Problems of Garments Industry in Bangladesh

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Title of the Report

Problems Of Garments Industry In Bangladesh In A Case Studyof Snow While Cotton Limited

Executive Summary:

Bangladesh garments Industry is the largest industrial setor of the ountry! "hough the history

Garments Industry is not older one but Bangladesh lothing business has a golden history! A

#roblem of garment in Bangladesh is low wage of the wor$ers! Garment industries do not

#ro%ide #erfet wages to wor$ers! So that wor$ers do not with muh sinerity! &letriity

#roblem is another #roblem of garment industries of Bangladesh! We should ome forward all to

o%erome these #roblems! Our go%ernment should be more onerned about the solutions of

these #roblems! In ha#ter one garments industry study ba$ground and ob'et inluding !In

ha#ter two desribe Snow White Cotton Limited is engaged in #roessing raw fabri to finished

#roduts and e(#orts these #roduts to different ountries )that means history of Snow White

Cotton Ltd! In ha#ter three analyses Problem of garment in Bangladesh! Cha#ter *our inludes

Snow White Cotton Ltd Strength) Wea$ness) O##ortunity) "hreat) and #roblems! Cha#ter fi%e

desribes +eommendations and Conlusion of garments industry!

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"able of Contents

Contents Pages

Letter of "ransmittal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!! -

A$nowledgement ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

&(euti%e Summary,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/

"able of Contents,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!012

Cha#ter 3 4 Introdutory Part,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!514.

4!4 Introdution,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!5

4!-Ba$ground of the study,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!,!46

4!. Ob'eti%es of the study,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!,,,46

4!.!4 Broad Ob'eti%e,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,46

4!.!- S#eifi Ob'eti%e,,,,,,,,,,,,!,,,,,,,,!46144

4!/ So#e of the study,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4-

4!0 Limitations of the study,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!,,,,4-14.

Cha#ter 3 - Organi7ation O%er%iew,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,401-4

-!4 Introdution,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,40

-!4!4Produt 8uality ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!40

-!4!-"he #ro'et #ur#oses and designs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,49

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-!4!. Produt :i( and Prodution Ca#aity,,,,,,,,,,,,,!49

-!4!/ +aw materials,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!49

-!4!0:anagement ; Organi7ation ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!42

-!4!9 &m#loyment o##ortunities ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!42

-!4!2Pre#are and garments budget,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!42

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.!4!0 La$ of managerial $nowledge,,,!-9

.!4!9Gendered di%ision of labor,,!!-2

.!4!2 Wages,,,,,,-2

.!4!< Insuffiient of loan,,,,,,!!-nitting setion ; yeing and *inishing setion and one shift o#eration for Garments setion

#er day and wor$ing for .66 days in a year !"he annual saleable #rodut of the #ro#osed #ro'et

based on three1shift o#eration #er day of


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"he #ro'et will be a Com#osite unit onsisting >nitting unit) *abri dyeing ; finishing

unit and Garments unit! "he #rodut of s#inning unit !=arious $inds of dyes and Chemials li$e

as +eati%e yes) Salt) Causti Soda) Soda ash) Wa() Dydrogen Per1O(ide) etergent) Softener

agent et will be the basi raw material for its fabri dyeing and *inishing unit) whih will be

im#orted! "he yed and Bleahed fabris are the basi raw materials of its Garments unit) whih

will be reei%ed from its dyeing and finishing unit!

2.1.( %ana#ement ) *r#ani+ation:

"he om#any will be %ested with the Board of management iretors! "he Board of

iretors will be formulated om#anys #oliies ; guide lines for its day to day business

o#erations! "he :anaging iretor will be the e(euti%e head who will loo$ after the business

affairs and other logisti su##orts of the eonomy! Dowe%er :anaging iretor will be assisted

by the managerial and tehnial #ersonnel who will be the diretors of the om#any!

2.1., Emloyment *ortunitie" :

Snow White Cotton Limited is onstantly in the #roess of reruiting and retaining a ualified

#rofessional wor$fore that reflets the wealthy di%ersity of the ommunity it o#erates in!

#ro%ides eual em#loyment o##ortunities based on merit to all #ersons) regardless of olor) rae)

religion and se(!

