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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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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

Catch the on-demand webinar on building business continuity plans and business strategies for the short, mid and long-term. Sectors such as apparel, which have shifted production to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, may see reshoring in the long run. Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

Despite the disaster at the Savar garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, data indicates that many consumers continue to demand the cheapest obtainable goods, regardless of human cost. Extensive automation needed to cut production costs requires investment in machinery, and redesigning production lines and/or building configurations.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. We were just doing a webinar on cost to serve, which is one of my favourite topics. There’s Bangladesh in the garment industry. That’s been a massive trend.