COVID-19: The situation becomes critical in the Vietnamese factories of Apple suppliers
The rise of COVID-19 in Vietnam is starting to weigh heavily on the logistics of suply chain from Apple. Faced with a situation that has become critical, a factory has already split its workforce into two shifts. This two-week temporary measure should prevent the spread of the virus and protect at least one of the two groups if a case of infection occurs (if it occurs in both groups, in short …) . The source behind this news told Reuters that the move was already disrupting production, without elaborating on the details or the intensity of this. “Disturbance”.
Other production units have also reduced the airfoil, constrained by the distancing measures (fewer employees on the assembly lines). In other sectors, it has not been possible to adapt: for example, restaurants in Hanoi have recently closed their doors in the face of the spread of the virus. Earlier this May, Foxconn and Luxshare had to close two of their factories based in North Vietnam. Granted, the bulk of iPhone production remains based in China, but these setbacks could end up weighing on delivery times.