2.1.- Preare a #arment" ud#et:

Budget is a numerial e(#ression! A good budget an #ro%ide a good e(#orted or #roduti%e

garment! Without budget a garments ant run orretly! Only by the hel# of a good budget the

goals an ome out! Budget hel#s to ta$e orret deision and di%ers the organi7ation #ro#erly in

right way! Budget also) shows the a#aity of garments in #roduti%e mar$et! Only a suitable and

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ae#table budget an run the garments orretly! *or this reason budget is essential for the

garments!

2.1./ The roce""e" o0 rearin# ud#et in #arment" are a" 0ollow":

Submission of budget reuest by the units to di%ision head!

Integration of unit budget and onsolidated into di%ision budget!

*orwarding of di%ision budget to budget ommittee!

2.1. In #arment" "ector the control i" divided in two "ection":

O%erallKO#erational ontrolE

Preliminary ontrol

Sreening ontrol

Post ation ontrol

Preliminary ontrolE

Preliminary ontrol onentrates on the resoures1finanial) material) and human and

information1that the organi7ation brings in form the en%ironment! Preliminary ontrol attem#ts to

monitor the uality or uantity of these resoures before they enter the organi7ation!

Sreening ontrolE

Sreening ontrol fous on meeting standards for #roduts or ser%ie uality or uantity during

the atual transformation itself! Sreening ontrol relies hea%ily on feedba$ #roess!

Post ation ontrolE

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Post ation ontrol fous on the out#uts of the garments after the transformation #roess

is om#lete! Comings old system of Post ation ontrol1final ins#etion after the #rodut is

om#leted! Although orning abandoned its Post ation ontrol system) this still may be an

effeti%e method of ontrol) #rimarily if a #rodut an be manufatured in only one or two ste#s

or if the ser%ie is fairly sim#le and routine! Although Post ation ontrol alone! may not be as

effeti%e as #reliminary or sreening ontrol) it an #ro%ide management with information for

future #lanning!

*inanial ontrolE

*inanial Control is the ontrol of finanial resoures as they flow into the garments ?i!e!)

re%enues) in%estments@) are held by the garments ?i!e!) wor$ing a#ital) retained earning@) and

flow out of the garments ?i!e!) #ay e(#enses@! Business must manage their finanes so that

re%enues are suffiient to o%er osts and still return a #rofit to the firms owners!

2.1 %i""ion:

Snow White Cotton Limited is a full ser%ie %endor with strong %ertially integrated #rodution

failities as well as reati%e ; analytial a#abilities whih learly set us a#art from most other

South Asian %endors!

2.11 3i"ion:

se Inno%ation ;S#eed as #rime dri%ers) rather than otton ; hea# labor Gain mar$et leadershi# in high %alue added a##arel in SA ; &uro#e!

ominate these mar$ets in high ualityE

a! :ens) Womens) Children

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b! Shirts ?ress ; Casual@

! "o#s ?formal ; asual@) S$irts) Ma$ets

d! Means ; Casual non 1denim bottoms

2.12 %anu0acturin# roce"":

*or setting u# Com#osite Industries onsists of >nitting unit) *abri yeing *inishing

unit and Garments unit! "he #rodut of one unit will be the raw material of other unitE "he

seuential #roess from yam manufature to Garments #rodut may be desribed as follows!

2.1$ 4nittin# unit:

>nitting mahine is %arious ty#es where %arious design #rodues! *abris will also be

#rodue in the irular 1>nitting mahines by altering some attahments mainly hanging of

amas! +ib >nitting and Interlo$ ?double >nitting@ fabris will be #rodues in the +ib irular

and Interlo$ >nitting mahine! *lat >nitting fabris for ollar and uff will be N#rodued in the

flat >nitting mahine! After the >nit fabris are #rodued) it is ins#eted in running ondition

while #assing o%er a table of the ins#etion mahine! "he tehnology in%ol%ed in >nitted fabrisis fairly sim#le whih may be seen in the following flow #roess hartE

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*igure E ?-!4!4. A@Ati%ities of >nitting nit

2.1.1& 5aric 6yein# and 5ini"hin# 7nit:

The technology involved in dyeing finishing of Knitted fabrics may be seen as below.

