Top-5 pocket book distributors see shipments plunge in February, says Digitimes Research
Jim Hsiao, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei
Global top-5 pocket book manufacturers noticed their mixed shipments nosedive almost 40% on month and 38% on yr in February because the pocket book provide chain, which has over 90% of poduction capability in China, was severely disrupted within the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, in line with Digitimes Research.
Among the worldwide top-5 manufacturers, solely Dell and Lenovo shipped over a million notebooks in February. Dell, which had its ODM companions hold some employees at vegetation to work through the Lunar New Year holidays, had an on-month cargo decline solely bigger than these of Lenovo and Asustek, and was the most important model worldwide for the second consecutive month in February, Digitimes Research’s numbers present.
Lenovo’s in-house manufacturing strains in Hefei achieved a manufacturing resumption price of almost 60% in February, permitting its cargo to be above par.
Hewlett-Packard (HP), with out arranging manufacturing through the Lunar New Year break and having most of its manufacturing strains in China’s Chongqing, the place guidelines for manufacturing resumption are stricter than different locations, skilled an over 50% on-month decline in February shipments.
The top-Three ODMs suffered an on-month decline of 42% of their mixed shipments in February. Quanta had a bigger on-month drop than the opposite two as its manufacturing resumption was a lot slower than its fellow makers.
Although ODMs’ capability is more likely to be restored quick in March, tight provide of parts ensuing from labor shortages at associated makers are anticipated to change into a difficulty for pocket book makers.
