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Babylon Garments Limited
n the field of industrialization, role of textile industry is found very prominent in both developed and developing countries. Economic history of Britain reveals that in the 18th Century the cotton mills of Lancashire in Britain ushered in the first industrial revolution of the world. Moreover, during the last 200 years or more many countries of the world have used textile and clothing industry as an engine for growth and a basis for attaining economic development. Over the past few years garment industry is found to have played such an important role in the process of industrialization and economic growth. This industry is infect trying to put the wheel of her declining economic back to the track by giving essential life blood to it . The growth of garment industry in Bangladesh is a comparatively recent one. In the British period there was no garment industry in this part of the IndoPak-Sub-Continent. In 1960 the first garment industry in Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) was established at Dhaka and till 1971 the number rose to give (Islam, 1984). But these garments were of different type intended to serve home market only. From 1976 and 1977 some entrepreneurs came forward to setup 100% export oriented garment industry. Both domestic and international environment favored the rapid growth of this industry in Bangladesh. By mid-seventies the established developed suppliers of garments in the world markets i.e. Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Srilanka and India were severely constrained by the quota restrictions imposed by their major buyers like USA, Canada and European Union. To maintain their business and competitive edge in the world markets, they followed a strategy of relocation of garment factories in those countries, which were free from quota restrictions and at least same time had enough trainable cheap labor. They found Bangladesh as one of the most suitable countries. Available records show that the first consignment of garments was exported from the country in 1977 by Reaz and Jewel Garment. Desh Garment was the first biggest factory that started functioning at Chittagong in 1977. In fact that was the humble beginning of new joint venture garment factory in Bangladesh. Thereafter many entrepreneurs became interested and started to setup garment factories
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following the Desh garment and realizing the future prospects globally as well. Available records also show that one of the reasons of the growth of garment industry in Bangladesh is the collaboration of a local private garment industry, Desh garment with a Korean company, Daewoo. As part of its global strategies, the Daewoo Corporation of South Korea became interested in Bangladesh when the Chairman, Kim Woo-Choong, proposed an ambitions joint venture to the Government of Bangladesh which involved the development and operation of tire, leather goods, cement and garment factories (Rock, 2001). South Korean Company, Daewoo, a major exporter of garments, was looking for opportunities in countries for using their quotas subsequent to the signing of MFA in 1974. Because of the quota limitation for Korea after MFA, the export of Daewoo became restricted. Bangladesh as a LDC got the opportunity to export without any restriction and for this reason Daewoo interested to use Bangladesh for their market. The reason behind this desire was that Bangladesh will depend on Daewoo for importing raw materials and at the same time Daewoo will get the market in Bangladesh. For this desire Daewoo signed a five years collaboration agreement with Desh Garment. It included collaboration in the areas of technical training, purchase of machinery and fabric, plant setup and marketing in return for a specific marketing commission on all exports by Desh (Rock, 2001). The outcome of the collaboration of Desh-Daewoo was significant. In the first six years of its operation, Desh export value grew at an annual average rate of 90 percent reaching more than $ 5 million in 1986-87 (Mahmood, 2002). Rahman (2004) argued that the Desh-Daewoo collaboration is an important factor to the expansion and success of Bangladeshs entire garments export sector. In such a context, following Table-01 shows the trend of growth and development of garment industry in Bangladesh.
Table 1.1: Growth of Garments factories in Bangladesh Year 1971 1977 1981 1983 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 2005-06 No. of Factory 5 7 78 141 384 759 2182 3200 4107 4250 Compound Growth Rate in % 5.77 82.70 34.45 65.03 14.60 23.52 7.96 5.12 3.48
Source: Various articles and Annual Report of BGMEA
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The Table-01 shows that the growth was very slow till 1977 and got momentum from 1977 to 2005-06 in terms of number of industry. But the compound growth rate was highest till 1981 and the rate was very good during 1989-90 to 1994-95 and thereafter i.e. 1994-95 to 2004-05, the industrial growth has been declined though the numbers of industries have been increased. The capacity as well as number of equipments is very good indicator to examine the actual position of the garment industry as well as size of the industry. In such a context, the following Table deals in this regard.
he international textile and garment industry has undergone several shifts in production and marketing since the 1950s. The first shift occurred in the 1950x and early 1960s when production moved from North America and Western Europe to Japan. The second supply shift was from Japan to the Asian newly industrialized economics (NIEs)-Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore- and this permitted the latter group to dominate global textile and garment exports in the 1970s and 1980s. Over the past 10 to 15 years, there has been a third shift as production within Asia has moved from the NIEs to China and South East and South Asian exporters and as exports from non-Asian countries, in particular control America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and North Africa, have increased substantially. These production shifts have been influenced by a range of factors, including the distortions to international trade arising from MFA quota system and labor cost differentials. In this scenario, Bangladesh garment industry is well placed to withstand the increase in competition in its export markets. Our export market for garments products is spread over a vast space of more than 20 countries with USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Belgium and Middle
Eastern countries being the major and notable ones. Initially, Bangladesh has concentrated only in a few markets. It has concentrated in USA, Canada and Europe. The competitors of Bangladesh, for example, India has continued to expand its trade, diversify its markets and change product mix of its exports. As the recent performances indicate, the production and marketing capabilities of Bangladesh have increased substantially. But still it lacks the
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core competence necessary to stay in a highly competitive market which one can anticipate in present post MFA period. If it wants to increase its world market share and competitive edge, it needs to diversity its products and markets. In this context, it is imperative to analyze the major export market for Bangladeshi garments product. The following Table shows the major share of export market in USA, EU and other countries in this regard.
Table 1.6: Selected Region-wise share of Garment Export in percentage
Year
European USA & Other Countries EU Countries 2001-2002 42.67 55.43 98.10 1.90 2002-2003 38.02 57.12 95.14 4.86 2003-2004 28.64 65.42 94.06 5.94 2004-2005 30.64 64.24 94.88 5.12 2005-2006 33.67 49.77 83.43 16.57 Source: Bangladesh Bank Quarterly; Publication of Bangladesh Bank
USA
From the Table 06 it is observed that Bangladesh garment export market has concentrated in USA and EU till 2004-05 which indicates Bangladesh has successfully established a remarkable presence in the world markets, particularly in the US and EU markets. In the year 2005-06 a successful turnaround was observed in exports to third countries which are about 16.57 percent of total export market and it was only 1.90 percent in 2001-2002. It is expected that the trend of market diversification will continue and this will help to maintain growth momentum of export earnings.
. abylon Group started its journey in 1986 with Babylon Garments Limited with a humble setup. Relentless efforts and a constant persuasion of quality resulted in the groups expansion to 14 different concerns. All the units function independently but operate under the direct supervision of the group head quarter. Babylon Group of concerns saw her emergence in the horizon of Readymade Garments Manufacturers in Bangladesh through creation of a small sewing unit called Babylon Garments Ltd
Babylon has strong footing in both knit and woven products. Several units of the group are dedicated to produce finest quality products for buyers around
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the globe. The group is self-reliant and is involved in woven wear manufacturing, knit wear manufacturing, washing plant, printing house, knitting unit, dyeing and finishing of knitted fabrics, embroidery, trims manufacturing, paper converting and packaging, apparel trading etc. It also has fashion wear retailing outlets to satisfy the growing local demand.
