This also gives Guo Taiming blind self-confidence, bluntly saying that if threatened, Foxconn has the ability to transfer its production base, and who is afraid of who. Does Guo Taiming really have this ability? What will happen when you leave the mainland?
Chinese mainland has a huge market, which has supported the rise of a large number of enterprises in many industries. Coupled with the population advantage, it can provide good market opportunities for manufacturing and OEM markets.
When Foxconn first entered the mainland market, it just happened to catch up with the dividend outlet. Many people went out to work and went north and south to enter the Foxconn electronics foundry.
Later, Foxconn successfully won Apple's order, which changed its fate. Foxconn has become the world's largest foundry, winning Apple's core and most important iPhone equipment orders every time, and Foxconn has increased cooperation with many customers.
As Foxconn's business grew stronger, it also began to expand its foundry to India, Vietnam and other places. In these markets, which also have the advantage of labor force, Foxconn is soaring.
Foxconn has few competitors except a few OEM giants. Gradually, people also accepted Foxconn as their own family.
However, Guo Taiming, the founder behind Foxconn, may not think so, and his repeated remarks are quite controversial.
For example, Guo Taiming said that building a factory in the mainland is for mainlanders to enjoy food. Perhaps Guo Taiming didn't realize that it was the mainland market that gave Foxconn a chance to eat.
Another remark made by Guo Taiming also aroused doubts. He said that if threatened by the mainland, Foxconn has the ability to transfer its production base, and Foxconn has a great impact on the mainland's export economy. Who is afraid of who?
Guo taiming has made it clear that, in his view, the mainland cannot live without Foxconn. With the export economy brought by Foxconn to the mainland, Guo Taiming has gained confidence and confidence. Moreover, in recent years, Foxconn has continuously increased the layout of overseas markets, and there are certain conditions for it to transfer production lines in other countries. But does Guo Taiming really have this ability? Not necessarily.
Foxconn has indeed built a foundry overseas, but this does not mean that it can replace the Chinese mainland market.
on the one hand, there are not enough high-end manufacturing and processing industries in overseas markets; on the other hand, overseas markets are facing severe challenges of public health incidents, and there are no epidemic prevention conditions required by the mainland market.
Foxconn originally planned to process some iPhone13 phones in India, but the situation in India is complicated. In the end, Foxconn put the order on the mainland, recruited employees urgently, and paid a high salary to recruit 2, people, which solved the demand for equipment order production.
is this what Guo taiming said about the ability to leave Chinese mainland? If it weren't for the mainland market, Foxconn's iPhone13 order would have been yellow.
if Foxconn can't meet apple's order demand and breaches the contract once, then this cooperation condition may not be the same next time. Apple is fully capable of handing orders to foundries such as Luxshare, BYD and Heshuo. For this kind of assembly service, many enterprises can complete it.
Therefore, if Foxconn leaves the mainland, what happens will be replaced. The market share vacated in China will be taken over by other giants. Foxconn has no production base guarantee in the mainland market and cannot ensure that the orders can be completed on time. From Apple's point of view, will it hand over important orders to Foxconn?
So Foxconn lost not only the market, but also the order opportunities from big customers.
Guo taiming's remarks are too absolute. Guo taiming is not in charge. The market is changing all the time. Perhaps Foxconn has brought great sales enthusiasm to this market, but it is like a lively vegetable market. After leaving a small vendor, the position will soon be occupied by others.
The market is still the same, and the vendors who leave will be forgotten sooner or later. If a company wants to compete with the market, it simply thinks too much.
Guo taiming only got his present position in the mainland market, where he can only get market results by helping Apple to make OEM orders. Given the importance of the China market to Apple, even if Foxconn leaves, Apple will not leave.
if apple doesn't leave, can Foxconn find such an important big customer elsewhere? Without the market and customers, the result can be imagined.
So it's time for Guo Taiming to recognize the reality, which is more important, the market or the influence of enterprises. How many brands with great influence on the mainland in history have lost their markets because of some wrong behaviors? Before long, this brand will become history, and may be remembered, but it can only be a talk after dinner.
Guo taiming has a good hand of Foxconn. From the market point of view, Foxconn has indeed made great contributions to economic development and solved the job problems for millions of people.
But this should not be the confidence of Guo Taiming blindly, but should be regarded as a responsibility, a responsibility to the market and customers.
it is not Guo taiming who has the final say, but the market who has the final say. In Chinese mainland's huge market, there are many excellent enterprises, and there are several giants in any industry. The market will never stop running because of lack of anyone. If you put yourself in the same important position as the market, then time will tell him the answer, who is afraid of whom.