Political-The supply and manufacture of many critical components is performed by sole-sourced outsourcing partners in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Outsourcing partners
in Asia perform final assembly of substantially all of the company’s hardware
products. Manufacturing or logistics in these locations or transit to finaldestinations may be disrupted for a variety of reasons including, but not limitedto, natural and man-made disasters, information technology system failures,military actions or economic, business, labor, environmental, public health, or Political issues. (APPLE INC., 2012)
War, terrorism, geopolitical uncertainties, public health issues, and other business interruptions have caused and could cause damage or disruption tointernational commerce and the global economy, and thus could have a materialadverse effect on the Company, its suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing
vendors and customers, including channel partners. The Company’s business
operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages,nuclear power plant accidents, terrorist attacks, and other hostile acts, labor disputes, public health issues, and other events beyond its control.