MacBook and iPad Production Postponed Due to Global Component Shortages

[Tsing]

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Despite its legendary expertise in supply chain management and tendency for keeping even its most popular products in stock, Apple is beginning to feel the heat of the worsening global component shortage. This is according to Nikkei Asia’s latest exclusive, which reports that Apple has pushed back a portion of component orders for MacBooks and iPads due to the increasing difficulty of securing vital parts. While the shortages haven’t affected Apple’s production plans for its iPhones thus far, the development is quite worrisome based on where the company sits in the tech hierarchy and how easily it normally secures components—evidently, the chip shortage is getting very serious.



EXCLUSIVE | APPLE JUICEDProduction of some MacBooks and iPads has been postponed due to the global component shortage in a sign that even Apple, with all its procurement power, is not...

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[Grimlakin]

I will be surprised when apples iPhone line is delayed. Their MacBook and iPad lines are secondary products for them at this stage. But they have the cash to own their entire production line. Question is will they do that to insure product availability for their customers.