alt Hacker NewsTo be fair, Samsung's divisions having guns pointed at each other is nothing new. This is the same conglomerate that makes their own chip division fight for placement in their own phones, constantly flip-flopping between using Samsung or Qualcomm chips at the high end, Samsung or Mediatek chips at the low end, or even a combination of first-party and third-party chips in different variants of ostensibly the same device.
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Isn't this how South Korean chaebols work?
They operate with tension. They're supposed to have unified strategic direction from the top, but individual subsidiaries are also expected to be profit centers that compete in the market.
I worked with some supply chain consultants who mentioned "internal suppliers are often worse suppliers than external".
Their point was that service levels are often not as stringently tracked, SLA's become internal money shuffling, but the company as a whole paid the price in lower output/profit. The internal partner being the default allows an amount of complacency, and if you shopped around for a comparable level of service to what's being provided, you can often find it for a better price.
> two versions of the same phone with different processors
That's hilarious, which phone is this?
That’s really good business. Everyone is pushing to be the best rather than accepting mediocrity.
To be honest, this actually sounds kinda healthy.