According to the latest reports Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn has finally started installing robots in the assembly line of its very busy factory. This automation plan is nothing new for the maker of Apple’s iPhone because its CEO Terry Gou had shed light on the automation back in June when he said they were planning to replace human labour in their factory with one million robots.
Foxconn has not yet been able to achieve this huge figure in its automation process, however the move will help them in getting rid of low waged and young labourers, who were previously assigned repetitive tasks.
As the spokesman for Foxconn, Louis Woo said that, “The younger generation of workers these days, they don’t want to continue to do boring, mundane, repetitive work, especially in the manufacturing sector. We have to begin to add more value in the process, otherwise it will be difficult to attract a young generation of workers.”
The result of this move is that the number of workers working in the assembly line has dropped to five, far less than the previously 20 and 30. The automation process will also help Foxconn to run a much smoother and more efficient operation. This is because with robots in place, the company will be able to keep its self away from all the divergences such as workers’ strikes, suicides and conflicts, which had also often kept this Chinese company in the headlines.
Nonetheless, Foxconn will not only able to reduce its production cost with these robots, but this experiment will also stay helpful for the company to set up its manufacturing plant in the US in order to meet the requirements of its customer (which could be Apple). During an interview Apple’s CEO Tim Cook shared that by the end of 2013 they will manufacture one of their Mac series on US soil with the help of other people (that could be Foxconn).
Source: PCWorld, iPhoneinCanada, WSJ
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