Through hard toil and perseverance Babylon managed to survive the difficult times in the early years. Amidst the constant battle for existence Babylon nonetheless stuck with her originally adopted principle...s of honesty, integrity, moral scruples and business ethics. And that probably had helped Babylon ease gently through the perilous path toward success and stability in the subsequent years. Never missing to realize the future challenges that lay ahead, Babylon always had put all her efforts and means to master the best practices in all her manufacturing units in order to achieve professional competence and reliability.
It has been the policy since inception that Babylon would always offer more to her customers than could be expected of her. To fulfill this commitment Babylon has been acting not only as a trusted supplier of readymade garments but also as a benevolent partner toward all her buyers and customers. As a result- meeting the extraordinary requirements of her customers has become a custom in this business house and a matter of pride for the Group.
Quick adoption of some of the other very important policies like getting accreditation of ISO Quality Standard practices, ensuring total compliance of various Code of Conduct requirements of prestigious buyers across the world, prioritizing the need for creation of ideal work conditions for the workers and ensuring proper health care & safety for them etc. has awarded Babylon a respectable position in the top echelons of the RMG manufacturers in Bangladesh.
he textile and apparel industries have led industrialization n at the early stage of development in many countries of the world. Most developed countries which have lost competitiveness have imposed quantitative restrictions on the trade in textiles and clothing since the 1950s, although there has been progress in trade liberalization as a whole. Over the last thirty years, international trade and investment in the global textile and garment
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(T&G) sectors has been influenced by Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) quantitative restrictions (quotas) applied by the major developed country importers (the United States, the European Union, Canada and Norway) on T&G exports from (predominantly) developing countries. MFA quotas were negotiated bilaterally and applied on a discriminatory basis to some exporting countries but not to others, thus differing from country to country in both product coverage and the degree of restrictiveness. In such a context, the Multi-Fiber Arrangement governed the trade in textiles and clothing from 1974 to 1994. This arrangement was superseded in 1995 by the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) under the administration of the World Trade Organization (WTO). From 1 January 2005 all such quantitative restrictions on the trade in textiles and clothing were phased out, and finally abolished. Historically speaking that as per requirement of The ATC, all MFA quotas on T&G products be removed over a ten-year transition period split into three phases and ending on 1 January 2005, thus finally incorporating international T&G trade into general GATT rules that prohibit discriminatory measures and call for the reduction and elimination of quantitative restrictions. The quota system under the MFA has distorted international T&G trade and has resulted in global welfare losses since quota limits on the exports of selective producers have prevented an allocation of resources to the most efficient T&G producers and prevented prices in quota protected developed country markets from falling. Competitive exporting countries with comparative advantages in T&G production have been restrained from expanding under the MFA quota system, while relatively uncompetitive producers have enjoyed guaranteed market access (up to the quota limit) to developed country markets. In such a context, there was serious concern that low income countries, such as Bangladesh, Cambodia and the like, which relied heavily on the garment industry, would suffer from the keen competition expected to be triggered by the complete liberalization of trade in textiles and clothing from the beginning of 2005. From the many corners it was predicted that China would expand its exports and India would follow, and that the other relatively small exporters would suffered seriously from the competition of these two giants. However, it turned out that some garment-exporting Least Developed Countries (LDCs), such as Bangladesh, Cambodia and Haiti, faired very well throughout the year 2005. In this context, an attempt has been made to examine the export data of selected countries during MFA and post MFA to US and EU markets in order to assess the indicative impact of post MFA scenario in Bangladesh as well as other largest garments exporters. The following Tables show the picture in this regard.
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Table 1.7: Exports of Knit and Woven Garments to the United States Rank Origin Amount (Million US$) 2003 2004 2005 Rate of Change (%) 2003200404 05 23.39 56.75 -3.56 -8.98 3.93 -9.16 10.74 34.29 11.47 19.99 6.45 21.15 15.42 20.06
1 China 8,690 10,723 16,808 7,098 6,845 6,230 2 Mexico 3,732 3,878 3,523 3 Hong Kong 2,056 2,277 3,058 4 India 2,155 2,402 2,882 5 Indonesia 1,759 1,872 2,268 6 Bangladesh 1,229 1,418 1,702 13 Cambodia Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census cited in Yamagata, 2006
Table 1.8: Exports of Knit and Woven Garments to the EU Rank Origin Amount (Million US$) 2003 All Countries China Turkey Bangladesh Romania India Cambodia 56,918 10,913 8,112 3,471 4,124 2,599 475 2004 65,552 13,714 9,348 4,578 4,572 3,020 643 Rate of Change (%) 2005 2003200404 05 69,642 15.17 6.24 20,334 25.66 48.27 9,790 15.24 4.72 4,346 31.90 -5.08 4,285 10.87 -6.28 3,988 16.23 32.02 587 35.27 -8.77
1 2 3 4 5 19
Source: Eurostat cited in Yamagata, 2006.
Tables 7 and 8 show the trends in garment exports to t heUnited States and EU from the five largest garment exporters and the two leading exporters among the LDCs, Bangladesh and Cambodia. It was revealed that China and India expanded garment exports to the US and EU, the worlds two largest markets. Along with China and India, Bangladesh and Cambodia have also increased their exports to the United States during 2005 by more than 20 percent. Though their garment exports to the EU declined between 2004 and 2005, the drops were not significant; and the growth in the same figures by more than 30 percent between 2003 and 2004 surpassed the decline in 2005 (Table 8). As a whole, the sum of garment exports to the two largest markets grew by 2.54 percent for Bangladesh and by 11.06 percent for Cambodia in 2005. Since the US and EU are going to be imposing new restrictions on
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textile and garment imports from China for at least a couple of years, exports from that country will slow down, making room for the remaining garment exporters to increase growth. Thus, the prospects for Bangladesh to continue expanding its garment exports are encouraging.
abylon Group started its journey in 1986 with Babylon Garments Limited with a humble setup. Relentless efforts and a constant persuasion of quality resulted in the groups expansion to 14 different concerns. All the units function independently but operate under the direct supervision of the group head quarter.
Babylon has strong footing in both knit and woven products. Several units of the group are dedicated to produce finest quality products for buyers around the globe. The group is selfreliant and is involved in woven wear manufacturing, knit wear manufacturing, washing plant, printing house, knitting unit, dyeing and finishing of knitted fabrics, embroidery, trims manufacturing, paper converting and packaging, apparel trading etc. It also has fashion wear retailing outlets to satisfy the growing local demand.
The company currently employs over 10,000 skilled employees and had a turnover of about $90 million in the year 2009. In all the different production with the workers have to go through a process of continuous and rigorous training to maintain a high standard of production set by the management. The group also caters this driving force by ensuring facilities that exceed the minimum set by international regulators. It maintains a fair price shop, medical and day care services, scholarship programs and other benevolent initiatives for the employees and their family members. As part of their commitment towards the society, the group has established a medical service station open for all. Babylon distributes relief materials including cash to the victims in any part of the country during natural adversities.
Buyers have been the soul partners of Babylon. Many of the brands that rule
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the global fashion industry have relied on Babylon to manufacture their products. Some of the prominent names include KOHLs, J C Penney, Tesco, Mothers Work, JONES, CHARMING SHOPPES Inc., Walmart, Sears, Inditex, HAGGAR, K-MART, PVH, Arcadia Group PLC, Dimensions, New Look, CELIO, JULES, MONOPRIX, H & M (Hennes & Mauritz), ZARA and many more. With the growing number of renowned names to work with Babylon looks forward to explore new frontiers with the promise of quality and excellence. The journey of Babylon group began with a handful of sewing machines to produce woven products in small scale. Sincere efforts, constant strive towards efficiency and commitment towards highest level of quality fueled the growth of Babylon to become one of the iconic ready-made garment and textile industries of the country employing over 10,000 skilled workers in 14 concerns and has an annual revenue earning surpassing 90 million US Dollars (2009). All units of Babylon thrive for excellence in knit, woven and casual wear manufacturing; washing, dyeing, garment accessory manufacturing, printing & packaging, embroidery & screen print, transporting, clearing & forwarding and fashion wear retailing.
