Operations and Supply Chain Analysis of the Smartphone Industry: Comparing Apple and Huawei

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.254How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Operations; Supply Chain Management; Smartphone Industry; Apple; Huawei; Competitive Advantage

Abstract

The smartphone market is characterized by intense competition and is also one of the fastest-growing businesses, with many international players jostling for a share of the pie. However, establishing supply chains with efficient, end-to-end processes that ensure resource availability, production efficiency, and product delivery is getting more challenging. This paper explores the operations and supply chain strategy of smartphone companies with a specific focus on Apple and Huawei, both formidable telecommunication companies and market leaders in the smartphone industry. Both are forward-thinking enterprises that have leveraged integrated supply chain solutions and automation by implementing innovative technologies that have effectively disrupted the conventional logistics operations. In this paper, the strategies that these companies have adopted to maintain competitiveness will be examined. The findings are relevant to smartphone companies keen on disrupting the existing logistics effectively by using integrated supply chain technologies.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Peifeng Yan
AU  - Xinyuan Bai
AU  - Zehao Shen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Operations and Supply Chain Analysis of the Smartphone Industry: Comparing Apple and Huawei
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1523
EP  - 1526
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.254
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.254
ID  - Yan2022
ER  -