I had similar thoughts about this Forbes post said about Apple using its cash to finance it’s future growth by acquiring and securing its own supply chain. Obviously, I cannot claim credit for this kind of thinking because Apple had been doing this for years with memory chips. The next step for Apple may be about changing the world of manufacturing and in ways that would leave its competitors gasping for air trying to keep up and really disrupt not just any one industry but a whole host of markets with new innovative processes.
Obviously, what Tim Cook is having Apple do with its money in trying to own its supply chain and keep competitors out is brilliant. Apple can and will move a few steps even beyond that. In the past, I had suggested that Apple may even spend R&D money into new ways of manufacturing and patent the whole process.
The initial discussion started when media reports began circulating about what Steve Jobs said to Obama about him being a one-term President and Jobs answered that manufacturing jobs are not coming back to the US when asked how companies can bring those jobs back.
But I think it’s possible. Robotics and new ways of putting components together. Think of this as robots building robots or other computer devices like the iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Impossible? Anyone thinking that clearly has not clue just how fast tech, on many fronts, is moving.
Not only is it possible but that is where we are headed. All it takes is the will to make it happen and the financial clout. And Tim Cook’s Apple has plenty of both.
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