To reduce its overall numbers, Apple is focusing on automating supply and production, something it previously avoided due to “high upfront costs.”
Apple is focused on automating its production. A report from The Information states that Apple has ordered managers to “reduce the number of workers on iPhone final assembly lines by 50% over the next few years,” reports 9to5Mac.
The decision was reportedly made after violent clashes between iPhone assembly line workers and police outside the main assembly plant of Foxconn (specializing in industrial automation) in November 2022.
To reduce its overall numbers, Apple is focusing on automating supply and production, something it previously avoided due to “high upfront costs.”
Over the past year, Apple has successfully automated the assembly of iPhone components, working with manufacturing partners Foxconn, Luxshare Precision and Pegatron. Some processes occur without human intervention.
It is reported that in this way, in some processes, the number of workers has been reduced by 30%.
The publication also wrote that for this year’s iPhone 16, Apple initially planned to automate the process of installing buttons and other components, but these plans were canceled “due to high defect rates .”
Let’s remember that in the spring of this year it was reported that Apple laid off more than 600 workers.
Source: korrespondent
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