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From responsible sourcing to recycling, every aspect of how Apple makes their products is deeply considered, this 11th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report details the advancements Apple made in 2016 throughout their supply chain.

The supplier hub alternative was particularly intriguing because it provided the additional benefit of allowing Apple to decrease the amount of inventory on its books, by negotiating with suppliers to defer payment for incoming materials until the day of use.

Apple is hindering the improvement of working conditions in the smartphone industry, and if Apple does not take on responsibility commensurate with its status, other companies will not have the ability to make improvements either.

In this paper, we propose Simulated+Unsupervised (S+U) learning, where the goal is to improve the realism of synthetic images from a simulator using unlabeled real data.

Many skeptics speculated that OLEDs wouldn’t last, would be too expensive and would be overwhelmed by the LCD juggernaut, much has changed in 14 years.

Current trends in reshoring/nearshoring may offer a real opportunity for U.S. businesses to lower production costs and wring more efficiency from their supply chains.

Embracing use of renewable resources is the next logical step in leadership from the packaging and consumer goods industries, which have been playing -and will continue to play- a significant role in making recycling a mainstream business practice.

This article analyzes the distribution of value from innovation in the global supply chains of the Apple iPad and iPhone. We find that Apple continues to capture the largest share of value from these innovations.