I have read an article named ‘The New Supply Chain Challenge: Risk Management in a Global Economy’ by FM global through internet and try to relate those challenges with Bangladesh footwear activities. It seems, many of them is not aware about those challenges or many of them aware on it but failed to calculate real…
Due to my job responsibility, lot of time I need to discuss with different people from Bangladesh footwear industry – from investor to top/mid management. Every time I asked them why they can’t outperform or similar to China or Vietnam in manufacturing, they always come-up with some common conclusion like bad infrastructure, corruption, bureaucracy, limitation…
I met some people who want to invest on footwear manufacturing, and they are new investor. They believe it is not saturated yet like garments (though I have different view on garment saturation) and have more potentiality for future expansion. Unfortunately, we don’t have much industry insight (or I don’t know!) and professionals who can…
Recent market surveyed showed that speed (lead-time) and flexibility (adapting changes) become more important than low cost for world footwear retailer and manufacturers in order to stay competitive. E-commerce and fast fashion have changed customer’s shopping habits and made them more demanding in all aspect. Customer now-a-days has more option than they had before. As…
Product design is the first step for any new product. A well designed product has always higher possibility to get success in the market. Whether we are a designer, product engineer, developer, product manager, program manager, marketing manager or project manager, it’s essential to understand the product development process in order to create the best…