Essays on Macworld

Background

Recently, Apple Inc instituted few changes in the Company’s Code of Conduct, particularly in China. It must be notified that more than 90 percent of their products are manufactured and assembled in China, which enforced the company to conduct operational audit and environmental audit in order to measure the tendency of deviation in production standards. The reasons for conducting the audits were the controversies related to labor mismanagement and environmental unfriendliness in China. According to Guglielmo (2013), Apple Inc announced that the inspection of facilities would be done by “Fair Labor Association” in order to evaluate the quality ...

Multi-Organisational

Enterprises & System(BNM830) Major: Supply Chain Management Total word count: 5728 Net Word Count: 5023 PART 1 A. Apple Inc. is one organization that is known by many to deliver a diverse and complex product-service system. The firm is a technology organization whose products are of high quality and more available to its clients. The company also provides varied services and has opted to venture into other complex activities that are not common with many, if not all, technology companies (Apple, 2015). One of its best selling products is the iPhone6 brand that is not only available in the ...

Abstract

This research examines the role of technology in the attainment of a higher quality of life and health in the 21st Century. The research focuses on the use of a wearable Apple Watch and its corresponding application in promoting health, quality of life, fitness and better lifestyles amongst wearers. The study identifies that Apple Watches provide a convenient way of getting information and electronic platform which is convenient and does not need two hands. This helps to promote fitness and exercising in a convenient manner. Apple Watch Apps have specialized content and features that can be used to monitor ...

The article addresses the launching of Apple Watch 2 by Apple Inc. and the rumors regarding the features that may be added to make it different from the first Apple Watch launched in 2014. The fact that the release of the first Apple Watch was widely anticipated across the globe with consumers willing to get themselves the gadget which was retailing at £299 makes the second version much interesting to watch. Additional features to the Apple Watch 2 would, therefore, enhance Apple’s position as the number one selling smartphone maker in the world, which is key to sustaining ...

Introduction

Apple’s annual “Supplier Responsibility Progress Report” outlines supplier standards in four key areas. Those key areas include accountability, labor and human rights, empowering workers, and environment, health and safety (Apple Supplier Responsibility 2016 Progress Report). According to Apple’s 2016 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, the standards outlined in each of the categories are designed to ensure working conditions are safe, employees are treated equitably, suppliers are following environmental laws, and practices that do not fall outside legal requirements. Each year, Apple conducts an audit of supplier facilities to identify areas for improvement. The changes that Apple has made ...

[The Course]

An operating system is a kind of software, which deals with computer’s hardware and software resources management as well providing computer programs with low-level services, which are essential to ensure their proper functionality. This means that operating system plays a role of mediator between programs installed on the computer and the computer hardware (Dohtre 1). Operating systems can be installed on a wide range of devices containing computer functions such as desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, different types of servers etc. At the present moment the most popular desktop operating systems are Windows,OS X and ...