NC State SCRC

MAY 1, 2020

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. The factory owner was shocked. “How

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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. Some companies are taking steps.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The recent report on Digital SRM Supplier Relationship Management from State of Flux reveals a massive $550 billion unrealized opportunity for companies. Some of the gaps the report reveals include: One in five businesses do not have any software tools, and 87% are still using Excel or a mix of disconnected tools.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

In one company, the analytical team explored the relationship between economic activity, consumer demand, and demand for their products. The model is also being used to adjust company revenue and budget growth estimates – and can effectively be used to either curb or expand budgeted growth estimates based on these economic forecasting models.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We will also continue to increased customer expectations, lower tolerance for poor performance, and low brand loyalty, making this a truly treacherous environment for companies of all sorts. In one company I interviewed, the analytical team explored the relationship between economic activity, consumer demand, and demand for their products.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most of the garment industry at the time was sort of “old fashioned”, a bit rude and unpleasant, but the jeans industry in the 60s and 70s had Levis, which was a fun company, and was growing like crazy. That is where most of the business goes today – Bangladesh and Pakistan. ” Olah Inc.

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Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

And when they know the rules, they can see how to excel within those rules. At the provincial level, we’re saying that by 2024, you will not be able to buy a new fossil fuel vehicle in BC. I go to work, and Google knows I went to work, or that I purchased diapers or something else. Do we just pull out of Bangladesh?

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