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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. No payment was issued on February 17.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth.

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Winning Supply Chain Procurement Strategies for 2022

Ware2Go

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement. So, should merchants change their supply chain procurement strategies as they head into 2022? Big Picture Thinking.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS wants to ship packages in the metaverse. The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items. ” I wonder if the metaverse expects same-day shipping.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The question of near-shoring or reshoring is really a question for labor-intensive industries like apparel. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

This morning apparel retailer Bebe Stores announced that it is closing all of its stores by the end of May. In order to increase efficiency, the goods would be manufactured in batches based on factors such as the customer shipping address, the patent says. Airbus and Singpost testing last-mile drone package delivery (Straits Times).

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Push for Inditex to Disclose Zara Supplier Transparency

Supply Chain Matters

The global retailer is able to design, produce and ship products to fashion focused customers in a matter of days. For multi-industry supply chain and strategic procurement supply management teams, this conflict provides added challenges in the coming months.