Boards of directors of Babylon group are: 1. Mr. Neesar Ahmed In charge of Imports & Administration. 2. Mr. Emdadul Islam In charge of Marketing & Quality Control 3. Mr. Moinul Ahsan In charge of Finance 4. Mr. Abidur Rahman In charge of Export & Embroidery Division 5. Mr. Abdus Salam In charge of Production Planning And Control
ith a vision to transform the group into a self-sufficient 21st century conglomerate, Babylon has diversified its products and services gradually and expanded to 14 strategic business units (SBU). All the units are controlled from the headquarter based in Dhaka which ensures integrated and smooth
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operation. It also enables Babylon to offer competitive price to its customers. Some other companies of Babylon group: Babylon Garments Ltd : Established in the Year 1986 Babylon Dresses Ltd : Established in the Year 1995 Suravee Garments Ltd : Established in the Year 1987 Aboni Fashions Ltd : Established in the Year 2000 Babylon Casualwear Ltd : Established in the Year 2006 Aboni Knitwear Ltd : Established in the Year 2002 Established in the Year 1989 Juniper Embroideries Ltd :
Babylon Dresses Ltd. (Established - Year 1995) Also located at Company's own premises at 2-B/1, Darussalam Road, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216. Total floor area about 45,000 sq. ft. Capacity: 100,000 ~ 120,000 pcs. of Men's / Children's casual shirts per month (woven). Number of Production Lines: 0 Aboni Fashions Ltd. (Established - Year 2000) Located at Companys own premises at Plot 242-243, Union Tetulzora, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. Total floor area about 25,000 sq. ft. Capacity : 100,000 ~ 120,000 pcs of Men's/Ladies formal & casual shirts per month (woven). Number of Production Lines : 05
Suravee Garments Ltd. (Established - Year 1987) Located at Company's rented premises at 2/C, Darussalam Road, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216. Total floor area about 22,500 sq. ft. Capacity : 100,000~120,000 pcs of Men's/Ladies formal, casual blouses and dresses per month (woven). Number of Production Lines : 05 Aboni Knitwear Ltd. (Established - Year 2002) Knitted garment manufactory, is located at Hemayetpur, Savar (own premises). This is a 7-storey building having a total floor area of about 93,000 sqft.
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Has 31 production lines with a capacity of producing about 6,25,000 pcs. of Polo Shirts and 16,50,000 pcs. of T-Shirts/Tank Tops etc. per month. Product range - Polo Shirts, T-shirts, Shorts, Pyjamas etc. for Mens, Ladies, Children. Principal customers - BHS, Tesco, New Look, Sainsbury (UK); Zara (Spain); Jules, Kiabi (France), H&M (Sweden).
Babylon Casual Wear Ltd. (Established - Year 2006) Located at Companys own premises at Plot 23-24, Union Tetulzora, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. This is a 3-stored building having a total floor area of about 90,000 sqft. Capacity : 300,000-350,000 pcs (per month- by considering 5 pocket denim) of Mens and ladies casual wear including Tops and Bottoms in Denim and other medium to heavy materials.
Juniper Embroideries Ltd. (Established - Year 1989) Also owned and managed by the same Group. Location = Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. Area = About 5,000 sq-ft. Capacity = 10,000 Pcs. / day (two shifts) on Lines : 10-11
Aboni Textiles Ltd. (Established - Year 2001) Aboni is a modern and efficient Composite Textile Project for the production of knitted fabrics. Located at Hemayetpur, Savar near Dhaka, being companys own premises. Total constructed area 115,000 sq ft for Aboni Textiles Ltd. The knit textile project has been designed with all European best Machinery and Technical know-how. The current capacity of the project is 8.0 tons tons per day for Knitting, 8.5 tons per day for Dyeing & 10 tons per day for Finishing. This project is having both tubular and with open-width facility.
A modern and efficient composite knit textile industry equipped with hi-tech European Knitting, Dyeing, and Finishing Machinery. Aboni offers various types of high quality tubular fabrics including interlock, single jersey, pique polo, lacoste, rib, lycra rib, flat knit collar / cuff and many other varieties of structured fabrics and fashionable garments.
Aboni now also offers stentering, compacting, and calendaring of open width
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fabrics and is equipped with 100% Cotton, T/C, CVC, Polyester & Spandex mixed fabric finishing facilities. Babylon Washing Ltd. (Established - Year 2003)

Floor = 25,000 SQ.FT. Location = Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. Washing Capacity : - Garments Washing 15,60,000 Pcs per month - Garments Deying wash 150 Ton per month
Babylon Buying Services Ltd. - (Established - Year 2003)

Babylon Buying Services Ltd. (BBSL) is a one stop solution of apparel needs! Located at Companys own premises at 2-B/1, Darussalam Road, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216. Bangladesh BBSL has been developed by gathering complaint / committed factories (Fair-trade, Organic, Oekotex etc.) of Woven, Knit, under garments, Sweater and Home textiles to meet the diversified needs of the customers around the world in terms of price, quality, lead time and value addition besides their own factories of Woven, tops & bottom & knit tops and bottom.
Product: Woven Tops & Bottom Knit tops & Bottom Sweat Shirt & Fleece Jackets Sweater Under Garments & Home Textiles. With all kinds of value addition like Print, Embroidery, Appliqu, Garments Washing, Garments Dyeing (Pigment Dyed), Tie & Dye, Dip Dyed, Chemical Spray, Aromatic fabric, Cool max, Moisture Management so on.
Babylon Printers (Established - Year 2004)

Located at Companys own premises at Plot 23-24, Union Tetulzora, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. This is a 3-stored building having a total floor area of about 25,000 sqft. Printing facility for prints on knitted garments (Rubber, Plastisol etc.) Equipped with infra-red dryer & imported Curing Machine. Capacity 50,000 pcs / day @ standard design.
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Babylon Medical Services - (Established - Year 2007) Location - Companys own premises at Plot 242-243, Union Tetulzora, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. Floor Area 2,500 sq-ft. Services: Experienced Doctor Pathological Test Fair price Pharmacy Operation Theatre Sick Bed Special services for factories
Babylon Trims Ltd. (Established - Year 2003)

Location - Kandiboilarpur, Horindhara, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka. Area - 86,500 sq-ft. Manufacturing of packaging materials including carton boxes(auto virgin Paper & normal recycle Paper),card board, tissue paper, Back Board, Neck board, Poly bag, Hanger, Offset Printing Press, Printed label, Care label, Plastic Clip, Collar insert, Butter fly, Tie bed, Gum Tape.
SL # Description
Name of Product All offset Printing Item
Qty
Brand
Heidelberg offset printing machine Model:MOZPS (Two colour) 25.25x19 Inch Heidelberg offset printing
1 set
Heidelberg
country of origin German y
Productio n Capacity 12000 Sheet/Hr.
