14th 2023 4:45 am PTThe attitude of Indian suppliers is also said to compare poorly with the can-do approach of Chinese companies, with one former Apple engineer saying that there is no sense of urgency in its Indian supply chain …At an iPhone casings factory in Hosur run by Indian conglomerate Tata, one of Apple’s suppliers, just about one out of every two components coming off the production line is in good enough shape to eventually be sent to Foxconn, Apple’s assembly partner for building iPhones, according to a person familiar with the matter. There is optimism that Indian companies will adapt, and learn the standards required from an Apple supplier, but the process is expected to be a lengthy one. All the same, the report does illustrate the scale of the challenge faced by Apple between now and then