Zack Robertson
Mr.Murphy p=A Unit 1 Cultural Geography
Geography and globalization in apple's iphone 6 and how it effects you, me and the world
Geography and globalization effect where, how, and why people live in certain areas.
Globalization:
the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.
WHY DO PEOPLE LIVE WHERE THEY DO?
Where apple products are produced and why
Apple products are produced in Mongolia, China, Korea, and Taiwan. They chose these countries to produce items because 1. its cheaper but also because the geography of these places. They are by the water for easy access to the supplies, and highly populated areas for faster production speed.
# of apple suppliers per country
Apple's Supply Chain
Other Asian companies that helped apple production
Shipping
When they have enough of the apple product, Foxconn and Pegatron split the loads and ship them.
Everything is stored in warehousing until giving the command to ship to other supply stores
Problems with globalization
Some of the biggest problems with globalization are, Pollution, Loss in jobs to machines, and over working people that get very little pay.
A Solution to fix these problems
In order to get rid of these problems, I have decided that all transportation should run off of electricity. That we should also produce more jobs for humans instead of machines, and create higher wages for those who work 15 hours a day in a sweatshop.
Bibliography
- https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=where%20are%20apple%20products%20made
- http://mobilefomo.com/2014/10/iphone-6-made-secrets-apples-manufacturing-process-infographic/
- http://free.sourcemap.com/view/9245
- http://tasteofglobalization.weebly.com/problems-and-solution.html