Kompas Fire? hehe, ok juga nih idenya,, tapi kalo di US sana beli e-book kan udah umum ya, jadi model bisnisnya bisa jalan,, kalo si kompas nanti model bisnisnya gimana yah? beli per e-book atau langganan bulanan?
On 23 July 2012 11:52, Adi Gn <[email protected]> wrote: > Di quote dari > http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/07/13/commentary-indonesia-s-latest-big-gamble-foxconn.html > > [quote] > Recently, Indonesia’s biggest publishing company, Kompas Gramedia, > announced a plan to produce tablet computers akin to Amazon’s Kindle Fire, > which is priced at $199, and emulate its ebook-reader business model. This > is exactly the type of business development that would benefit from > Foxconn’s presence. > [/quote] > > [terjemahan] > Baru, penerbitan terbesar di Indonesia perusahaan, Kompas Gramedia, > mengumumkan rencana untuk memproduksi komputer tablet mirip dengan Amazon > Kindle Fire, yang dengan harga $ 199, dan meniru ebook-reader model > bisnisnya. Ini adalah persis jenis pengembangan usaha yang akan mendapat > manfaat dari kehadiran Foxconn. > [/terjemahan] > > JakartaPost lagi discuss planning akan buka pabrik Foxconn di Indonesia. > Kira2 di lokasi/kota mana yah? Masih rahasia katanya MS Hidayat. > > Full Article: > http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/07/13/commentary-indonesia-s-latest-big-gamble-foxconn.html > > One of the world’s most powerful men in the electronics industry, Terry > Gou, was in town for a few days this week, getting social with local > business luminaries, hitting the golf course and spending two hours with > President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. > > Gou’s visit to Jakarta was a courtesy call ahead of a plan to make > Indonesia the next production base for Foxconn Technology Group, the maker > of iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and more. > > Based on a New York Times report, Foxconn’s factories in Asia, Europe and > South America assemble 40 percent of all consumer-electronic products in > the world. The company is a subsidiary of Honhai Precision Industry Co. > Ltd., a company he founded almost four decades ago in Taiwan. > > Gou’s plan for Indonesia entails strategic investments that, according to > sources familiar with the matter, will redraw the industrial landscape and > give birth to a new star in the constellation of local manufacturing giants > such as Astra International, Indofood Sukses Makmur and HM Sampoerna. > > The investments are said to be comparable to Foxconn’s presence in China > where the company operates 13 factories in nine cities and employs more > than 1 million people. Although it will not be on the same scale, Gou mulls > spreading Foxconn’s operations over the six economic corridors stipulated > in Indonesia’s master plan for economic acceleration, also known as MP3EI. > > The aim is to benefit from the specialties offered by each of the > corridors, be they labor force, raw materials, energy or services; and also > from a tax holiday given to new investments outside Java. > > But much is at stake in Gou’s bet on Indonesia, both for the company and > the biggest economy in Southeast Asia. Foxconn owes it to major clients > such as Apple, Sony or Microsoft that his risk assessment is foolproof . > > Indonesia, on the other hand, cannot afford to let this deal be scuttled > by traditional impediments and bottlenecks or risk global embarrassment. It > is widely understood that problems surrounding land acquisition, > infrastructure and law enforcement are still grossly unresolved. > > To gauge the probability of a smooth sailing for the investment plan, one > has to ponder on what caught Gou’s attention about Indonesia. > > In early June, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan and Sofjan Wanandi, one of the > key guardians of Indonesia-Taiwan business relations, traveled to Taipei > and met with Gou and his executives. > > At the meeting, brokered to an extent by Gita’s old connections in JP > Morgan, both men presented the case on why investing in Indonesia would > fare better than anywhere else. One of the meeting participants said that > the presentation made a big impression on everyone. > > The trip to Taipei came at an opportune time. Foxconn has been for a > little more than a year under pressure from clients to expand its > production capacity. The first obvious option for the company was Brazil, > where it has already established five factories. Brazil’s President Dilma > Rousseff said in April 2011 that Foxconn was considering spending around > US$12 billion over five to six years, its largest overseas investment ever. > > By the end of September, however, reports claimed that the much hyped deal > was in doubt due to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks and other special > treatments. Local media later reported that a deal had been achieved by > January. Despite the news, there hasn’t been an update wether the factory > constructions would finally kick off — since it was first postponed in July > last year. > > In the midst of the uncertainty over the new investments, thousands of > Foxconn’s Brazilian workers made repeated threats to strike over what they > claim are poor working conditions. These are workers who get at least $580 > a month. This is where Indonesia easily stands out, even when compared to > what Foxconn workers earn in China, where as of July 1, they are paid $400 > a month before overtime, plus other benefits to avoid suicides. The company > has so far witnessed 18 suicide attempts and 14 deaths. > > In Indonesia, the highest minimum salary set for 2012 is a little over > $160 a month, and that is for workers in the capital city Jakarta, where > living costs are the highest. There are other equally competitive regions > in the country where companies are allowed to pay half that. > > Neither is the level of education an issue for what are entry-level > manufacturing jobs that require only a short period of education and > training — fit for a junior high school graduate, of whom Indonesia has > plenty. > > Another competitive factor of Indonesian labor may include its cultural > traits, it is very unlikely that a strike here would involve hundreds of > people making suicide threats such as happened in Foxconn’s Wuhan facility > in China in April. > > Cheap labor aside, investment in Indonesia will benefit from the > government’s recent carrot and stick approach to encourage the creation of > value-added products domestically. This goal is supported by efforts to > secure raw materials and energy supplies through restrictions on exports. > Despite some of the policies being born out of political accidents, they > would undoubtedly improve business risks for most manufacturing companies > as long as consistency is maintained. > > As the biggest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia also offers a large > consumer base. Buoyed by strong purchasing power, they have helped > companies expand and get more sophisticated. > > Recently, Indonesia’s biggest publishing company, Kompas Gramedia, > announced a plan to produce tablet computers akin to Amazon’s Kindle Fire, > which is priced at $199, and emulate its ebook-reader business model. This > is exactly the type of business development that would benefit from > Foxconn’s presence. > > Indonesian mobile phone producers are also upbeat about the investment > plan, hoping that they can outsource production here instead of to China. > > Many Indonesians are tech savvy; mobile SIM card penetration is at 120 > percent of the total 240 million population, 5.8 million imports of > smartphones in 2011 — expected to reach 8.3 million this year, the biggest > users of Twitter in Asia until recently and the third largest number of > Facebook users, with over 43 million accounts. > > The domestic ecosystem seems in place, Foxconn’s entry into Indonesia has > indeed come at the right time. 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