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Catastrophic Impacts of COVID19 in Bangladesh Apparel Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

An article written by my former PhD student, Rejaul Hasan, and I just came out this week in Contracting Excellence , the journal published by IACCM, which documents the catastrophe that is unfolding in Bangladesh, one of the world’s major exporters of garments for the apparel sector.

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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Incidents like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh have led to new laws, but laws are not always followed which makes it incumbent upon your business to ensure your supply chain is ethical. Transparency, or lack thereof, carries a huge reputational risk for companies. The stakes are high. Supply chains are opaque.

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Supply Chain Visibility in a Time of Crisis: What the 2020 Visibility Report Tells Us

BlueYonder

We saw the supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake near Japan and Fukushima meltdown, and the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. Answers to this question is in the 2020 Supply Chain Visibility Report based on research by Reuters Events and eyefortransport (eft), sponsored by Blue Yonder.

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Port Congestion Update

Shipsy

Rice exports also have seen substantial movement to Bangladesh from Mundra , whereas the MHA has been pushing west Bengal government to start moving them via road as well. May 12, 2020. May 12, 2020.There May 12, 2020.There April 9, 2020. March 17, 2020. March 16, 2020. Port Congestion Update.

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Port Congestion Update – There growth in the number of containers cleared at Nhava Sheva and Mundra

Shipsy

Rice exports also have seen substantial movement to Bangladesh from Mundra , whereas the MHA has been pushing west Bengal government to start moving them via road as well. May 12, 2020. Is your e-commerce logistics ready for the Black Friday 2020? October 8, 2020. September 30, 2020. July 22, 2020.

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The World is About to Get Even More Connected through the Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

It even helped National Geographic track a discarded plastic bottle from Bangladesh to the Indian Ocean. 3] Anupa (Iman) Ghosh, “ AIoT: When Artificial Intelligence Meets the Internet of Things ,” Visual Capitalist, 12 August 2020. [4]

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. A 2020 KPMG analysis found that: 96% of the world’s biggest 250 companies produce an annual sustainability report. In the U.S., as a tornado struck a town in Kentucky in December 2021, workers at.