蘋果NB擬赴泰國生產
Date: 2023-04-27
News Type:
新聞說明
根據《日經新聞Nikkei》的報導引述知情人士談話指出,蘋果正與已在泰國設立製造園區的供應商洽談,在當地生產 MacBook 筆電。
影響分析
為了緩解供應鏈風險、滿足全球需求以及推動多樣化策略,Apple 近幾年一直擴大中國大陸以外地區的產能,其中又以越南最廣為人知且現階段已發展成全球第二大的 Apple 產品生產據點,同樣作為東南亞汽車生產重鎮的泰國,就客觀條件上與越南相比各有干秋,但由於當地汽車產業發展已久,相關基礎設施已具備一定程度的基礎,尤其是在政府所規劃的幾個經濟特區,已有不少的上下游供應鏈,而 Apple 亦有少部份的產品已於泰國量產。換言之,泰國與越南兩個國家各自發展出不同的應用產品或許有其歷史的因素與原因,但就現階段而言,理論上泰國所具備的供應鏈成熟度,要能發展出具有一定規模的消費性產品產業鏈應非遙不可及之事。
再從供應鏈群聚的角度切入,過去由於 Apple 的屬意,第一層組裝廠有較多的比重或產能往越南移動是可以理解的,但若往更上游、範圍更大的供應鏈動向來觀察,根據該公司 2019 與 2022 的資料,於泰國生產之工廠數量由 16 個增加至 22 個,略多於越南的 22 個至 27 個,雖然此差異因母體規模較小仍在誤差的範圍內,但至少可以確認,Apple 於泰國,甚至於馬來西亞與新加坡,仍默默的持續進行佈局,只是就公開訊息面而言不如越南的能見度高。此次的消息(NB產品)雖然未直接經由公司正式的對外發言得到證實,但就生產面的客觀條件而言,泰國並不亞於越南,是否有機會成為下一個消費產品的生產重鎮,可能僅取決於終端品牌決策者的一念之間。換言之,倘若真的有機會依循越南或印度的模式,先經由品牌的登高一呼並要求,組裝廠的移動應不會是太大的問題,整體產業放量所需的醞釀時間或學習曲線應會較越南來的短,這對於已經於泰國集結的台灣PCB業者而言,將是一大福音。
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