2.1.1( Section" 0or roduction:

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Administration de#artment

:erhandising Setion

e%elo#ment Setion

Commerial ; Com#liane Setion Planning Setion

Sam#le Setion

Cutting) Sewing and 8!C Setion

*inishing setion

:ehanial ; &letrial setion

2.1, Tye8" o0 9nitted 0aric":

Weft $nitted fabri1It is either made by hand or mahine by loo#ing together the lengths

of the year! "his su##orts the fabri to beome strethy and omfortable! Weft1$nitted fabris are

used in so$s! "1shirts and 'um#ers! War# $nitted fabri1 It is made by mahine only! "he loo#s)

in this $ind of fabris interlo$ along the length of the fabri! It is only slightly strethy and it

does not ladder! "hese are used as swimwear) underwear et!

Cha#ter E"hree

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Analysis of Problem and #ros#et

"he garment industry of Bangladesh has been the $ey e(#ort di%ision and a main soure of

foreign e(hange for the last -0 years! Bangladesh e(#orts .0 ty#es of garment #roduts to

about .4 ountries around the world! In reent time it is argued that the risis in the

Garment setor is not only limited to the wages and allowanes of the wor$ers!

Produtions and e(#orts of the fatories ha%e dereased and the #rie of the a##arels is

dereasing in the international mar$et! "he owners of this industry allege that) the su##ly

of gas and eletriity is not ontinuous) beause of whih they are to use generators to $ee#

the #rodution #roess of the fatories uninterru#ted) resulting in the inreasing ost of

#rodutions! But it is urgent to redue the ost of #rodution to om#ly with the foreign

buyers demand and the om#etiti%e international #rie! :oreo%er) serious and untoward

inidents in the form of haos and onfusions are freuent in this setor on the basis of

#etty demands of the wor$ers!

&%en if suh allegations are true) it annot also be denied that there our freuent

abnormal deaths of wor$ers in the garments fatories! :a'or sho$ing inidents li$e the

olla#se of +ana Pla7a in Sa%ar on A#ril -/ -64. $illing 44.6 wor$ers and ri##ling about

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another 4066 of -/.< resued ali%e and with about .49 missing! *ire inidents in "a7reen

*ashions in Ashulia on Fo%ember -/ -64- $illed at least 44- wor$ers! It is also alleged

that $idney diseases are wides#read among the garments wor$ers as they are disouraged

to drin$ water during duty hours) sine this may ause them to re#eatedly go to the urinal

ausing a loss to wor$ time!

"here are some other #roblems whih are assoiated with this setor! "hose are1 la$ of

mar$eting tatis) absene of easily on1hand middle management) a small number of

manufaturing methods) la$ of training organi7ations for industrial wor$ers) su#er%isors and

managers) autorati a##roah of nearly all the in%estors) fewer #roess units for te(tiles and

garments) sluggish ba$ward or forward blending #roedure) inom#etent #orts) entryKe(it

om#liated and loadingKunloading ta$es muh time) time1onsuming ustom learane et!

$.1 Prolem" and Pro"ect" o0 the arment" Indu"try:

Bangladesh garments industry has some se%ere #roblems !Problem of garment in Bangladesh is

low wage of the wor$ers! Garment industries do not #ro%ide #erfet wages to wor$ers! So that

wor$ers do not with muh sinerity! &letriity #roblem is another #roblem of garment industries

of Bangladesh! It ham#ers #rodution #roess! It also redues #rodution!

Inreasing #rie of raw materials is another #roblem to garment industries of Bangladesh! +aw

materials are im#orted by high ta(! "his is a %ital #roblem to garment industries of Bangladesh!

&m#loyees of garment industries are not well trained! "here is no training system for garment

wor$ers in Bangladesh! It is a %ital #roblem to garment industries of Bangladesh!

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Bangladeshi garment owners do not ha%e suffiient a#ital! So they annot form large1sale

business and do large1sale #rodution!

nstable #olitial situation ham#ers #rodution! Politial grou#s are not aware about this! So in

hartal Bangladeshi garments fae a huge loss!

:ost of the garments owners are not eduated in business administration! Some of them e%en do

not $now about sientifi method of $ee#ing aounts! So it is also a ma'or #roblem of garment

industries of Bangladesh! Bangladeshi garment owners do not ha%e de%elo#ed tehnology! So

they annot #rodue #roduts so well!

All #oliies made by go%ernment are not fa%orable to garments! Some times its fae #roblems!

Promotion de#artments of garments are not ati%e! So selling rate of #roduts is low!

