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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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created in the textile factories of Bangladesh. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? in this case, responsible sourcing. Suppliers and partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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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. These have been validated by the “who’s who” of the global fashion world.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! 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. Introduction.

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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. Last week, a well-made special report by Raconteur, titled Supply Chain 2015 (pdf), was distributed in The Times of London.

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Supply Chain Digest

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

US PMI Falls below Key Level in August, Thousands of Trucks Taken off US Highway, New US Distribution Hubs Emerging, Companies Returning to Sourcing from Bangladesh

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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. In the U.S., as a tornado struck a town in Kentucky in December 2021, workers at. Consumer Buying Trends.

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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. A Walmart garment order was on the cutting room table. It was an order being manufactured by a supplier of Walmart.

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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]

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. Fires in a Bangladesh sewing factory resulted in 112 deaths. We are attempting to define outside-in processes. Why Should You Care? Companies are busy.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 21, 2015

Monthly Wages Average Just 21 Dollars in Ethiopia Versus a Whopping 67 in Bangladesh. Plus, You Can Grow Your Own Cotton

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2022

In the meantime, many new technologies are used daily to produce clothing materials from cotton or other organic sources without using any chemical substances. “They want to spend money on their valuable products which should be good for their health.”

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

For the production, the appropriate raw material is sourced or produced based on the details provided by the fashion designers in the previous step. Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., Production of the Garment.

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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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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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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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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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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Enterra Insights

MARCH 3, 2021

It even helped National Geographic track a discarded plastic bottle from Bangladesh to the Indian Ocean. Enormous volumes of data processed from numerous internet-connected sources.”. Fifth generation mobile networks with high-speed, near-zero lag for real time data processing.”.

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 1, 2015

He compared this to the food industry when about 15 years ago, people started becoming aware of the source of their food. In a similar way, he suggested that events such as the factory collapse in Bangladesh are raising the awareness of the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

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DocShipper Sourcing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From the slow but sure recovery of trade in the port of Shanghai, to the deep interest that port of Saudi Arabia in Bangladesh. Sourcing services. Also, news about the hurricane Sam which is on its way to the … The post International trade September 2021 News [Procurement – Logistics – Compliance] appeared first on ?Sourcing

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh. billion in population will be the linchpin of an alternative sourced Asian supply network. One example indicated was that U.S.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 30, 2011

Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam experienced similar wage-related strikes and walkouts. New strategies and tactics must be employed to efficiently serve these markets, whether with goods and services within the country or through global sourcing and logistics.

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Alloy

MARCH 29, 2022

Countries are diversifying where they source their supply from as well as investing in new production that will ease the burden. Some notable countries include Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh and Iran which buy 60% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine. Long-term Supply Chain Implications.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

China’s rising cost and China’s RMB appreciation have motivated some western firms to source their products from other low-cost countries in South-East Asia. Bangladesh is an attractive place for western companies (e.g.,   When more firms source from Bangladesh, more contract manufacturers enter the market to meet demand. 

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

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. More Regulation Hindrances to Reshoring In America: Sourcing New Minerals and Metals Mines. Some manufacturers still resist the costs of conformance to U.S

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EcoVadis

MARCH 23, 2016

From brinks in Bangladesh to cotton in Zambia, the list currently reports 102 goods linked to forced labor. The importer must provide certificates of origin and a statement showing in detail that he had made every reasonable effort to determine the source of the merchandise and all its components.

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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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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

For many years large enterprises have taken it for granted that trade barriers are low and the name of the game was to achieve competitive advantage, for example by offshoring production, building not buying, saving on inventory with just-in-time production, and sourcing from low-cost countries. Here’s another positive.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

As highlighted by RetailDive, “ COVID-19 also disrupted manufacturing areas in Bangladesh, India and other major producing countries, not least of all China. A demand surge in the US-led to shortages in cargo space, shipping containers, and other equipment, leading to skyrocketing ocean freight prices.”

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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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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 7, 2017

This will never work – particularly as we move into an era of global outsourcing and contract manufacturing in low cost countries such as Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and others in Asia. This is a common element, that needs to be more formally captured in the data.

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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. Going to the Source.

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