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= i+P+a+d: How to Make an iPad = iPads are world renowned tablets produced by Apple, selling over 360 million units since the inception of the table in April 2010. Obviously, iPads don't grow on trees. They are produced using a combination of a variety of resources, and on those pages, we detail those factors of production for you.

Factor of Production 1: Land
The first factor of production is the most basic, yet most obvious: land. This consists of all the natural resources that go into the making of the product. The most prominent natural resources that go into the production of iPads are glass, aluminum, and plastic. 155 grams of glass is used to make the touchscreen that consumers interact with. 125 grams of aluminum is used to make the body of the device. And 55 grams of plastic are used to make an outer covering.

Factor of Production 2: Labor
The second factor of production is the human factor. Labor involves the work done by people in producing a product. iPads are primarily produced in China, in factories owned by Foxconn Technology Group. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers work for 10 hours a day, earning minimal pay to do an extremely repetitive job.

Factor of Production 3: Capital
Capital is the set of tools, both tangible and not, that are used to produce a product. There are 2 types: physical and human.

Physical Capital
Physical capital is manmade tools used to produce a product. For iPads, this is seen primarily in the form of circuit boards, handmade by workers.

Human Capital
Human capital is the knowledge and skills that the human workers possess that allow them to get a job done. While there is little human capital when doing the mundane job of working an assembly line, one such skill is the skill to have steady hands, to put fine wires into the small niches where they belong.

Factor of Production 4: Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the thing that binds all the other factors together. It is the factor that marries land with labor and capital, to produce something greater than the sum of its individual parts. iPads are produced by Apple Inc., founded by the late Steve Jobs and currently led by CEO Tim Cook.