Apple on Tuesday announced AirPods Max, innovative wireless headphones with an over-ear design and high-fidelity sound. They quickly sold out.
Tag: operations
Apple loses two key operations, supply chain executives
Apple has lost two key executives who worked in the manufacturing, supply chain, and operations group who were focused on the production of…
Tim Bajarin explains why Apple’s designers now work for COO Jeff Williams
Designing devices that sell millions of units and look fantastic is only one part of the game — figuring out how to manufacture them profitably also matters…
Apple appoints veteran executive to revive sluggish India sales as supply issues hamper iPhone X launch
In a sudden development, Apple has appointed veteran company executive Michel Coulomb…
Apple sells out of AirPods amid holiday shopping season
Apple appears to have sold out of stock of AirPods in numerous countries around the world…
Apple and home audio
Apple’s HomePod, a smart speaker system, powered by Siri, was supposed to debut this month for $349…
Echo Dot was Amazon’s Black Friday – Cyber Monday bestseller as Apple’s delayed HomePod waits for 2018 release date
Just days after Apple delayed its HomePod speaker and personal assistant into 2018…
Apple TV 4K 64GB model supply tight, new orders will likely miss Christmas delivery
Supplies of the 64GB Apple TV 4K have apparently dried up, with only limited stock available…
Apple’s late, delayed, limited HomePod is looking more and more like something I don’t want
When HomePod was announced at WWDC in June, it seemed like Apple was finally jumping head first into…
Apple started working on HomePod in 2012, so why are they so late to the smart speaker market?
Apple’s forthcoming HomePod won’t see the light of day until ‘early 2018,’ which will be nearly six years…
Sonos speakers get smart with Amazon’s Alexa
I’m in love…
Why Apple’s HomePod is three years behind Amazon’s Echo
Apple Inc. audio engineers had been working on an early version of the HomePod speaker for about two years…
Under ‘operations genius’ Tim Cook, product delays and other problems are no longer unusual for Apple
Christmas will be a little disappointing for some Apple fans…
Apple delays HomePod release to early 2018
Apple said on Friday that it’s delaying the launch of its HomePod smart speaker until next year…
Apple to settle for just half of planned iPhone X shipments, only 20 million units expected by year end
Initial shipments of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone X are expected to total around 20 million units…
Analyst: Apple’s iPhone supercycle morphs into a ‘super-long’ iPhone cycle
“What had been thought to be a ‘super cycle’ for the iPhone, is now a ‘super-long cycle’ as sales…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: The ‘operations genius’ who never has enough products to sell at launch
Apple Inc. has lost its supply chain mojo…
Apple’s iPhone 8 could miss September launch date
Component supply issues could delay the launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone past its launch…
Apple’s little known secret to success
One of the things that most consumers do not know about Apple is their supply chain and manufacturing…
Established by Tim Cook, Apple’s operational excellence is mind-boggling
Before Tim Cook was Apple’s CEO, he served as the chief of operations…
Apple’s astonishing operational advantage
If there’s any competitive advantage that investors continually underestimate for Apple…
iMac shipping times improve to ‘within 24 hours’ in the U.S. and Canada
After improving shipping times to 1 to 3 days and seemingly catching up…
Joke: Apple is now cheaper than Dell, Hewlett-Packard
Apple Inc.’s “Q1 was hardly a ‘bad’ quarter. Revenue rose 18%…
On how not to be evil: Tim Cook has said that inventory is not only evil, but that it’s fundamentally evil
With just-in-time production inventory can be reduced…
iPhone 5 component supply challenges could threaten Apple’s empire
The bigger you become, the bigger the problems you face…
Behold the genius of Tim Cook: Apple turns over its inventory once every 5 days
Gartner ranks Apple’s supply chain the best in the world…
TIm Cook’s Tim Cook: Jeff Williams, Apple’s other operations whiz
One of new CEO Tim Cook’s most trusted lieutenants…
