Case Study: The Apparel Supply Chain

More than a year has passed since the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. Not a lot has changed in Canada — despite the huge public outcry in its immediate aftermath. Several international organizations, unions and NGOs did initiate a legally binding agreement with some retailers, The Accord on Fire and Safety in Bangladesh, to ensure that workers’ rights are respected. Their efforts have been opposed by large brands such as Walmart and the Gap, which have promoted a more “industry-friendly” agreement that is not legally binding. In Canada, only one retailer has signed onto the accord.

Sincerely, Team Odyssey Exhibit 1 – Options Areas of Concern Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Financial Aspect Net loss of $2M – one time cost. Increase in annual cashflow: $4.9M to 5.6M; one time transferring cost of $25M Cost of upgrading,tool maintenance - $2M loss. On going performance lag on company - $4.64M Capital Intensive – Need $32M for building the new plant. Increase in annual cash flows : $3M Operational Aspect Products are transferred from job shop environment to batch shop. It does not address product process mismatch.

Zara is an extraordinary design mark that has its operations extended to around 82 nations. Zara provides fashion apparels for men, women and kids of all ages . Zara 's target business is youthful, cost cognizant, and exceptionally delicate to the most recent design patterns. They section their product offering in such a way that ladies account for 60%, men 's 25% and kids 15% accounts for division . Reason for choosing Zara for analysis in spite of being U.K. based company is that, it operates largely in U.K. Zara 's and its parent organization, Inditex, maybe taken as the course reading for how to do retail store network right .

However, the whole ordeal of buying and selling was very complicated. It took several years for Pusey to willingly sell his invention, but when he did, he got a job and $5,000 along with it (Panati). As matchbooks become less popular, they are often just a plain, boring white color, unlike their former glory, full of color and fun (Greenbaum & Rubinstein). Given these points, matchbooks seem to have their best days behind

However in now there is another emerging sector in our country this is Ready Made Garments (RMG). It is the largest earner of foreign currency. Since 1970 readymade garment started in Dhaka at Kamalapur like small tailoring shop. The readymade garments sector has increase an exponential growth since 1980s.This sector made significance contribution to the GDP4. Around 4.2 million women worker are working in this sector whose are come from low income family to survive their social and economic status.

Founded in Sweden at 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA is a value-driven company with the vision “To create a better everyday life for the many people”. As of January 2009, the company became the world’s largest furniture designer and retailer. Currently, IKEA owns and operates 351 stores in 43 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. The company’s product range consists of 9,500 home furnishing articles, of which they are known to be well-designed, functional and inexpensive. IKEA has about 1,220 suppliers in more than 55 countries around the world, providing the bulk of the company’s inventory.

attire producing industry utilizes more than 144,000 specialists. While there are still occupations, for example, sewing machine administrators, tailors, and material machine administrators who procure lower wages, today's assembling employments incorporate various higher-paying occupations. These incorporate statistical surveying investigators and advertising authorities, who win $59,750 yearly on average,and PC experts, who acquire $67,110 by and large. The majority of fashion and apparel jobs are in the retail sector, with nearly 1.5 million individuals employed throughout the country in retail establishments. These occupations, by and large, pay $26,000 every year, except even inside of the retail area there are higher-compensation employments for bookkeepers, evaluators, purchasers, buying specialists and others.

After extensive research, only 11 companies made the cut, including Gillette, Walgreens, and Kimberly-Clark. Collins and his researchers regard companies that have leapt from good to great instead of companies that are inherently great. Key themes I found from our textbook in Good to Great include the use of SWOT analysis to deal with the brutal truth of a company’s financial and social standing and the Hedgehog Concept that determines a company’s marketing management philosophy. The use of technology and innovation in marketing is covered in Good to Great, too, and applies to my marketing project. Good to Great provides insight to corporate reality and personal inspiration to business rookies like me.

The British made about 10,000 miles of railroad and about 136,000 bridges that benefited the Indians because they provided the necessary transportation to/from jobs and home. But, the British used the railways to transport goods to Britain to be sold there. Not only that ,but they also started mass production and sold goods for less(Doc 4). Goods like Indigo were very commonly grown in India(Gandhi + Doc 4). Indians were doing tons of manual labor to get raw materials for the British to use, while getting very little to no

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