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Implications from the Rana Plaza Disaster (Guest Post by Brian Jacobs and Vinod Singhal)

SCM Research

Today’s guest post comes from Brian Jacobs and Vinod Singhal, who present the results of their recent research on social issues in global textile supply chains. Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed garment factories employing approximately 5000 workers, collapsed on April 24, 2013.

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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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Empowering Responsible Value Chains

SCM Research

The Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 has opened the eyes of many supply chain managers: Implementing a socially responsible supply chain has, indeed, become an imperative for global corporations and the supply chain management discipline might be in the middle of a paradigm shift.

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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 words of a presenter on this week’s Sustainability webinar , “We tie desired supplier behavior to contract terms. A Walmart garment order was on the cutting room table. Walmart has worked hard on ethical sourcing.

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The Importance of Supply Chain in the Apparel Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Countries like China, Bangladesh, and India all are battling for offering a superior cost to the pieces of clothing purchasers to hold the export share high. Just like the present, the future is really competitive for the apparel industry. Clothing manufacturers make pieces of clothing both for the local and export markets.

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Bitcoin’s Impact on the Textile Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

At present, most people buy clothes for daily use. “If we start using Bitcoin and other digital currencies in daily life, people will demand more high-quality clothes from the textile industry because they know that there is no chance to cheat them,” said one of the clothing manufacturers from Bangladesh.

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Don’t Fret: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will not play havoc with the economic development of developing countries

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In late June of 2015, the Senate passed legislation that gave President Obama the authority to present the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade package to Congress with no amendments or filibusters allowed. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and many African countries).

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