“ Similarly, when iPod sales took off in 2001, Apple realized it could pack so many of the diminutive music players on planes that it became economical to ship them directly from Chinese factories to consumers’ doors. When an HP staffer bought one and received it a few days later, tracking its progress around the world through Apple’s website, “It was an ‘Oh s—’ moment,” recalls Fawkes.”
Businessweek details Apple’s operational innovations.
Source: businessweek.com
5 notesShowHide
-
fuckyeahbrohan reblogged this from dbreunig
-
technologyplumbing liked this
-
emccutchan liked this
-
12doves liked this
-
dbreunig posted this