So in this abo%e irumstanes it an be easily said that garments of Bangladesh are faing so

many #roblems! We should ome forward all to o%erome these #roblems! Our go%ernment

should be more onerned about the solutions of these #roblems!


foreign e(hange for the last -0 years! Fational labor laws do not a##ly in the &PHs) lea%ing

B&PHA in full ontrol o%er wor$ onditions) wages and benefits! Garment fatories in

Bangladesh #ro%ide em#loyment to /6 #erent of industrial wor$ers! But without the #ro#er laws

the wor$er are demanding their %arious wants and as a result onflit is began with the industry

$.1.1'aw material":

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Bangladesh im#orts raw materials for garments li$e otton) thread olor et! "his de#endene on

raw materials ham#ers the de%elo#ment of garments industry! :oreo%er) foreign su##liers often

su##ly low uality materials) whih result in low uality #roduts

$.1.2 7n"9illed wor9er":

:ost of the illiterate women wor$ers em#loyed in garments are uns$illed and so their #roduts

often beome lower in uality!

$.1.$ %ar9 t 6iv r"i0ication:

Bangladesh Garments #roduts are mainly destined to the S and &! Ba$ in 4559152)

Bangladesh was the 2th and 0th largest a##arel e(#orter to the SA and &uro#ean nion

res#eti%ely! "he industry was suessful in e(#loring the o##ortunities in mar$ets away from

& and S! In *62) a suessful turnaround was obser%ed in e(#orts to third ountries) whih

ha%ing a negati%e growth in *69 rose three1fold in *62) whih hel#ed to reord -.!4 #erent

o%erall e(#ort growth in the +:G setor! It is antii#ated that the trend of mar$et di%ersifiation

will ontinue and this will hel# to maintain the growth momentum of e(#ort earnings! At the

same time a reent W"O re%iew #oints out that Bangladesh has not been able to e(#loit fully the

duty free aess to & that it en'oys! While this is #ointed out to be due to stringent rules of

origin ?+OO@ riteria) the relati%e stagnation in e(#orts to & reuires further analysis

$.1.& Imroer wor9in# environment:

"a$ing the ad%antages of wor$ers #o%erty and ignorane the owners fored them to wor$ in

unsafe and unhealthy wor$ #lae o%errowded with wor$ers beyond a#aity of the fatory floor

and im#ro#er %entilation!

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:ost of the garment fatories in our ountry la$ the basi amenities where our garment wor$ers

sweat their brows from morning to e%ening to earn our ountries the ma'or #ortion of our foreign

e(hange! Anybody %isiting the fatory the first im#ression he or she will ha%e that these

wor$ers are in a roost!

Im#ro#er %entilation) stuffy situation) filthy rooms are the harateristis of the ma'ority of our

fatories! "he owners #rofit are the first #riority and this attitude has gone to suh an e(tent that

they do not are about their li%es!

$.1.(Lac9 o0 mana#erial 9nowled#e:







$.1., endered divi"ion o0 laor:

In the garment industry in Bangladesh) tas$s are alloated largely on the basis of gender! "his

determines many of the wor$ing onditions of women wor$ers! All the wor$ers in the sewing

setion are women) while almost all those in the utting) ironing and finishing setions are men!

Women wor$ers are absorbed in a %ariety of ou#ations from utting) sewing) inserting buttons)

ma$ing button holes) he$ing) leaning the threads) ironing) folding) #a$ing and training to

su#er%ising!

Women wor$ mainly as hel#ers) mahinists and less freuently) as line su#er%isors and uality

ontrollers! "here are no female utting masters! :en dominate the administrati%e and

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management le%el 'obs! Women are disriminated against in terms of aess to higher1#aid white

ollar and management #ositions!

When as$ed why they #refer to em#loy women foe sewing) the owner and managers ga%e

se%eral reasons! :ost felt that sewing is traditionally done by women and that women are more

#atient and more ontrollable than men!

$.1.- Wa#e":

"he go%ernment of Bangladesh sets minimum wages for %arious ategories of wor$ers!

Aording of :inimum Wage Ordinane 455/) a##renties hel#ers are to reei%e "$066 and

"$5.6 #er month res#eti%ely! A##renties are hel#ers who ha%e been wor$ing in the garment

industry for less than three months! After three months) A##renties are a##ointed as hel#ers!

Often female hel#ers are disriminated against in terms of wages le%els) and these wages are also

often fi(ed far below the minimum wage rate! A sur%ey onduted in 455< showed that 2.J of

female hel#ers) as o##osed to 40J of their male ounter#arts) did not reei%e e%en the minimum

wage!