All offset Printing Item
1 set
Heidelberg
German y
7000 Sheet/Hr.
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machine Model:GTO 46 (One colour) 12x18 Inch Printed lebel Machine Four colour Polar ECM 115 cutting Machine Laminating Machine Die cutting
S/M Label, Care Label, Size Label B/B,N/B, Hangtag, Sticker
1 set
Taiwan
10000/Hr
Mohar
German y Banglad seh Chaina
5 6
1 set B/B,N/B, Hangtag, Sticker Tissue 3 set
Local Duble eggle
Unlimited (As per Requerd) 3500 sheet /Hr. 3500 sheet /Hr. Unlimited (As per Requerd) 5000 Pcs/Hr. 2000 Pcs/hr. 15000 Per/Hr. 500 Pcs/Hr.
Paper cutting
1 set
Duble eggle
Chaina
Auto colar insert Making machine Manual Colar Insert Machine Manual plastic hand molding Machine GumTape Machine
10
Collar Insert, Butter Fly, Tie Bed Collar Insert, Butter Fly, Tie Bed Jet clip M clip, Tie Clip Gum Tape, Scotch tape
1 set
Local
Banglad esh Banglad esh Banglad esh Taiwan
8 set
Local
10 set
Local
11
1 set
webtec
Capacity : - 50,000 pcs Carton /Day - 60,000 pcs Back board & Neckpieces / Day - 2,50,000- 3,00,000 pcs Tissue paper / Day - 2,00,000 Pcs Hanger / Day - 3,00,000 Pcs Poly Bag / day
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SL# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Description 5 ply Auto coruugated carton Machine Slitter Machine N.c cutter Machine Printing machine Die cutting Machine corugation Machine Auto cutting Hand cutting Pasting Machine Pressure Machine Four Bar Rotary Machine Slotting Machine Stiching Machine Die cutting Machine
Qty 1 set 1 set 1 set 1 set 1 set 3 set 2set 3 set 3 set 3 set 3 set 3 set 2 set 1 set
Brand Han kuk Hwa sung Han yang
country of origin south korea south korea south korea Japan south korea
Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Supper sujata Duble eggle
India India India India India India India India chaina
Prouduction Capacity 30000 Pcs/Day 30000 Pcs/Day 30000 Pcs/Day 50000 Pcs/Day 50000 Pcs/Day 50000 Pcs/Day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day 12000 Pcs/day
SL # 1
Description PP flim Blown
Qty 1 set
Brand country of origin Taiwan
Production Capacity 55 Kg/Hr.

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2 3 4
line(Model:PP-65/1000 Pe flim Blown line(Model HA-55/1400) Pe flim Blown line Flexo grafic printing press Side seal Bag Making machine Bottom seal bag Machine BOPP flim Folding & rewinding Machine Hanger Hook Pasting machine
3 set 1 set 2 set Local
Taiwan
100 Kg/Hr.
3 set
3 set
1 set
5 set
Local
Bangladesh 35 Kg/Hr. Taiwan 18000 Pcs/Hr.(standers Size) Taiwan 8000 pcs/hr.(standerd Size) Taiwan 6000 pcs/hr.(standerd Size) Taiwan 14000 pcs/hr.(standerd Size) Bangladesh 6000 pcs/hr.(standerd Size)
SL # 1 2 3
Description Plastic Injection Molding machine Generator(Diesel) Generator(Gass)
Qty 4 set 1 set 1 set
country of origin Chaina Germany Germany
Production Capacity 3000 Pcs/Hr.
Babylon Trims Ltd. this factory is owned by the same owners and being managed from corporate office at 2-B/1, Darussalam Road, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216. Total number of employees in the Factories : About 450 (10% female worker) Total Turnover in the year 2010 : About USD $ 8.50 million
Keeping the environmental and decent labor practice issues in mind, the building has been designed in a manner that satisfies both local and
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international legal requirements that are necessary for responsible manufacturing. The manufacturing unit is equipped with independent QC cell. The Babylon Trims has its own pattern making and sample making setup. The Babylon Trims use Japan / Korea / China / India / Taiwan origin modern garment machinery and equipment.
he Babylon Trims has now become very well known to the customers community for its excellent workmanship in its product. The Babylon Trims believes that harder task is ahead to keep it up. And "to keep it up now is the motto and motivation behind all efforts.
The Babylon Trims have separate training centers for workers and staff. All workers and staff undergo training session in a regular basis. Training program is designed according to the need assessed for the target group.
Major Buyers are: USA : GAP, MOTHERS WORK, NYGARD, CHARMING SHOP, KOHLS, JC PENNEY, HAGGAR, WALMART, SEARS, CARHARTT,K-MART, CATO, BEMINI BAY, WORLDWIDESPORTS, AMERICAN EYGLE etc. UK : GEORGE, TESCO, DIMENSIONS, BURTON, BHS, SAINTS BERRY, BOSTON CREW, PRIMARK, DCC, G4S, AMBULANCE France : CELIO, VETIR, GEMO, CAMAIEU (JULES), ARMAND THIERY, GO SPORTS, MONOPRIX etc. Germany : NEW YORKER (FISHBONE, SMOGG), BRANDFASHION Spain : CORTEFIL (SPRINGFIELD), BERSKA Turkey : KIGILI, US POLO, POLO GARAGE, TEMA MAGAZACILIK, PIERE CARDIN, BEKON, KEEPOUT South Africa : WOOLWORTHS, TATTERSAL, CHINO, STUDIO-W Japan : LORVEL LORLAR, CO-KINU, TINNY DOLL Australia: JONATHAN ADAM, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE
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thical principles apply to all facilities of Babylon Group that produce readymade garments for exporting to foreign countries.
Though there is a doubt about weather Babylon Group recognizes that there are legal and cultural environments in which factories operate. These ethical principles set forth the basic requirements of Babylon factories in order to do business with its customers abroad or not.
Babylon makes ceaseless effort to promote best practices and continuous improvement of ethical issues in all its manufacturing units. For easy access to the issues, Babylon posted contents in the Notice Boards of factories in both Bangla and English.
The issues are Principle 1 Laws & Regulation Babylon facilities operate in full compliance with the laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they manufacture. Principle 2 Employment Age Workers may not be younger than 18 years of age. Principle 3 Forced Labour Babylon facilities do not use involuntary or forced labour indentured, bonded or otherwise. Principle 4 Wage and Benefits Babylon facilities compensate their employees fairly by providing compensation packages comprising wages and benefits that, at the very least, comply with legally mandated minimum standards. Each employee is provided with a clear, written accounting for each pay period. Employees are compensated for overtime according to local law. Principle 5 Hours of Work Babylon facilities ensure employees hours worked shall not, on a regularly scheduled basis, exceed the legal limitations on regular and overtime hours in the jurisdiction in which they manufacture or 60 hours per week including overtime. Except in extraordinary business circumstances, all employees are entitled to one day off in every seven-day period.
