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Export-oriented RMG (Ready Made Garments) sector has brought a radical economic
development in Bangladesh
over the last three decades. The RMG industry of Bangladesh has expanded dramatically after the
independence of Bangladesh.
Once upon a time the Jute Industry was dominating the industrial sector of the
country until the 1970s. But, after the liberation war, specifically at the
beginning of 1980s, RMG industry has been established as an important player in
the economy of the country and has gradually replaced the jute industry.
Currently, Bangladesh
is the second largest RMG exporter country of the world. Bangladesh exports many types of
garment products to about 50 countries around the world. Nevertheless, this
sector has not been free from problems. Moreover, it is facing newer problems
day by day.
1. Wages: The government of Bangladesh
sets minimum salaries for various groups of employees, which is insufficient to
cause a lifestyle even in a primary price. This is a worrying issue in our RMG
industry and it should be fixed so that the labors can cause their lifestyles
simply.
2. Political Unrest: Apparel
sector suffers from political anxiety, hartal and terrorism. The worldwide
market has removed allowance benefits over garment trade from Bangladesh
since December 2005. Bangladesh
has to be advanced very carefully about getting better position of her garments in
the global market. Finally, devastation of Twin
Tower on 11 Sept 2001, Intrusion of
Afghanistan and Iraq and
depressive disorders in the globe economic system have seriously affected the trade
of Bangladesh.
3. Inappropriate operating environment: Taking the advantages of staff members' hardship and
lack of knowledge the entrepreneurs pressure them to perform in a risky and harmful position of performing congested with employees beyond the potential of the
manufacturer ground and improper air flow. Inappropriate air flow, rigid
situation, dirty rooms are the majority of our sectors. The master's profit is
the first concern and this mind-set has gone to such a level that they do not
care about their lifestyles.
4. Inadequacy of loan:
Inadequacy of the loan soon enough, uncertainty of power, setbacks in getting
components, no interaction, issue with taxation etc. Often prevent the market.
In the globe market 115 to 120 products of dress are in demand where as Bangladesh
provides only 10 to 12 products of garments. India,
South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Thailand,
Taiwan etc. Has created an amazing improvement in clothing sectors. Bangladesh is
going to task the garments of those nations on the global market.
5. Discrimination of labor division: In the clothing sector of Bangladesh, projects are assigned
mostly on the basis of sex. This decides many of the important conditions of
female employees. All the employees in the sewing section are female, while almost
all those in the cutting, ironing and finishing segments are men. Women
employees are consumed in a variety of professions from reducing, stitching,
placing control buttons, making buttonholes, verifying, cleaning the
discussions, pressing, foldable, packaging and training to manage. Women
perform mainly as assistants, machinists and less frequently, as line
supervisors and top quality remotes. There are no women, reducing exports. Men
control the management and control level tasks. Women are discriminated against
in terms of access to higher-paid white training collar and control roles.
When
asked why they prefer to employ females for stitching, the proprietor and
supervisors give several reasons. Most experienced that stitching is typically
done by females and that females are more individual and more manageable than
men.
6. Unit labor cost: Bangladesh has the most affordable unit work
price in Southern Japan. It expenses only 40
cents to produce clothing in Bangladesh,
whereas it expenses 79 cents in Sri
Lanka and 86 cents in Indian. Clearly, Bangladesh’s
relative benefits can be found in having the most affordable unit work price.
7. Working hours: Though the
salaries are low, the work time is very long. The RMG sectors claim to function
one eight-hour move six times a week. The 1965 manufacturer Act allows females
to perform distribution deadlines; however, females are virtually compelled to perform
after 8 o’clock. Sometimes they perform until 3 o’clock in the morning and
review on their behavior to start perform again five hours later or 8 o’clock.
They are requested to perform whole months at some point the Factory Act, which
states that no employee should perform more than ten times repeatedly without a
break.
8. Inadequate housing facilities: As most of the clothing employees come from the poor family and come
from the distant areas and they have to be present at to the responsibilities promptly,
these employees have to seek the services of a space near the manufacturer
where four to five huddle in a space and spend lifestyle in the sub human situation. For four to five employees there is one common latrine and a kitchen
for which they have to pay from Taka 2,000 to Taka 2500. They discuss this
amount among themselves to reduce the housing cost.
One
cannot believe their eyes in what terrible situation they have to pass out
their time after almost a whole day of hard work in the factory. After the time
consuming job they come into their rest, prepare their meals and have their
dinner or lunchtime in unclean ground or bed and rest where they take their
meals. They discuss the single bed or rest on the ground.
The
entrepreneurs of these sectors must not cure the employees as creatures. The
entrepreneurs of these sectors who drive the most magnificent car and live in
the most magnificent house do ever think that these are the employees who have
created their residing so luscious. Will these self-centered entrepreneurs ever
think of these employees of their better residing for the benefit of humankind
by offering better housing for these employees in addition to offering with the
job.
9. Protection Problems:
Because of the negligence of the manufacturer control and for their cockiness
manufacturer gates used to be kept closed for security reason disobeying act.
Safety needed for the employees is compulsory to maintain in all the company.
But without the service of this necessary product a lot of injuries happen
to suffer every season in most of the company. Some important causes of the
accident are given below-
a. Routes are obstructed by storage components.
b. Machine layout is often incredible.
c. Lack of signs for an evade route.
d. No supply for urgent lighting.
e. Doors, starting along evade tracks, are not fire-resistant.
f. Doors are not self-closing and often do not start
along the route of evade.
g. Inadequate gates and stairways to quit easily.
h. Fire quit or urgent stairway does not have appropriate
servicing.
i. Lack of appropriate quit path to reach the position of
safety.
j. Parked automobiles, goods and junk on the outside of
the building prevent leaves in the open air.
k. Fire accident in the Bangladeshi garment factory is a
common scenario.
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| Fire Accident in RMG Sector |
10. Cost competitiveness:
Chinese providers and some other opponents of Bangladesh
have applied distinct price-cutting guidelines in dispatching clothing products
over the last few years, but Bangladesh
did not reply successfully to such guidelines. Chinese providers were able to
drop the trade price of 29 clothing groups by 46 % on regular in the United
States within a season, from $6.23 per sq gauge in Dec 2001 to $3.37 per sq
gauge in Dec 2002. Bangladesh
needs to react to such price-cutting guidelines of its opponents to be able to
remain aggressive in the quota-free international market.
11. Lead time: Lead time
represents the time required for providing the requested clothing products after
the trade purchase has been obtained. In the 1980's, the regular cause amount
of time in the clothing market was 120-150 times for the main clothing provider
nations of the world; it has been reduced to 30-40 times in the current several
years. However, in this respect the Bangladesh RMG market has enhanced a
little; for example, the common cause time is 90-120 times for woven garment
companies and 60-80 times for knit clothing companies. In Chinese providers,
the common cause time is 40-60 times and 50-60 times for woven and knit
products, respectively; in India, it is 50-70 times and 60-70 times for the
same products respectively. Bangladesh
should improve its regular cause a chance to contend in the worldwide market.
12. Dependency on international raw materials: Bangladesh
imports raw components for garments like pure cotton, fabric and garment
accessories. This requirement of raw components affects the development of the
clothing market. Moreover, international providers often supply low quality components,
which result in low quality products.
13. Inexperienced workers: Most
of the uneducated females appointed in garment factories are unskilled and
their products often become lower in quality.
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