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Originally Posted by Dopedangel
Apple is not a manufacturer it just orders part it requires where as Samsung needs to keep running its manufacturing plants as stopping and restarting many of them would cost lot more instead of just producing and selling or using the parts.
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I am sorry, but you don't seem to realize that any losses a manufacturer suffers because of starting or restarting is just passed on to the customer. If this wasn't so, the manufacturer would go out of business. Point being that Apple is paying for those costs whether it is Samsung or someone else making the parts.
My business is designing and installing control and manufacturing systems on a contract basis for manufacturers. I charge for my efforts and the manufacturer charges for its production and eventually the company whose name is on the product charges enough to the customers to pay us all.
Sure we might pick up a dollar on some redundancy that can be reused or resold and that is factored in. It means that on the next job, we can charge a little less in order to succeed on the bid.