Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. As highlighted by RetailDive, “ COVID-19 also disrupted manufacturing areas in Bangladesh, India and other major producing countries, not least of all China. This has significantly impacted retail value chains across the globe. Retail Value Chain.

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Pivot88

JUNE 20, 2019

When the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Bangladesh’ capital, Dhaka, in 2013, more than 1,100 people died and thousands more were injured. It became clear that safety standards and regulation are very poor in Bangladesh, the world’s second biggest garment industry after China. An Accord and an Alliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 21, 2015

Sourcing to low cost destinations is not a new development and Bangladesh has been a favored destination of apparel brands and retailers. But incidents like Rana Plaza disaster (an eight-story factory collapsed, killing over 1,000 workers) brought to light non-existent safety measures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base.

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

The report also contains an analysis of three selected sectors (retail, construction and pharmaceutical) and additional case studies, including a case study on the 2013 Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. More information can be found on the homepage of Raconteur’s Supply Chain 2015 report.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

The items are dispatched to retailers or distribution centres so that they can eventually reach the customers. Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., For example, when the seasons change, the retail stores display winter clothes or summer clothes. Distribution.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 1, 2014

  Due to higher labor and operating costs in China, more western firms now source their products from Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam, etc.     However, according to a study conducted by Transparency International in 2012, Bangladesh’s corruption index is equal to 144 (1 = least corrupt). [1]   Gap Inc.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 23, 2017

By deploying the “fast fashion” business model, the apparel industry began to outsource garment manufacture to suppliers and subcontractors in low-cost countries, such as China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. More efficient processes, cheaper products, and happier consumers – a winning combination.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2020

We saw the supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake near Japan and Fukushima meltdown, and the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. The lack of collaboration persists, even though 83% of retailers and manufacturers indicated sharing data would improve visibility and planning. Disruptive Technologies.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

As I highlighted recently in “ Your Supply Chain Strategy is Your Business Plan (Unless It’s Not) ,” the people who really need stop viewing logistics as a cost center are not the people in the front lines of supply chain and logistics (they already know it), but the CEOs and CFOs at manufacturing and retail companies.

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Vinculum

JUNE 7, 2022

Fast Fashion is defined as mass-market retailers producing inexpensive clothing rapidly. Large retail chains such as Zara, Uniqlo, and Forever21 have infiltrated our malls, and cheap, low-quality mass-produced Fashion is flooding our retail shops. The rise of Fast Fashion in the Philippines.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 4, 2013

One consequence of squeezed budgets is the lack of health and safety oversight, which coupled with lax regulatory compliance practices have led to horrific incidents such as last November 2012 Tazreen fire , and the recent Rana Plaza building collapse that killed more than 1,000 factory workers in Bangladesh. And this is ongoing.

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Shipsy

MAY 12, 2020

Rice exports also have seen substantial movement to Bangladesh from Mundra , whereas the MHA has been pushing west Bengal government to start moving them via road as well. COVID has changed the entire scenario, impacting majorly the retail market. Discover More Data Driven Logistics Insights. October 8, 2020.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. After that it quickly went on to buy many other optical retailers including the French based, multinational GrandVision SA in 2005. Grandvision has grand plans.

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Supply Chain Digest

DECEMBER 17, 2014

VF Corp, Walmart Backing Relatively Low Cost Loans to Suppliers'

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 7, 2012

At the end of last month, a garment factory fire in Bangladesh killed more than 100 people and injured many more. The lowest possible labor costs seem to be the single criterion for Western retailers when selecting suppliers. The lowest possible labor costs seem to be the single criterion for Western retailers when selecting suppliers.

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DocShipper Sourcing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It is a sourcing strategy used by the largest and even the smallest retailers. Although there are several countries that are becoming increasingly attractive to clothing importers such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, China remains the largest exoporter of clothing in the … The post How to import clothes from China?

