Apple: Challenges of a Global Supply Chain
Given the accelerating pace of its new product development and introduction cycles, success of its retail chain globally, the added requirement of greater customer-facing training, and the need to constantly innovate, Apple places a very high level of demands on it suppliers globally. Of the many elements of the company's value chain, suppliers and the supply chain are foundational the company's success (Lucas, Kang, Li, 2013). What has been troubling about the Apple supply chain and its practices in the past has been a lack of consistency and governance regarding supplier ethics, human rights, education, safety and sustainability for preserve the environment (Lucas, Kang, Li, 2013).
As Apple's Chief Compliance Officer, the need for providing greater education to all suppliers globally is a top priority. The latest 2015 Apple Supplier Responsibility Progress Report provides a useful series of frameworks for illustrating just how quickly Apple is making strides in the area of supplier management including greater emphasis on education, reducing unethical activity, safeguarding human rights, ensuring greater health and safety throughout our global network of thousands of suppliers. All of these efforts are being galvanized around accountability and greater reliance on audits than ever before. To ensure the greatest number of suppliers learn of these advances, a video will be made, highlighting the following areas mentioned in this analysis.
Accountability and Audit Improvements
Apple continues to accelerate the adoption of accountability and audit improvements across all nations our suppliers operate in today. The experience at Foxconn has become a catalyst continued improvement and...
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