context between the United States and the Middle Kingdom still remains tense.
However, Tim Cook's company, worth more than 1,000 billion and having started to relocate its manufacturing lines to India, still has the means to deal with this problem. To be continued.
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