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Principle 6 Health and Safety Babylon facilities provide their employees with a clean, safe and healthy work environment, designed to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of or occurring during the course of work. All Babylon facilities comply with all applicable, legally mandated standards for workplace health and safety. All the workers and staff enjoy free medical treatment. Company doctors are available full time. Principle 7 Discrimination Babylon respects cultural differences, employment including hiring, remuneration, benefits, advancement, termination and retirement based on ability and not on belief or any other personal characteristics. Babylon facilities do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, colour, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or similar factors. Principle 8 Harassment Babylon facilities treat all employees with respect and dignity. Babylon facilities do not subject employees to corporal punishment, physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse. Principle 9 Womans Rights Babylon facilities ensure women workers receive equal treatment in all aspects of their employment. Pregnancy test is not a condition of employment, and pregnancy testing to the extent provided by Babylon facilities will be at the option of the worker. Employees are not exposed to hazards that may endanger their reproductive health, and employees are not forced to use contraception. Fully equipped CRECHES are available for the female workers having babies. Principle 10 Monitoring and Compliance Babylon facilities maintain on site all documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with Global Compliance Principles. Babylon and its subsidiaries undertake affirmative measures, such as announced and unannounced on-site inspections of production facilities, to monitor compliance with Global Compliance Principles. Babylon facilities allow customers representatives full access to production facilities, employee records and employees for confidential interviews in connection with monitoring visits. In addition Babylon facilities respond promptly to reasonable inquiries by customer representatives concerning the subjects addressed in an audit.
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But when it comes to the reality very few of the aforementioned principles are in effect. The management is so profit oriented that sometimes they push their workers to their maximum limits regardless the ethical issues.
rendz started its voyage, keeping in mind the changing trends of the fashion industry. It is the store which puts the customers' needs before its own and keeps pace with the buzzing fashion planet. It began its journey with the first outlet in Bashundhara City on 14 th October, 2004 . Due to its immense success, a second branch was launched on 23 rd September, 2005 in Banani. Yet again, another branch was opened in Uttara on 2 nd January 2006. Rifles square October 2006 Its mother company is Babylon Group.
With the most happening trends of todays fashion world, edged up by our very own traditional style, Trendz collection is an absolute stunner! From the intricate designs on the ladies wear to the chic mens wear, the formal wear to the kids wear, we offer a little bit of everything that you may desire.
SHIRTS : Our collection has taken the look of this facet of mens wear to a whole new level. We have an exquisite spread of shirts ranging from the cool casual to the neat semi-formal and elegant formal designs, with no compromises made in terms of quality. With the superb array of styles that are available in unique patterns and shades, to choose from, what are you waiting for? Go get em! Need a little something extra? Well go ahead and accessorize yourself with the help of our assortment of sleek ties! PUNJABIS : Our team has created this collection very carefully by selecting the perfect shades that compliment all skin tones and designs that help accentuate your features. Punjabis are crafted out of fine soft cotton, perfect for our hot summer days, and of the lustrous silk which not only makes you dazzle but is just the thing for our cloudy monsoon and mild winter days. Our Punjabis are the hip Punjabis for any occasion and an absolute must-have!
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WOMENS FOTUA : Trendz is extremely proud to present to you all, the ladies top collection. Set against a vibrant pallet of shades, the elaborate works with sequins and threads on materials ranging from cotton to silk, khadi to muslin, these fotuas are the ultimate apparel that a woman can own! They are fun, exciting, sensual and delightfully feminine!
CASUAL WEAR : Our team has given an extra attention on this area of clothing, since it reflects the basic daily wear of all men and women, which is the casual wear. With subtle colors and variety of styles such as eye-catching prints on both knitwear and woven, along with polo necks, these comfy outfits are simply fabulous!
SARI : The long waiting is over. Finally we hit on our new flagship stores. From the simple and elegant cotton saris to the various types of colorful silk saris, from the traditional hand-block printing and embroidery work to Jamdanis, Trendz brings you the best from the sari world. Its time for all you girls and women out there to get your glam on!
KAMEEZ : Yes you get them too now in our two new outlets. Trendz introduces an exclusive variety of salwar kameezes in colors and designs that set trends of perfection. Our ethnic looking range of salwar suits are manufactured with the finest quality fabrics decorated by mesmerizing embellishments and is a collection that provides for all occasions and events.
KIDSWEAR : Appealingly designed in bright colors and snappy patterns, it is our pleasure to present to you Trendz children's wear that showcases the vibrant and spirited attitude of the kids. We offer a range of fancy yet cozy kid's wear that are made from fabrics, most suitable for the tender skin of the kid.
Trendz is the trendiest clothing store you will find in town. Our key qualities are our helpful staff and relaxing environment that makes one relax and shop till they drop! Here, you will find clothing for every occasion, be it a party, a hang out or formal wears. What's more, Trendz has a range of products both for men and women! Our motto is to provide you with the best of quality, comfort and fit. So get ready for the ultimate style supply!
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Quality Policy Babylon Group follows stern quality benchmarks to achieve flawless output. The group is equipped with man and machine to comply with the ever rising global standards. Some of the measures adopted in this regard are Use of fabric screening machines, color and shade matching equipment and metal detectors to ensure making perfect and safe products. Centralized research and development activity as part of continuous strive towards raising product quality and productivity, improving efficiency and cost reduction. Regular and rigorous training for every employee has been made mandatory for him/her to achieve acceptable level of performance. Separate training facilities in each factory unit to continuously enhance the skills and perfection of the workers.
It is seen that the management is determined about their policy making mainly focusing on the quality of the product. The rights of the workers and employees are ignored here and the management is careless about to make that kind of policy either.
he CSR activities of Babylon Group have been the reflection of its social commitments. The group has been active to ensure a better living for its employees as well as the community. The initiatives of Babylon in this regard has been awarded and accredited by the Ministry of Labor, Government of Bangladesh, BGMEA and BKMEA. Scholarship Program is ignored In a country like Bangladesh talents need to be cared to flourish and contribute positively to the nation. The country has seen some of those talents who came out securing Golden GPA in S.S.C. exams during the year 2008. Babylon Group patronizes underprivileged yet talented students of the country in order to offer them equal opportunity of a bright future. The Group managed to reach out to a number of those champion performers in hardship and offered scholarships to them for higher education. All these benefits are provided mainly to the general population not to the workers working in the factory. This put the core objective to the question.
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Child Development is only on paper not in the reality In order to nourish the future leaders of the country Babylon has taken up several initiatives like hand writing competition, drawing training session by eminent artists of the country especially for the disadvantaged children. These initiatives not only entertained them but also steered them to a new beginning. But the company does not provide any maternity facility. There is no policy for pregnant women; no guarantee about the job security after the long term vacation to foster the infants.
Environment and Ecology factors are mostly overlooked Environment and its pollution is a prime issue of concern for all. Though being a socially responsible business house Babylon group is not careful enough about it. The group has set up a modern ETP at its dyeing and washing plants for proper treatment of industrial waste before it is released in the environment but all factories do not have standard sanitation facilities and gardening for maintaining a healthy working environment.
Poor health Service Apart from the mandatory health care facility there is no additional medical facilities the factory premises, the group runs a health center named Babylon Medical Services for the factory workers and the neighboring community. People can get prescription for a very negligible fee and buy medicines at just price but the problem is the doctor is absent most of the time and lack modesty. Relief & Rehabilitation Bangladesh, a land more known for its natural calamities, has been facing flood, drought, cyclones, tidal surge etc. quite regularly. In order to assist the disaster affected yet resilient people of the country, Babylon Group always extends support to them partnering with the government and other donor agencies. The group has been helping these affected people and also the people of the northern districts of the country who suffer from severe winter every year. Entertainment and Welfare Babylon Group does not pay special attention to its workers welfare and entertainment. Welfare activities for the workers include annual picnic and sports, fashion show and cultural program, publication of magazines etc. but only on papers. These benefits are mostly provided only to the employees; workers are ignored most of the time.
