Kuo: Apple to build new product introduction sites outside of China
(iMore iPhone)

`However, after the recent lockdowns in China, to diversify supply chain management risks, building NPI sites in non-China is no longer a proposal but an action plan.` What you need to know Apple is planning to develop new product introduction sites outside of China. Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple first considered this during the first COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. He now says that after recent lockdowns in China Apple has created an action plan for the move. New insight from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple now has an `action plan` to build new product introduction locations outside of China to diversify its supply chain. In a tweet Thursday Kuo said that currently almost all of Apple`s new product introduction (NPI) sites are in China. Apparently, Apple first considered building sites outside of China in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which first highlighted the need for Apple to diversify its supply chain. Now, Kuo says that Apple has moved beyond conside...