Jobs Changes Asian Technology Industry: Creating Employment And OEM Mode

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Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) rarely visited Asia, but his decision not only changed the products people bought, but also reshaped the technology industry in Asia as a whole. After Jobs died on Thursday morning in Asia, the mourning of executives from China, Japan and South Korea concentrated on his achievements as a product innovator. But many people have noticed the profound impact of Jobs and apple on the production of electronic products.

Apple has created tens of thousands of jobs in the region by producing apple products in collaboration with more and more Asian companies. Jobs focuses on simple design, which brings inspiration to enterprises in various industries such as retail industry, automobile manufacturing industry and so on, so that they can adopt the same strategy.

In an interview earlier this year, Hyundai Motor CEO Steve Steve Yang has attributed the company's strategy to design and build brand to apple. In order to make up for the short service content of mobile phone service providers, Jobs opened the door to consumers for software developers in Asia and other parts of the world.

Ryu Jung-won, a smartphone map developer in Seoul, South Korea, said: "this is a great change for our developers, which means that if we develop a good application, maybe more and more people will use it." Asian stock markets generally rose on Thursday, and investors across Asia saw the stock prices of many famous electronics manufacturers. Analysts believe that apple is a competitor to Asian technology companies, not a philanthropist.

　　 OEM production mode

Like Jobs's resignation as apple CEO in August this year, some analysts now speculate that there is no more. Steve Jobs Apple will not be able to continue to write brilliantly and will not create opportunities for Asia Pacific enterprises, especially in the field of mobile phones. For example, the share price of HTC, a Taiwan mobile phone maker who is in dispute with Apple patent, rose 1.6% today. HSBC analyst Lai Huijuan (Jenny Lai) said: "the death of Jobs makes Apple's future innovation full of uncertainties. One question is whether Apple can live up to expectations and continue to meet the needs of its consumers.

Many Asian companies have benefited from Apple's OEM mode, which has become an important feature of the Asian technology industry in the past 10 years. From 1987 to 1998, in the 11 years after Jobs left apple, Apple had partially completed its first transformation and established a partnership with Asian manufacturers. For example, in the middle of 1990s, Acer began to assemble Apple laptop and Newton palm computer.

After Jobs's return, apple increased its investment in Asian component suppliers. In 1999, apple invested $100 million to help Samsung Electronics build a LCD factory, which was about to become the mainstream configuration of desktop computers.

Later, apple made similar investments to Samsung and built a memory chip factory with another Korean manufacturer, Hynix Semi-conductor Inc. Samsung CEO Cui Zhicheng (Choi Gee-sung) gives Jobs a very high rating: "Steve Jobs has brought many revolutionary changes to the information technology industry, and he is a great entrepreneur. His spirit of innovation and great achievements will be remembered forever.

In 2002, apple set up a purchasing center in Shenzhen, China, to manage its supply chain in Asia. Most of Apple's products were made by Taiwan manufacturers: quanta made apple notebook computers, Hon Hai produced Apple desktop computers, and British made iPod music player. Today, Hon Hai is Apple's largest foundry and one of the largest number of employees in Asia. {page_break}

　　 The end of an era

Speaking of Jobs's contribution, Foxconn said: "Jobs has made many important contributions to make technology easy to understand, and more importantly, it has integrated into our daily life, and the global electronics industry has become more beautiful." But the outside world also questioned the continuity of the OEM business. Asian component suppliers rely heavily on sales of Apple products such as iPhone and iPad, which stimulate market demand for memory, flat panel displays and touchscreens.

Lai Huijuan said that Taiwan suppliers will not be affected in the short term, given that Apple product roadmap is formulated for at least one year. Chairman and CEO Howard Sbringe (Howard Stringer) said: "the digital age has lost its leader, but Jobs's innovation and creativity will continue to inspire several generations of dreamers and thinkers."

The news of Jobs's death quickly spread throughout Asia. In recent years, Apple has continuously increased its attention to the Asian market, and its revenue has grown rapidly. In Sanlitun, a famous entertainment district in Beijing, some mourners put Lily and chrysanthemums in front of Apple store. Among them, Xie Fei, 30, said he would buy a iPhone 4 mobile phone today to commemorate Jobs, who originally wanted to buy iPhone 4S. Xie Fei said, "4S means" 4 Steve ", which is the end of an era.

At the Ginza shopping mall in Tokyo, a 43 year old paid Shinya Goto handed two Apple employees a bunch of lilies. He said, "these are for Steve Jobs." After that, he made a bow and then left. Outside Apple retail store, he said with tears in his eyes, "of course I like apple products, but I worship Steve Jobs more." Whether men, women or children, Jobs's products are attractive to everyone. It gives everyone the feeling of excitement.