When it needed to cut costs to cope with a strong yen a few years ago, the Japanese firm acknowledged Chrysler's prowess by taking apart a little Neon car to see how the Americans had cut components to a minimum and designed for low-cost and simplicity.
All the more reason to cut the excessive components of spending now.
Such robots are useful in foundries that cut and grind components.
What the market has seized upon are various rumours about weakening sales - most recently a report that Apple had cut orders for components due to worsening prospects for the iPhone 5.
The Times reports that Apple may change some internal components to cut costs.
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And while Ryton makes just a single model, Peugeot's French plants produce at least two, many of which share components to cut costs.
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Apple Inc. has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday.
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According to the report Apple has also cut orders for other iPhone components.
Then to cut costs, they have to use cheaper grade components, like they do in the desktop and laptop market with cheaper grade this and that to cut costs and the MTBF is such that they are throw away products that people will be unhappy with.
As the first cut was removed the crowd gasped: The components appeared to separate.
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning from Asia that unnamed sources say Apple cut its orders for screens and other iPhone 5 components due to lower than expected demand.
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Unlike other PV components, polysilicon production cannot be idled incrementally, which forces manufacturers to cut prices rather than output.
Convinced Nissan was paying more for components than its competitors were, he broke up the company's cozy supplier keiretsu and cut out half of Nissan's 1, 100 vendors.
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