A friend asked about the brand 100 points. Why do mobile phone brands such as Apple and Xiaomi look for Foxconn for OEM production? In his mind, isn't it just assembling mobile phones? What's so hard about that? In fact, if we have a deep understanding of Foxconn, we may be able to understand the mystery. At the end of last year, Foxconn did not lay off employees to reduce costs because Apple's mobile phone sales were not as good as expected. However, a few months later, Foxconn broke the news that it would recruit another 50,000 employees. Why is this? The reason is that Foxconn is alive again, and the processing supply mainly comes from Huawei and Xiaomi.

Why are these smartphone brand manufacturers willing to hand over the OEM task to Foxconn? Obviously, this is not because Foxconn's OEM cost is relatively low, but because Foxconn's OEM ability to manufacture smart phones is relatively strong, and its strong team of engineers and technology research and development teams can ensure the production and manufacturing of high-end mobile phone products.

I remember when Apple Jobs asked Guo Taiming to solve a problem in the process of mobile phone manufacturing, Jobs didn't have an answer. After Guo Taiming went back, he thought for two days in a row and finally gave Jobs a most satisfactory answer. Therefore, in the process of the birth of Apple mobile phone, it can be said that Foxconn played a pivotal role. Although it can't be said that there would be no Apple without Foxconn, at least it can be said that it is Foxconn's excellent pursuit of quality that has brought the current manufacturing of Apple and smart phones to a new height.

In Guo Taiming's cognition, talent is the most critical factor to promote the development of artificial intelligence, big data and industrial Internet. Guo Taiming has his "learning theory" from high-skilled production talents to compound high-tech talents needed for the later development of intelligent manufacturing. In Guo Taiming's view, "learning" is the accumulation of knowledge, "learning" is the actual operation, and "learning" is more important than "learning". "The section chief takes his apprentice like a big bird with a small bird. If you fly too high, the bird may fall to death. If you fly too low, the bird can't learn to fly. Therefore, there are many doorways to cultivate healthy and productive talents. "

Because of this, Foxconn has become the most competitive manufacturing enterprise in the world. Take mobile phone OEM as an example, including the OEM production of high-end smart phones such as Huawei, Apple, Xiaomi and Nokia, most of which will be completed by Foxconn. Although Foxconn's OEM cost is higher than other foundries, these brand manufacturers who pursue high-end quality will choose Foxconn first. For the OEM of some low-end smartphones, brands will choose foundries with low OEM costs.

Therefore, we can also see that despite the decline in Apple's mobile phone sales and fundamental changes in the world smart phone market structure, Foxconn's order volume is relatively stable. Both Apple's mobile phone shipments and Huawei's and Xiaomi's mobile phone shipments are from Foxconn's factories. As long as the world's mobile phone sales do not drop significantly, Foxconn can make relatively stable OEM orders.

Although Foxconn does not have its own smart phone brand, it is the most indispensable enterprise in the smart phone industry in the world. It can also be seen that the manufacturing industry is not without a future. The key is whether the manufacturing level reaches the top level in the world.