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What is the True Cost of Sustainable Apparel from Bangladesh? Insights from Harvard “Sustainable Models for the Apparel Industry” Conference

NC State SCRC

Rejaul is from Bangladesh, and is working on his PhD in the College of Textiles at NC State University, and is passionate on the subject of sustainable apparel from his home country. Are big name brands really paying a fair price to a supplier in Bangladesh? This week’s blog is a guest blog from a PhD Student, MD Rejaul Hasan.

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Supply Chain Visibility in a Time of Crisis: What the 2020 Visibility Report Tells Us

BlueYonder

We saw the supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake near Japan and Fukushima meltdown, and the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. Answers to this question is in the 2020 Supply Chain Visibility Report based on research by Reuters Events and eyefortransport (eft), sponsored by Blue Yonder. Limited Visibility.

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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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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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Supply Chain 2015

SCM Research

Last week, a well-made special report by Raconteur, titled Supply Chain 2015 (pdf), was distributed in The Times of London. Other topics covered by the report are, among others, strategic procurement, top technologies, demand prediction, sustainable supply chains and cross-border delivery. I very much enjoyed reading it.

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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. Tweet The post How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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The Food Supply Chain and the War in Ukraine

Enterra Insights

The editorial team at Nature reports, “Ukraine and Russia produce a combined total of 14% of the world’s wheat and 30% of the world’s wheat exports, as well as 60% of the world’s sunflower oil. They report, “A total of 16 countries had banned or restricted food exports. ” Potential Global Impacts. .”[4]

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