SCM Research
APRIL 23, 2023
Ten years ago, on April 24, 2013, the world was shocked by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. The building housed several garment factories that supplied clothing to major global brands. In the aftermath, many apparel brands committed to improving working conditions in their supply chains.
Supply Chain Movement
JULY 15, 2022
For retail and trading companies, identifying and ‘cleaning-up’ their supply chain will be a major challenge. In February 2022, the European Commission made proposals to ensure that companies have a responsible supply chain. If they encounter malpractices they have a duty to eliminate them.
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Talking Logistics
MAY 8, 2013
The collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh last week , which killed at least 705 workers and injured thousands of others, has put a spotlight on a problem that plagues many supply chains: the use of slave labor. The US State Department estimates that there are 27 million slaves globally.
SCM Research
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
Two recent disasters in the garment industry, the Tazreen Fashions fire (2012) and the Rana Plaza building collapse (2013), have caused outrage over the lack of social responsibility across global supply chains. It is time to become serious about socially responsible supply chain management.
SCM Research
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
Last week, a well-made special report by Raconteur, titled Supply Chain 2015 (pdf), was distributed in The Times of London. Other topics covered by the report are, among others, strategic procurement, top technologies, demand prediction, sustainable supply chains and cross-border delivery. I very much enjoyed reading it.
SCM Research
MARCH 15, 2017
Today’s guest post comes from Brian Jacobs and Vinod Singhal, who present the results of their recent research on social issues in global textile supply chains. Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed garment factories employing approximately 5000 workers, collapsed on April 24, 2013.
SCM Research
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
The Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 has opened the eyes of many supply chain managers: Implementing a socially responsible supply chain has, indeed, become an imperative for global corporations and the supply chain management discipline might be in the middle of a paradigm shift.
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