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On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Andi - leo5354 <[email protected]> wrote: > Terbukti Kompas Gramedia sudah mempunyai konsep jangka panjang buat > bisnisnya > Daripada mengkhawatirkan soal ancaman digitalisasi informasi, kenapa ngga > sekalian terjun di dalamnya > Nice info bro > "Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrutyor ma amritam gamaya" > ________________________________ > From: Adi Gn <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:52:42 +0700 > To: <[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: [id-android] WTI Kompas Gramedia merencanakan tablet spt Kindle > Fire > > 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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