Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 8, 2013
In our ongoing discussion of labor and human rights violations in the supply chain, we’ve discussed in prior posts the problems that occurred in Bangladesh resulting in over 700 dead. Companies like Nike and Disney have publicly stated that they are not going to Bangladesh for apparel sourcing in the future.
Supply Chain Game Changer
MAY 26, 2022
In the meantime, many new technologies are used daily to produce clothing materials from cotton or other organic sources without using any chemical substances. “They want to spend money on their valuable products which should be good for their health.”
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Kinaxis
JULY 24, 2015
Apparently, the $67 a month workers make in Bangladesh was getting to be too costly. In April 2013, more than 1,100 factory workers lost their lives in the name of fashion in the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, now recognized as the deadliest garment-factory accident in history.
GlobalTranz
JUNE 24, 2015
According to Forbes magazine , The greatest reshoring will occur in industries that benefit most from cheap natural gas and have access to global markets… [industries such as] chemicals and metals… for products that change rapidly, including fashion apparel and technology… whose product value/weight ratios do not justify air freight.
Enterra Insights
MAY 19, 2022
Bloomberg reports, “For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating their yields come harvest time. What does this mean for the food supply chain? Early predictions are bleak.”[1] ”[1] How bleak?
Vinculum
JUNE 7, 2022
Fast Fashion not only pollutes the environment with its toxic chemicals; it also fills up our dumpsites. More than 1,100 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured in the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, a fashion documentary called The True Cost uncovered the invisible side of Fashion.
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 6, 2013
News of the increasing death toll in Bangladesh continues to pour in, with the latest at 600 found dead in the rubble of the Rama factory complex. Demonstrators are protesting apparel offices (such as Gap’s offices in San Francisco) to demand better working conditions in Bangladesh factories. But this is not enough.
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