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Alloy

MARCH 29, 2022

Consumer – Consumer goods and retail companies including McDonald’s, Starbucks, IKEA and Nike suspend or decrease operations in Russia. Some notable countries include Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh and Iran which buy 60% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine. Notable international business actions.

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Supply Chain Digest

DECEMBER 18, 2019

RVCF Celebrating 20th Anniversary, CPG Companies Putting more Focus Back on Brick and Mortar, New Apparel Factory Deaths in India and Bangladesh

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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. But this is not enough.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Of course, if you’re talking to major retailers, they’ve known this for decades, that the business foundation is supply chain. There’s Bangladesh in the garment industry.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

In the retail sector, supermarkets in many countries have seen their highest weekly sales ever, as consumers stock up on goods that they fear may be in short supply. Sectors such as apparel, which have shifted production to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, may see reshoring in the long run. The longer-term impacts.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Amazon to Keep Adding Lots of FC Space, Automation Coming to Bangladesh Apparel Factories, Walmart Q4 eCommerce Growth Slows

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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EcoVadis

JULY 3, 2014

One would remember the tragedies of the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, Bangladesh, where the victims were manufacturing clothes to be supplied to top fashion retail companies. stage 2 – Cost Reduction : simplifying specifications, lowering compliance costs, using more efficient materials.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2018

Several major apparel brands and retailers, including J.C. By some counts there are an estimated 11,000 garment factories in Bangladesh alone, many of them small and off the grid. Now, there’s an effort afoot to digitally map every garment factory in Bangladesh. First, though, they must be identified. Or so goes the theory.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

In fact, China’s wages have been on the rise and fast-growing countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh are developing niches in footwear and clothing manufacturing as well. You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. China still has an advantage that few countries will ever match.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

”[1] To bolster his assessment, Ryan cites a statement by Jonathan Gold, Vice President for supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. He stated, “Strong consumer demand has outpaced supply chain operations since late last year and could remain a challenge as the holidays approach.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

For organizations that source products from suppliers in remote regions, blockchain can provide clarity in an otherwise murky journey from harvest to retail. For organizations that source products from suppliers in remote regions, blockchain is an essential tool that can provide clarity in an otherwise murky journey from harvest to retail.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2016

I asked that question almost three years ago following the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured thousands of others. How many slaves are in your supply chain? Based on recent reports, it appears that, three years later, the answer to that question remains the same: We don’t know.

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 8, 2019

But we can make our crystal ball gazing a lot more easier by harnessing one of the world’s biggest retailers. However, e-commerce as a proportion of retail sales in America is still small despite the online sales headlines that you see. Try asking the same from any brick-and-mortar retailer! Yes, you guessed it.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The recent publicity generated by the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, and other labor risks, has elevated the importance of integrating these issues into the sourcing decision. The opportunity to analytics that drive down working capital to build cash positions for their companies will continue to be critical.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As the industry has grown, it moved over to Japan, Italy, Canada, and other flowed from there to Mexico, Europe, Portugal, Turkey, than Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia – and eventually settled in China and in Bangladesh. That is where most of the business goes today – Bangladesh and Pakistan. They assume others will do it for them.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

Some of the most notable include: Steve Madden , shoe and bag retailer: Moving production to Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico, and Vietnam. US import tariffs and the desire to diversify manufacturing locations are the key drivers of the move, which will see some of the company’s production transferred to Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 23, 2020

Retailers: This is probably the most visible industry to consumers and another one that is feeling the significant impact of COVID-19. national retail body, the National Retail Federation, still maintains the projected growth rate of 3.5% As I write this, the U.S. as compared to 3.7% GDP and contributes around 5 million jobs.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 5, 2016

Furthermore, while the combination of in-store and online shopping – omnichannel – has long been a feature of the retail world, it is only now really starting to impact the manufacturing sector. The dynamics of selling directly to customers are far different than manufacturers’ previous experience of selling to retail partners.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The Netherlands secured first place based on the results from the large-scale survey among logistics decision-makers within manufacturing and retail companies in Germany. Bangladesh. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam.

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