$.1./ In"u00icient o0 loan:

Insuffiieny of loan in time) unertainly of eletriity) delay in getting materials) la$ of

ommuniation) #roblem in ta(es et! Often obstrut the industry! In the world mar$et 440 to 4-6

items of dress are in demand where as Bangladesh su##lies only ten to twel%e items of garments!

India) south >orea) Dong >ong) Singa#ore) "hailand) "aiwan et) ha%e made remar$able

#rogress in garments industries! Bangladesh is going to hallenge the garments of those ountries

in the world mar$et!

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$.1. 7nit laor co"t:

Bangladesh has the hea#est unit labor ost in South Asia! It osts only 44 ents to #rodue a

shirt in Bangladesh) whereas it osts 25 ents in Sri Lan$a and -9 ents in India! Clearly)

Bangladeshs om#arati%e ad%antage lies in ha%ing the hea#est unit labor ost!

1. Wor9in# hour":

"hough the wages are low) the wor$ing hours are %ery long! "he Garments fatories laim to

o#erate one eight1hour shift si( days a wee$! "he 4590 fatory At allows women to wor$

deli%ery deadlines howe%er) women are %irtually om#elled to wor$ after < olo$! Sometimes

they wor$ until . olo$ in the morning and re#ort ba$ to start wor$ again fi%e hours later are :&A is

#lanning on setting u# a researh and training institute! "hese and related initiati%es need

enouragement #ossibly intermediated by donor1assisted tehnology and $nowledge transfer! A

failitating #ubli setor role an be %ery rele%ant here!

$.2 Chall n# o0 loali+ation ) Pro" ct" o0 th arm nt"

Indu"try:

Bangladesh faes the hallenge of ahie%ing aelerated eonomi growth and alle%iating the

massi%e #o%erty that afflits nearly two1fifths of its 4.0 million #eo#le! "o meet this hallenge)

mar$et1oriented liberali7ing #oliy reforms were initiated in the mid145


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in #er a#ita inome had steadily aelerated from about 4!9 #er ent #er annum in the first half

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hanged rather dramatially from the late 4526s when the em#hasis was on e(#ort1oriented

growth to be s#earheaded by the #ri%ate setor! "owards this end) %arious #oliy reforms were

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*inding

&.1 5indin#" o0 Study:

"he international trade of te(tiles is highly om#etiti%e! S$ill) design and uality are essential!

But) eually im#ortant is the need to assess national and international demands and integrate

them into the #rodution #roess! "here is no doubt that %ery few of the Bangladeshi designers

$now the international mar$ets! "here is a unison ry in Bangladesh saying that they need hel#

from foreign designers to ma$e their #roduts mar$etable internationally! "his is e%en more the

ase if the #roduts are going to be de%elo#ed into high1%alue nihe #roduts!

"here are %ery few designers in the garment industry or in rafts with a degree in design! "he

ones that do ha%e a design eduation are eduated abroad many in India and some in the West!

Some of the designers wor$ing in the raft &(#orts ha%e an eduation from Institute of *ine Arts)

ni%ersity of ha$a! Although this eduational ba$ground in ombination with e(#eriene from

the raft &(#orts) in many ases seem to wor$ well) some say that a lot of #eo#le in the trade do

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not understand the differene between an artist and a designer) esign is #lanning ste# by ste#

and the artists do not $now how to do that! Others say that the reati%ity e(ists) but the

understanding of the mar$et is la$ing! esigners) of whate%er le%el of training) who an wor$

for a domesti mar$et) are undoubtedly in ad%antageous #osition!

"he #ratie of trial and error is ertainly of %alue and a lot less ostly! "he e(#osure to shifting

trends allows a designer to de%elo# a sense of the mar$et and) in time) the ability to #redit

mar$et trends and design with onfidene to meet the demands! If a designer is reuired to

design for a foreign rather than loal mar$et) then ertain s$ills are not able to de%elo# in a full

and rele%ant way!

"he #roblem is the same for designers either in industry or rafts! In many res#ets) they are

being as$ed to design for N%irtual situations only! After all) %ery few of the designers in these

&(#orts will e%er get the hane to %isit the mar$ets they design for) let alone be able to s#end

time enough in them to really de%elo# an understanding of the nuanes of a situation!

