The Unprecedented Pandemic 'COVID-19' Effect on the Bangladesh Apparel Workers by Shivering the Apparel Supply Chain

Sen, Shuvro; Antara, Neel; Sen, Shusmita; Chowdhury, Sunny

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3598542

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“…According to these studies, the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and the global economy can be profound in both the short and long term ( Clarke and Boersma, 2017 , Ivanov and Dolgui, 2020 , Paul and Chowdhury, 2020a ). Supply chains are expected to experience the heat of the global financial crisis in the longer term ( Cui et al, 2019 , Singh et al, 2020 , Sen, 2020 , Lalon, 2020 ). This long-term global financial crisis will impact the end-customer demand for certain products, especially non-essential garments, luxury and electronic products ( Guan et al, 2020 , Majumdar et al, 2020 , Yuen et al, 2020 , Amankwah-Amoah, 2020 , Chowdhury et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Specifically, such products will suffer from sharp and long-term demand drop ( Lalon, 2020 , Majumdar et al, 2020 ). As a result, producers of such products will experience frequent order cancellation and payment withholding from business buyers during the recovery phase of the outbreak ( Sen, 2020 ). Hence, these supply chains will need longer to recover from the pandemic ( Laing, 2020 ).…”

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Supply chain recovery challenges in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

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Chowdhury

Moktadir

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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of global supply chains arising from raw material scarcity, production and transportation disruption, and social distancing. Firms need to carefully anticipate the difficulties during recovery and formulate appropriate strategies to ensure the survival of their businesses and supply chains. To enhance awareness of the issues, this research aims to identify and model recovery challenges in the context of the Bangladeshi ready-made garment industry. A Delphi-based grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology was used to analyze the data. While the Delphi method helped identify the major supply chain recovery challenges from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the grey DEMATEL approach helped categorize the causal relationships among these challenges. Of the 23 recovery challenges finalized, 12 are causal challenges. The study’s findings can assist decision-makers in developing strategic policies to overcome the recovery challenges in the post-COVID-19 era.

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Supply chain recovery challenges in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Paul

Chowdhury

Moktadir

et al. 2021

Journal of Business Research

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“…The economic impact on those working in the garment value chain was a result of both supply and demand shocks caused by COVID-19 (Castañeda-Navarrete, Hauge, & López-Gómez, 2020). The supply of raw materials from China was disrupted as COVID-19 cases led to lockdowns in the country, which in turn led to supply chain contagion, as countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam were unable to continue production owing to their reliance on China for raw materials and machinery (Leitheiser et al, 2020;Sen et al, 2020). In Bangladesh, for example, 93% of manufacturers said that they faced shortages of supplies during the pandemic (Leitheiser et al, 2020).…”

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COVID-19, Global Value Chains, and the Impact on Gender: Evidence from the Garment and Electronics Sectors in Asia

Macdonald¹

2021

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This report analyses the impact of COVID-19 on women in the global garment and electronics value chains, with a focus on women working in production in Asia. Building on a previous K4D assessment of COVID-19 and its implications for global value chains (Quak, 2020), this report addresses the need to understand how COVID-19 specifically impacts women in global value chains. The report seeks to answer the question “how have male and female workers been affected differently by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly regarding employment and the ability to work differently?”. The review presented is based on existing evidence of the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the garment and electronics value chains in Asia and draws on both academic and grey literature. At the time of research (March 2021), the evidence was relatively sparse, frequently relying on initial surveys completed early on in the pandemic. In addition, data disaggregated by gender is rare. Where these data are not available, our approach is to synthesise what we know about the impact of COVID-19 with what we know about the nature of gender in the garment and electronics sectors and to conclude the likely impacts of COVID-19 on gender.

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“…The uncertainty surrounding each of these questions is adding to people's sense of anxiety, which is a fourth variable that will shape the outcomes of the current predicament. As unequivocally asserted by Chinese president Xi Jinping on February 23, 2020 "It is unavoidable that the novel coronavirus epidemic will have a considerable impact on the economy and society" (Sen et al 2020;UNCTAD 2020a). Besides its worrying effects on human life, the strain of the novel coronavirus had significantly slowed down the Chinese economy in the first and second quarters of 2020 and the global economy.…”

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