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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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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

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. Companies are also starting to take action — albeit, reactively in many cases.

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Audit Safe?

Supply Chain Shaman

Just two months later, more than 100 people died in a garment fire in Bangladesh in November 2012. In the use of unstructured text mining, publicly available documents are continuously scoured for information on factory performance. A Walmart garment order was on the cutting room table. Walmart has worked hard on ethical sourcing.

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Fires in a Bangladesh sewing factory resulted in 112 deaths. Through this pilot, we are trying to connect structured data (transactions) and unstructured data (contracts and documents) to enable multi-tier payment. On November 2012, the executives of Wal-Mart awoke to find that they were front page news.

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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 2021 Deloitte study documented how 43% of UK consumers selected brands based on environmentally sustainable values. In the U.S., as a tornado struck a town in Kentucky in December 2021, workers at.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. The supplier uses this document to record the sale and confirm their acceptance of the order. Typical Customs Documents. They include the following documents at a minimum: Invoice. Value of goods.