All along, India has been comparing itself with our country. After China made a fire, India is not willing to show weakness, and it must come to a "Made in India". Earlier, India's transport minister called out to the Us electric car manufacturer Tesla, hoping that Musk would also go to India to build a gigafactory. In fact, as a businessman, Musk also has the idea of building a factory in India, but why has he not entered the Indian market so far?
Looking at Foxconn's experience in India, perhaps we can learn a thing or two from it. Not long ago, a large-scale food poisoning incident broke out at Foxconn, India, when more than 1,000 workers took to the streets to protest, the factory was forced to close its doors for rectification, and it has not yet opened for operation. Moreover, India's labor law stipulates that as long as the company has more than 100 employees, the company must obtain the consent of the government if it wants to lay off employees on a large scale, but if the company's compensation makes most workers dissatisfied, the union will continue to sue the labor court. If the union is strong, it is not excluded to fight a 7-8 year lawsuit with the company.
In the case of Foxconn, one Chinese worker can do the work of three Indian workers. Indian workers are more lazy. Production efficiency is low, so the Indian worker is more picky, only if the worker is comfortable, he will give you a good job. A little uncomfortable, they went on strike to protest on the street, the food was not qualified to protest on the street, and the dormitory environment was not good to protest on the street. In this way, Foxconn, which originally planned to resume production, had to postpone the start of work again, and once the start of construction was delayed, a large number of orders missed the delivery time, and the only thing that could bear the loss in the end was Foxconn.
Moreover, India's infrastructure is relatively backward, originally 3 days of goods can arrive, but in India it takes 5 days. Foxconn's parts delivery time has greatly increased production costs, coupled with the fact that Indian workers are not so diligent, Tesla wants to build a factory in India, perhaps do not know what year and month.
Look at GM, which once built a factory in India, has already run away as early as 2017, and Harley also said last year that it would withdraw from India. Ford, which has also been in India for 10 years, also announced after losing $2 billion that it would close all of its factories in India in the second quarter. It seems that Feng Shui in India is not very suitable for large enterprises. Whether Tesla will build a factory in India, I believe that readers already have the answer in their hearts.