Meet The Companies That Make the
iPhone
MATT LYNLEY MAY 27, 2012, 8:00 AM 38,117
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As a hardware company, Apple faces the
nightmarish task of managing a supply chain
for all of its devices, including chips, cases
and every other part of the phone.
Luckily, Tim Cook is quite good at managing
deals and supply chains, and as a result Apple
has a supply chain that is literally years ahead
of the competition .
Bloomberg has compiled a lot of data about
Motorola's suppliers on the Bloomberg
terminal. It shows just how important some of
those suppliers now are to Googorola.
16. Hitachi, a manufacturer of hard drives, accounts
for about 0.79% of Apple's costs of goods sold,
according to Bloomberg data.
15. Apple buys a bunch of parts from Renesas
Electronics, a semiconductor manufacturer. Renesas
accounts for about 0.95% of Apple's costs of
goods sold.
14. Sumitomo Chemicals develops chemicals and
optical materials. It amounts to 1.07% of Apple's
costs.
13. Qualcomm designs chip that let phones tap into
a wireless network, and accounts for 1.13% of
Apple's costs.
12. Texas Instruments, another chip-maker,
accounts for 1.25% of its costs.
11. Broadcom, a developer of wireless chips,
accounts for 1.31% of Apple's cost of goods sold,
according to data from Bloomberg.
10. SK Hynix manufactures flash memory and
RAM. It amounts to about 1.34% of Apple's
costs.
9. Sony makes all sorts of electronics, including
televisions and processors. It amounts to 1.4% of
Apple's costs.
8. Steve Wozniak's new company, Fusion-io, is a
developer of flash memory technology. It makes up
1.4% of Apple's costs.
7. Electro Scientific Industries is a supplier of
"photonic and laser systems." It makes up 1.93%
of Apple's costs.
6. Google also makes up a fraction of Apple's
costs. It accounts for 2.16% of Apple's costs of
goods sold.
5. Quanta is a notebook and electric component
manufacturer. It makes up 2.39% of Apple's costs.
4. Intel, a chip-maker, also accounts for 2.79% of
Apple's costs.
3. Pegatron develops components for electronics,
like the iPhone. It makes up 5.27% of Apple's
costs.
2. Samsung, a chip-maker, accounts for 16.68% of
Apple's costs.
1. Foxconn accounts for a whopping 40.86% of
Apple's cost of goods sold, according to data from
Bloomberg.
Apple isn't the only one managing a supply chain...
Check out all the companies that supply Motorola >

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