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Environment and Ecology Environment and its pollution is a prime issue of concern for all. Though being a socially responsible business house Babylon group is not careful enough about it. The group has set up a modern ETP at its dyeing and washing plants for proper treatment of industrial waste before it is released in the environment. Only selective factories have standard sanitation facilities and gardening for maintaining a healthy working environment. Factories located in remote area are ignored.
Babylon Group celebrated its 25th anniversary on 10th June, 2011 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka. The directors of the group inaugurated the function, accompanied by a host of distinguished guests, through a cake- cutting ceremony and by releasing balloons and pigeons in the air. Babylon directors made the opening and closing speeches in the function where some of the other speakers were the Managing Director of the Prime Bank Mr. M. Ehsanul Haque; Director of Impress Group Mr. Reaz Ahmed; Vice President of BKMEA Mr. Mohammad Hatem; Principal Partner of the audit firm M.J. Abedin & Co. Mr. M.J. Abedin; Additional Managing Director of Prime Bank Mr. Mehmood Husain; Ex Managing Dorector of Islami Bank Mr. Fariduddin Ahmed; Executive Vice President of Islami Bank Mr. Abdus Sadeque Bhuiyan; Chairman of Rising Group Mr. Syed Qamrul Huda; representatives of international buyers including Ms. Corinne Dogra, country director of Oryx; Mr. Rodney Reed, chairman of Reed Consulting; Mr. Henrik Johannesen from Eurotex Apparel, Denmark; Mr. Yasar Bozkurt from Turkey; Mr. Sandeep Poddar of Radhamoni India and Mr. Neeraj K Rastogi from TCNS. Suppliers and well-wishers from home and abroad, bankers and representatives of associated business organizations and numerous former and present employees attended the occasion to make the celebration full of life. The employees of the group honoured the five directors by offering them crests. The directors awarded Mr. Solaiman Ali, one of the Babylon employees, with a crest for his being the longest serving employee of the company who has been with Babylon since 1986.
Here the question is all these festivals and functions are arranged with the budget of the company; spending millions of taka where the vital demand of the workers to pay-raise is ignored.
Low-cost Sanitary Napkin Softy Launched for Garment Workers A low-cost sanitary napkin especially for women workers of garments industry has been launched on March 05, 2011 at Hemayetpur, Savar in Dhaka. Babylon Group has taken the challenge to provide the women garment workers with sanitary napkins at an affordable price. Speakers at the
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launching ceremony hoped that Softy would cater to the need of the women especially garment workers.
Dr. Jasim Uddin Khan, Civil Surgeon of Dhaka attended the product launching ceremony as the chief guest. Dr. Jyoti Reddi, Technical Officer on Maternal Health Affairs of the World Health Organization, Ms. Payal Jain, Code of Conduct manager of H&M, Mr. S.M. Emdadul Islam, Director, Mr. Abidur Rahman, Director, Dr. Zannatun Nahar, Medical Officer; Ms. Ratna, a machine operator of Babylon Group spoke in the occasion among others. Babylon Group has sponsored a library at Tetuljhora High School, Savar in Dhaka. Adv. Qamrul Islam, State Minister, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs inaugurated the library as the chief guest on April 03, 2011. Mr. Qamrul Islam hoped that other industrial houses would come forward to the societal cause like Babylon Group. Mr. Abidur Rahan, director of Babylon Group, Mr. Emdadul Haque, President of Management Committee of Tetuljhora High School also spoke in the occasion. As a part of corporate social responsibility Babylon Group has sponsored the library in the neighbourhood of some of its factories. Babylon Group has equipped and furnished the library with books, furniture and interior decoration. Mr. Moinul Ahsan and Mr. Neesar Ahmed, Directors of Babylon Group attended the inauguration ceremony along with Babylon officials. Recently Babylon Medical Services has installed high performance digital Ultrasound Systems, Echo and ECG machine with auto interpretation. All the new installations are latest versions of World famous GE Healthcare Technologies. Charges have been fixed such as the low income people can afford the costs.
abylon group follows the standard that is determined by the government for all the workers and garments of Bangladesh. The proposed increase in Bangladesh's minimum wage has been criticized as insufficient by the National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF), a leading Bangladeshi trade union and War on Want partner.
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After convening last year for the first time since 2006, Bangladesh's national wage board has announced that it raised the minimum salary from 1,662 taka (15) per month to 3,000 taka. Under the new wage structure, however, garment workers will still face dire poverty. In Bangladesh the rising cost of food and other basic needs has led to worsening living conditions for the country's 2.5 million garment workers.
The NGWF demanded a guaranteed living wage of 5,000 take (45) for all garment workers, and spearheaded a pressure campaign that included sit-ins and demonstrations. The trade union is now calling on the wage board to reconsider its decision.
In addition to demanding a minimum salary commensurate with a living wage, the NGWF is campaigning for a halt to the creation a garment industry police force and the right to freedom of association. A longstanding partner of the NGWF, War on Want supports its campaign for a living wage for all garment workers.
he garment industry is by far the countrys most important manufacturer, earning around $5 billion annually and accounting for about two thirds of all exports. Bangladesh has about 2,500 garment factories with upto 10 million livelihoods dependent on it directly or indirectly. About 80 per cent of garment workers are women. The Ready Made Garments sector has more potential than any other sector to contribute to the reduction of of poverty. Despite the phenomenal success of the RMG sector the working conditions and wages of workers in the industry are cause for serious concern. Bangladeshs current position as a leading garments exporting nation needs to be consolidated. The economy-wide reverberations of failure would be disastrous. We believe it is in everybodys interest to sustain this industry an industry which changed the lives of so many people, particularly women, in Bangladesh.
he problems in this company pre-date the riots which took place just over a month ago and which were attended by deaths, injuries and the destruction of property. Over the years, hazardous working conditions have resulted in the
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deaths of many workers through factory fires and collapses. The Spectrum Factory building collapse of April 2005 killed 64 people, injured over 70 and left hundreds jobless. In February 2006 a fire destroyed the four-story KTS Textile Industries in Bangladeshs port city of Chittagong again killing scores of mostly young and female workers. Workers, who are mostly young women, also face an acutely difficult working environment wages are low, hours are long, forced labor is practiced, child labor exists, sexual harassment exists, freedom is curtailed, whether it be locked doors or rights of association, and there are a multitude of other practices which go against international labor standards and codes of conduct (= non-compliance). At the level of legislation and business dealings, lack of implementation of laws, restrictive laws and unfair buying practices by buyers compound the issue of non-compliance.
hat has emerged quite emphatically is that for the Bangladesh industry to survive it has to take on board the issue of compliance with internationally recognized social, labor and environmental standards. There are many initiatives underway buyers have their corporate social responsibility initiatives, the government has set up task forces, there are the Memoranda of Understanding with the trade unions and the manufacturers and exporters associations. There are many stakeholders, and dialogue is imperative and all important. There needs to be the capacity and will amongst all the stakeholders, and particularly the government, to take forward and develop compliance and create an industry with an enhanced global image and global recognition of performance.
The Spectrum disaster of 2005 was supposed to have generated an impetus for change in the industry. The riots of May 2006 have again brought to the fore the need for urgent and meaningful change. The apparel industry in Bangladesh will face difficult challenges in 2008 when it enters a new trading environment. Aside from compliance, which is difficult enough, there are other issues of buyer practices, turnaround time, infrastructural development, trade development etc. Given this context, the urgency for change in this key and pivotal industry is considerable. This is not an option. It is a must in order to save the future of millions of Jamilas. The story of one such Jamila, for whom its a choice between joblessness and poverty on the one hand and unfair and unsafe work on the other, is what you will hear through the dance drama today. Everyone wins by having a strong industry.. The garments industry in Bangladesh needs to be sustained for the benefit of all.