Aordingly) western designers an best hel# with the designs for the e(#ort mar$ets of

Bangladesh! Dowe%er) as the loal mar$et is hanging ra#idly due to inreased buying #ower of

internationally1oriented middle lass) the #roduts designed for the e(#ort mar$et may %ery well

ha%e a future in the loal mar$et!


foreign e(hange for the last -0 years! Fational labor laws do not a##ly in the &PHs) lea%ing

B&PHA in full ontrol o%er wor$ onditions) wages and benefits! Garment fatories in

Bangladesh #ro%ide em#loyment to /6 #erent of industrial wor$ers! But without the #ro#er laws

the wor$er are demanding their %arious wants and as a result onflit is began with the industry!

Low wor$ing salary is another %ital fat whih ma$es the labor onflit! Wor$er made stri$e)

layout to a#ture their demand! Some time bonus and the o%ertime salary are the im#ortant ause

of risis! Insuffiient go%ernment #oliy about this setor is a great #roblem in Garments

Com#any!

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&.2 Stren#th; Wea9ne""; *ortunity ) Threat o0


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Inom#etent #orts) entryKe(it om#liated and loadingKunloading ta$es muh time

nreliable de#endability regarding eli%eryK8AKProdut $nowledge

Communiation ga# reated by inom#lete $nowledge of &nglish

*ortunity :

Snow white otton Ltd is willing to establish industry in a big way as an o#tion to hina

#artiularly for $nits!

If s$illed tehniians are a%ailable to instrut) #rearranged garment is an o#tion beause

labor !

&nergy ost are ine(#ensi%e!

Threat":

&letriity faility is not a%ailable to run Snow White Cotton Ltd smoothly!

Infrastruture is not well de%elo#ed aording to buyer reuirement!

Wages struture is not good aording to industry of labor! "hey are de#ri%ed from their

normal wages most of the time!

Gender disrimination is #resent here!

nstable #olitial ondition is one of the main threats for Bangladesh! In the reession of the world eonomy) order from buyers has delined and #rie is also

low! "rans#ort faility is not so healthy as a result garments goods ta$e a long time to reah in

the #ort!

&. $Snow White Cotton Ltd Prolem":

&.$.1. Lac9 o0 availaility o0 'aw material:

+aw material a%ailability is a %ital area for Snow White otton industry) whereas unertainty is

freuent #rie flutuations) the mismath between su##ly and demand) la$ of #ro#er foreasting

of #olitial deisions and other ommitment!

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&.$.2.Laor :

S$illed labor in the basi) reuirement! Some big industries s#end huge time and money on

training) but unfortunately there is no assurane or binding on the #art of trained labors to

ontinue to wor$ in one #lae

&.$.$. In0lexile wor9in# >our" :

Wor$ing hours are usually long and irregular! Wor$ing the longest day at an a%erage of 46

hours! uring #ea$ seasons) howe%er) the wor$day ould e(tend to between 46 and -6 hour!

&.$.&. >ealth and Sa0ety:

Dome wor$ers rarely ha%e a##ro#riate #roteti%e eui#ment and may be unaware of safety

measures! Dealth ris$s in the garment industry inlude re#etiti%e strain) dust from loth #iees

and) in the ase of some dyes) e(#osure to #oisonous hemials !*amily members an be eually

at ris$ of e(#osure!

&.$.(. Political cri"i":

Bangladesh has to ad%ane autiously for getting better #osition of her garments in the world

mar$et! Garment industries often #ay dearly for #olitial unrest) hartal and terrorism et!

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Cha#ter E*i%e

+eommendations and Conlusion

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(.1 'ecommendation :

In order to sustain the smooth growth and de%elo#ment of the garment industry of Bangladesh)

Go%ernment should #lay a $ey role to offer a good e(#ort #oliy! Otherwise the #rodution)

em#loyment) earning of foreign urreny and eonomi de%elo#ment of the ountry will be

affeted seriously! Some reommendations ha%e been offered to fae the #roblems of the garment

industry of Bangladesh! +egarding the #roblem of Garments setor I%e identified some

reommendation for the betterment of this setor! "he reommendations are as followsE

"he Go%ernment of Bangladesh should #lay a $ey role for the e(#ansion of the

mar$et of garment by di%ersified items for manufature and e(#ort! It is %ery

im#ortant fat that there are many items in the Garments #rodut lines whih

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Bangladeshi entre#reneurs ha%e not yet started #rodution! Leather items) life 'a$ets)

glo%es) bags et! are among few suh items! Among other items are umbrella) nylon

shool bags and 'a$ets) ie s#ort $its and wears) staffed toys) high om#etiti%e

mar$et fashion garments are e(am#les! "here are numerous suh items not yet

touhed by our entre#reneurs!

