Tag Foxconn

Operations

TSMC Story: Cost, Scale and Capability

I write about TSMC, the new (old) company that everyone is talking about: their origin story and why they matter now more than ever for supply chains and global security. I describe how learning moves upstream from cost to capability. Finally, auto supply chains and the ambitions of in-sourcing in the United States.

Senthil
June 21, 2021

Operations

New TSMC Plan(t) in America: Lessons from Foxconn

WSJ reports that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturer of silicon chips, would spend $12 billion to build a chip factory in Arizona. I have been arguing on this blog for sourcing suppliers closer to the customer…

Senthil
May 15, 2020

Operations

Foxconn in Wisconsin

I look at the issue of slowly diminishing magnitude of Foxconn plant in Wisconsin.

Senthil
January 30, 2019