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n the field of industrialization, role of textile industry is found very prominent in both developed and developing countries. Economic history of Britain reveals that in the 18th Century the cotton mills of Lancashire in Britain ushered in the first industrial revolution of the world. Moreover, during the last 200 years or more many countries of the world have used textile and clothing industry as an engine for growth and a basis for attaining economic development (Ahmed, 1991). Over the past few years garment industry is found to have played such an important role in the process of industrialization and economic growth. This industry is infect trying to put the wheel of her declining economic back to the track by giving essential life blood to it. The growth of garment industry in Bangladesh is a comparatively recent one. In the British period there was no garment industry in this part of the Indo-PakSub-Continent. In 1960 the first garment industry in Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) was established at Dhaka and till 1971 the number rose to give (Islam, 1984). But these garments were of different type intended to serve home market only. From 1976 and 1977 some entrepreneurs came forward to setup 100% export oriented garment industry. Both domestic and international environment favored the rapid growth of this industry in Bangladesh. By mid-seventies the established developed suppliers of garments in the world markets i.e. Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Srilanka and India were severely constrained by the quota restrictions imposed by their major buyers like USA, Canada and European Union. To maintain their business and competitive edge in the world markets, they followed a strategy of relocation of garment factories in those countries, which were free from quota restrictions and at least same time had enough trainable cheap labor. They found Bangladesh as one of the most suitable countries. Available records show that the first consignment of garments was exported from the country in 1977 by Reaz and Jewel Garment. Desh Garment was the first biggest factory that started functioning at Chittagong in 1977. In fact that was the humble beginning of new joint venture garment factory in Bangladesh. Thereafter many entrepreneurs became interested and started to setup garment factories following the Desh garment and realizing the future prospects globally as well. Available records also show that one of the reasons of the growth of garment industry in Bangladesh is the collaboration of a local private garment industry,
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Desh garment with a Korean company, Daewoo. As part of its global strategies, the Daewoo Corporation of South Korea became interested in Bangladesh when the Chairman, Kim Woo-Choong, proposed an ambitions joint venture to the Government of Bangladesh which involved the development and operation of tire, leather goods, cement and garment factories (Rock, 2001). South Korean Company, Daewoo, a major exporter of garments, was looking for opportunities in countries for using their quotas subsequent to the signing of MFA in 1974. Because of the quota limitation for Korea after MFA, the export of Daewoo became restricted. Bangladesh as a LDC got the opportunity to export without any restriction and for this reason Daewoo interested to use Bangladesh for their market. The reason behind this desire was that Bangladesh will depend on Daewoo for importing raw materials and at the same time Daewoo will get the market in Bangladesh. For this desire Daewoo signed a five years collaboration agreement with Desh Garment. It included collaboration in the areas of technical training, purchase of machinery and fabric, plant setup and marketing in return for a specific marketing commission on all exports by Desh. The outcome of the collaboration of Desh-Daewoo was significant. In the first six years of its operation, Desh export value grew at an annual average rate of 90 percent reaching more than $ 5 million in 1986-87. Argued that the Desh-Daewoo collaboration is an important factor to the expansion and success of Bangladeshs entire garments export sector. In such a context, following Table-01 shows the trend of growth and development of garment industry in Bangladesh.
Table 1.1: Growth of Garments factories in Bangladesh Year 1971 1977 1981 1983 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 2005-06 No. of Factory 5 7 78 141 384 759 2182 3200 4107 4250 Compound Growth Rate in % 5.77 82.70 34.45 65.03 14.60 23.52 7.96 5.12 3.48
Source: Various articles and Annual Report of BGMEA
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The Table-01 shows that the growth was very slow till 1977 and got momentum from 1977 to 2005-06 in terms of number of industry. But the compound growth rate was highest till 1981 and the rate was very good during 1989-90 to 1994-95 and thereafter i.e. 1994-95 to 2004-05, the industrial growth has been declined though the numbers of industries have been increased. The capacity as well as number of equipments is very good indicator to examine the actual position of the garment industry as well as size of the industry. In such a context, the following Table deals in this regard.
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abylon is a well-recognized brand, especially for garments products. They have successfully expanded their business throughout different countries of the world and gained the increased market share. The objective is achieved through making agreement with the companies of foreign countries which made Babylon more popular in the market and the distribution channels. By utilizing their strong balance sheet, over 10,000 skilled employees and had a turnover of about $90 million in the year 2009 and future cash flows funding of this program will be carried out. But the company is not following proper asset utilization method. Workers are underpaid and sometimes the management is abusive to get the job done.
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Where Babylon Garments has so many policies for employees and workers welfare; is the companys policies benefiting the workers whereas the workers do not have any union, job security, and enough wages and to top it off being discriminated?
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Babylon Garments have strong networking system among the facilities and
also within the facility. This networking system of inventory management and inclusion of bar code for the product increased the efficiency.
Computerized inventory management system has enabled the company to monitor each and every shipment of products and its current situation. Bar code allows the company to ensure superior competence make sure that minimum number of products go missing or delayed due to the inventory system.
Babylon Garments Ltd has structured HRM (Human Resource Department)

division. Their HR department consists of skilled people. Among them the Head of the department has studied from a reputed university and he has experience from his previous jobs so he is maintaining the factory so well that employees are happy and they are productive as well.
Other people of this department is also handling the compensation and decision making process so well there is no conflict among other departments and no conflict among the workers. Experienced top HR management is the key to the interrupted production of the company.
The management of Babylon Garments Ltd is a very organized and capable

one. They established this company in 1986 and since then they are operating in very handsome way.
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The management has strict monitoring system and they maintain the rules and regulation strictly. Babylon has efficient mangers that are doing their job efficiently and the supervisors are taking good care of the workers so the management is performing a good job and thats why Babylon is having advantage for this.
Bangladesh has made a spectacular achievement in export of garments

products during the last two decades. It ranks fifth in the buyers list. Buyers from US and Europe prefer the quality of fabrics for apparels coming from Bangladesh. Babylon Garments Ltd, supplies products to mainly USA, Europe and some Scandinavian countries and they had a good reputation of giving the supply on time.
In Babylon Garments ltd there is no child labor. However sometimes there

are some female employees who seek works that are married and have children of their own. It is difficult to know the real age of the applicant, and sometimes mistakenly child labor is hired.
Excluding some exception there is no child in the labor force of Babylon Garments Limited. As Babylon is planning to have proper recruitment process they can overcome this problem very soon. As there is no child labor there is no question of forcing the labors to work. Babylon Garments dont believe in this type of policy.
Babylon Garments uses electro-mechanical

machines in their production process. All the machines are well- handled by the workers and machines are from famous brand like Siemens co. They are using these machines
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and as well giving the workers chance to learn the operation of these machines.
The company owned power generation system has given the company a
competitive advantage over the industry. This has ensured uninterrupted production round the clock. Every production facility of Babylon Garments has its individual power generator besides the regular electricity and gas connection provided by the government. Since the country lacks electricity supply load-shedding became a regular thing. Having power generator will surely increase production and Babylon will be able to product according to schedule.
Babylon Garments is a conglomerate of different business units. It has RMG,

knitting, oven, dying, fashion and embroideries sectors. Having this much diversified industry obviously enabled the company to perform faster than any other competitors who are concentrated in single industries. Product quality will also be much better since Babylon has invested in all the related industry so every business units know what kind of product they are needed to produce to match the quality and standard of the market.
