Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 8, 2013

In our ongoing discussion of labor and human rights violations in the supply chain, we’ve discussed in prior posts the problems that occurred in Bangladesh resulting in over 700 dead. Companies like Nike and Disney have publicly stated that they are not going to Bangladesh for apparel sourcing in the future.

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SCM Research

MARCH 15, 2017

Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed garment factories employing approximately 5000 workers, collapsed on April 24, 2013. The scale of this tragedy increased awareness of the risks and costs of sourcing from low-cost countries. Vinod Singhal is a Professor of Operations Management and holds the Charles W.

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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. This incident, and three others during 2013-14, challenged the sourcing strategies of large […].

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. The European Commission published the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence draft directive in February 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 17, 2013

Just two months later, more than 100 people died in a garment fire in Bangladesh in November 2012. Walmart has worked hard on ethical sourcing. The factory had recently passed an ethical sourcing audit. What is clear is that expectations on sustainability behaviors require taking responsibility for the relationship.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

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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Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

More than virtually any other sector, sourcing and supplier management in the fashion industry have been exposed to intense scrutiny in recent years, while the functions have become of increasingly strategic importance to business success. But the word “quality” has taken on new dimensions, posing further challenges.

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

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

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 1, 2015

She had a desire to make Green Eileen sustainable in the near future and she was looking for ways to do so. He compared this to the food industry when about 15 years ago, people started becoming aware of the source of their food. As proof, he pointed to the number of food documentaries on Netflix. You can watch the talk here.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 10, 2022

Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate hunger worldwide by 2030. Unaware that a pandemic was just around the corner, Fan remained optimistic hunger could be eliminated with an aggressive, innovative, and sustained effort. Since then, things have only gotten worse. ” Climate Change and Food Resilience. ”[7]. ”[9].

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

For the first time in many months, report authors identified export order demands originating countries as being Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Indonesia and the United States. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

Water pollution shrank or completely stopped on the beaches of Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Maldives. In celebration of Earth Day, we’re proud to highlight the work of our sustainably minded EV customers and other e-mobility innovators who are investing in our planet through technology. EV sales are expected to reach 6.4

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.

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EcoVadis

MAY 21, 2014

Jury is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bergamo University (Bergamo, Italy), focusing his research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management. When embarking for the journey of supply chain sustainability, managers ideally need to balance breadth (i.e., number of supplier organizations covered by sustainable monitoring).

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

As a result of the growth in the outsourcing of manufacturing worldwide, ethical problems are also increasing in the supply chain: a catastrophic fire in a contract manufacturer’s overcrowded factory in Bangladesh and recalls of branded products containing harmful substances, to name but a few. 37 | Self-assessment of chain collaboration.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 30, 2011

If the events of the past few months have taught us anything, the ability to create and sustain collaborative processes with global supply chain partners is crucial to properly manage, and in some cases, capitalize on complexity. Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam experienced similar wage-related strikes and walkouts.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

On-going research is needed to capture social media, “big data”, qualitative reporting insights, and other non-traditional data to enable predictive insight, and build a shared source of truth for factory and supply chain risk.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2016

Audits also fail to include external stakeholders—NGOs, trade unions and community stakeholders—which leaves an important source of impartial information on violations & business impacts to local communities. Bangladesh: CSR Audits Fail to Protect Workers and Threaten OSH Profession’s Integrity”. Limitation 3-Audit Fraud.

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EMERGE App

JULY 16, 2018

Here, I’ll cover private label products first and how you should go about sourcing for suppliers. If you can’t drink caffeinated products there’s little sense in starting a small-batch coffee roaster that sources sustainable green coffee beans. Pro Tip #2: Source Your Product Sensibly.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Organizations need to be able to tap into multiple sources of information from both structured and unstructured, internal and external sources, to provide greater insights into key research insights into business strategy questions.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2018

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. The goal, says Bonanni, is “to make the Bangladesh apparel sector transparent, and be recognized globally as official.”

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Unfortunately, they have no Google reviews so we had to look elsewhere for another source. Flexport According to Wikipedia: “Flexport Inc. on Trustpilot. on Capterra.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Unfortunately, they have no Google reviews so we had to look elsewhere for another source. Flexport According to Wikipedia: “Flexport Inc. on Trustpilot. on Capterra.

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Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

So, my purpose became sustainability which is about not wasting and ensuring that we have enough for everyone, now and in the future. If we have renewable energy sources, they’re very different from a traditional energy grid where you have one big client sending energy around the whole province. Do we just pull out of Bangladesh?

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