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On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:57:24 -0700, in
<mml346pp4pqsjnlmlfrdnl2ssuvauglat8@4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:08:44 -0700, John Navas
><spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>>My experience is quite different.  It's not uncommon to restrict
>>deliveries when a problem is found that might require an engineering
>>change, and standard sales contracts generally don't have any sort of
>>delivery penalties -- the risk is losing sales against the risk of
>>delivering products with defects.
>
>True.  The standard sales contract does not have delivery penalties.
>The standard manufacturing contract does.

Some do, but many (most?) do not, with volume contracts typically
stating scheduled minimum and maximum amounts, schedule change lead
times, and a complete cancellation charge.

>The iPhone is made built
>and assembled by contract manufacturers in China.  They all have a
>delivery schedule and a draconian list of prophetic disasters itemized
>in excruciating detail, should they fail to deliver or to deliver
>late.

That's not my experience.

>If Apple wants product cheap and on time product, they have to
>accept their own delivery schedule for no better reason than the
>general lack of warehouse space in China.

I'm willing to bet Apple has more than enough leverage to throttle its
pipeline without undue consequences.

>In my limited experience,
>doing anything to derail manufacturing and delivery usually created
>havoc, especially with JIT (just in time) manufacturing.  2 million
>phones in 3 weeks is going to take some careful planning and
>logistics.

My own experience is substantial, albeit primarily in small disc drives,
manufactured in a number of different Far East locations.

-- 
John

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