. Cupertino is reportedly looking to reduce the number of workers on iPhone final assembly lines by as much as 50% over the next few years.
The machinery that is needed to automate an iPhone assembly line is expensive though, and can sometimes cost hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Responsible for automation is Peter Thompson, an operations vice president at Apple. He's been able to successfully automate parts of the iPhone's assembly over the past year. Examples include machines that install metal brackets and flexible printed circuit boards onto components with no human aid.
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