Go%ernment also ha%e some res#onsibility to im#ro%e the situation by #ro%iding1

#ro#er #oliy to #rotet the garments industries) sol%e the liense #roblem) ui$ly

loading faility in the #ort) #ro%iding #ro#er en%ironment for the wor$) $ee# the

industry free from all $ind of #olitial #roblem and the biasness! Credit must be

#ro%ided when the industry fall in need!

:a$e sure that deli%ery of e(#orted #roduts by the due date! Beause it inreases the

goodwill of the om#anies! If for any reasons the garments om#anies fail to deli%ery

the #roduts on the date it might ham#er its goodwill and if the goodwill of a

om#anies are ham#er it is not #ossible for them to sur%i%e in the international

mar$et!

We $now that beause of the inreasing of the #rie of raw materials the ost of

#rodution of the garments #roduts are also inreases! So if the #rodution ost

inreases the #rie of the finish goods also inrease and beause of that we ant offer

the buyer at a lower #rie in any garments #roduts and for this reason there is a

hane for our +:G om#anies to lose their #osition in the international mar$et and

in this situation anybody an ta$e the hane to hold their #lae! In this ase the +:G

om#anies an #rodue the raw materials in domestially! We $now that the main raw

material of this setor is otton! So if it an #rodue domestially the ost of

#rodution an be minimi7ing!

It is a big #roblem for our ountry that there is small number of ualified #rodut

designers a%ailable in garments setor but it is so im#ortant for our +:G &(#ort!

Beause we $now there is a lot of om#etition in the international mar$et and in their

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e%ery ountry want to introdue new #roduts with new design! We $now that todays

world is %ery muh style sensiti%e and the style hanges %ery ra#idly! *or this reason

to sol%e this #roblem our go%ernment an start some training enter where the

em#loyee an im#ro%e their s$ill and also the +:G om#anies an establish that

$inds of enter #ersonally or they an send some #ersons outside of the ountry

beause of training!

"o ensure any $inds of the seurity of the foreign buyers the +:G om#anies ha%e to

ta$e any neessary ste#s whih the buyer say them! *or this #ur#ose they an rent a

house of a hotel whih is safety for them and ensure all the basi failities! Sometimes

they an rent some %ehiles for their easy trans#ortation! "hey an #ro%ide them

deliious foods what they li$e to eat!

Our Garments Industries an im#ro%e their #osition in the world ma# by reduing the

o%erall #roblems! Suh as management labor onflit) #ro#er management #oliy)

effiieny of the manager) maintainable time shedule for the #rodut) #ro#er

strategi #lan et!

"o be an u##er #osition holder in the world Garments Setor there is no way e(e#t follow the

abo%e reommendations! We ho#e by maintaining #ro#er management and #oliy strategies our

ountry will ta$e the a#e( #osition in future

(.2 Conclu"ion:

"he Garments industry ou#ies a uniue #osition in the Bangladesh eonomy! It is the largest

e(#orting industry in Bangladesh) whih e(#eriened #henomenal growth during the last -0

years! By ta$ing ad%antage of an insulated mar$et under the #ro%ision of :ulti *iber Agreement

?:*A@ of GA"") it attained a high #rofile in terms of foreign e(hange earnings) e(#orts)

industriali7ation and ontribution to GP within a short s#an of time! "he industry #lays a $ey

role in em#loyment generation and in the #ro%ision of inome to the #oor! "o remain om#etiti%e

in the #ost1:*A #hase) Bangladesh needs to remo%e all the strutural im#ediments in the

trans#ortation failities) teleommuniation networ$) and #ower su##ly) management of sea#ort)

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utility ser%ies and in the law and order situation! "he go%ernment and the Garments setor

would ha%e to 'ointly wor$ together to maintain om#etiti%eness in the global garments mar$et!

Gi%en the remar$able entre#reneurial initiati%es and the dediation of its wor$fore) Bangladesh

an loo$ forward to ad%aning its share of the global Garments mar$et!

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