Bangladeshs RMG products are highly demanded by the developed

countries due to the cheap labor benefits. Demand of knit, oven and RMG (Ready Made Garments) product is high in the Europe and US market for maintaining the standard of quality required by them. This is a positive signal for keeping the existing labor in workforce rather than lay off.
This labor can be used in many productive ways like; as our Knit & Oven industry is booming and we need more cheap labors. Bangladesh has the competitive advantage that they have very cheap labors which their
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competitors lack. So they can use this cheap labor and do more business. For this cheap labor Babylon Garments has the advantage against the competitors and Babylon is using this advantage and giving products to the buyers at a reasonable price.
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angladesh makes readymade garments and they are only specialized on limited products which are creating problems to sustain in competitive edge. To sustain in this global competitive market Bangladesh garment industry need to develop new product & design.
Knitting and oven industries requires updated technologies to be installed which can be done but the company is needed to be more creative in the RMG sector to grab the market share. If we fail to introduce new design there is a potential risk that the buyers will move to somewhere else like China.
s the quota system is being expired Bangladesh is going to lose its market share of readymade garments and also knitting and Oven industry in the global market due to the competition. The benefits they are enjoying due to the system of quota they are not going to avail it anymore. Other countries like China, Thailand and India will take the market share.
In China the labor cost is far cheaper than anywhere in the world. China not only produces at a cheaper rate but also quality products. Since the quota system has been abolished the competition will be fierce.
ery limited educated work force is coming in the RMG industry of Bangladesh. Most of the garment factories are run by the employees with a normal degree. These work forces are cheap to hire and easy to control, employers prefer them. These workers also monitor the lower class workers, which are mainly the uneducated segment of the country. Companies are
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lacking proper technical knowledge by hiring strategies like these. As a result, there are so many losses due to not properly handled issues of exports. As there is no qualified people the marketing side of this is also affected. We dont know how to brand our products thats why we face problems in doing business. If we improve our marketing tactics we can achieve more growth in this RMG sector.
lthough Babylon Garments provides training for all its employees and workers but they do not have specified training and development program designed with respect to positions and responsibilities of the workers. The system is very much the same where the newly recruited ones have to be under someone already with experience and then they learn the job at the work place. With an aim of earning international reputation this process of training can turn out to be a big setback.
In case of increments of the workers Babylon Group puts more emphasis on performance irrespective of how long that employee has worked in the organization. So in a word the company is not putting the seniors or experienced workers under preference when it comes to promotions and increment. These are the factors which create conflict among the employees and the employees are busy with their stuff so if situation arise to control the management doesnt play its role fully.
n Bangladesh there is always problem with the government works. As the garments products need to have the custom clearance the custom department always woks so slow that the products leads to slow process. Thus the product gets late in to the factory, then the production process also becomes slow which creates the situation of late delivery.
As the products are delivered late the buyers get disturbed which is a negative aspect for the industry. This spread a bad reputation about the efficiency of the garments industry of Bangladesh.
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abylon Garments has been earning enough to expand and they have been expanding since their first establishment. Babylon can expand into new area like Chittagong.
This will bring diversification in the industry and create more jobs. Moreover the transportation cost will reduce significantly if production facilities are established in Chittagong.
abylon has a diverse range of machineries and equipments that enables the company to respond to different groups of buyers. Some buyers want formal design some wants a bit more casual clothing and different stich.
Having a wide variety of equipment Babylon can make almost any kind of clothing or garments products. This has differentiated its position in the market from the competitors.
angladesh has a huge number of potential manpower who is unemployed and they need to work for meeting their livelihoods. Since the economic condition of our country is deplorable so it makes the poorer class of our society to work for the garments sector.
By developing additional facilities in the region and across the districts Babylon Garments can create new jobs across the country. Since the labor cost is cheap the management needs not to be worried about the production or labor cost bump.
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nitially, we, the garments sector of Bangladesh were focusing mainly on the USA and European market. But, since MFA is abolished other foreign investors are also expanding their business and they are trying to explore in this segment.
So, Babylon Garments can work with other foreign investors besides the USA and European buyers and they can also help us to maintain a win- win situation in the long run.
reviously China had advantage as because they had cheaper labor market. But now days, their living standard is increasing and they are demanding more for the orders from the buyers. For increasing this labor rate, Babylon can get the benefit to grab more orders from the prospective foreign companies.
This will ensure that the company gets more orders and workers will be occupied and will have a steady stream of money. It is a win-win situation for both the management and the workers and employees.
he business people of Bangladesh are investing at a large number in the garments sector and this also a positive thing for this industry. They are not only contributing in the countrys economy but also introducing the quality product in the humongous market. So the investors are being aware of this country and they also feel confidence to invest here.
This will move the economy of the country forward and will create a lot of potential jobs for the unemployed workers of the country.
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he employees of Babylon Garments are very obliged with the rules of their management. But the recent labor unrest in Bangladesh labor market for minimum wage fixation blending with political unrest may influence them to become a part of the stick. This put the reputation of the company and workers loyalty at risk.
It will not only hamper the production level of the company but also the management can take advantage of the situation to manipulate the innocent workers. Outsiders can influence the Babylon workers to initiate violence and ii someone even does that the owners will blame the entire workforce for it.
ue to the political unrest the environment of the country has been very heated for last couple of months. This kind of political unrest can scare away many foreign buyers.
If such thing happens it will have a deep impact on the company. Since Babylon is totally export oriented company, such kind of order will put a halt to the production and ultimately to the revenue stream. The ultimate sufferer will be the workers because the first move of the management in such case will be lay-off of workers.
ecause of the political unrest of the country the economic and political situation has become fragile. Though the environment in the garments industry is currently stable but things can go wrong at any time.
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If the company shut down due to any kind of insurgency or radical change of situation many workers will lose their job. Since there is no written agreement signed while these 4th grade employees were recruited, the management will not hesitate to fire these workers to gain their benefits.
hile recruiting a worker in the factory there is no written contract is signed in most cases. It is very common that workers sign in a paper which does not secure anything about that worker. The authority upholds the right to fire any worker at any point of time without showing any reason. Since there is no union the worker can do nothing about this kind of anarchy. Lack of job security put enormous pressure on the workers so they work as hard as they could to not to get fired. This is very unhealthy environment for any worker.
here is a surplus of labor in the labor market of Bangladesh. Due to the high population growth rate and tendency of people to move toward the capital of the country there is a huge surplus of cheap unskilled labor in the country, especially in the capital.
This excess capacity will reduce the wage level of existing and new workers in the market. Though most of these worker are semi-skilled or unskilled; wage of skilled labor will also be affected for this surplus. As a result the living standard of poor workers will touch a new bottom.
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he constitution of Bangladesh has recognized fundamental rights of the workers at work places including necessary social protection. Globalization and changing economic condition influencing traditional workplace values, nature of employment, working condition, welfare facilities, industrial relations and contemporary social protection system. The introduction of free market economic policies, unbalanced economic and industrial reforms posed serious challenges to job security and social protection of workers in different sectors. But many of these are violated in different ways. Managements are always findings new loopholes of law to bypass and maximizing profit while the workers are bleeding to death.
here is no structured organized union in Babylon Garments. The entire company is highly fragmented and there is no evidence unity among the workers across different facilities. The unions that are present in the factories are not that much active and have very little control over the management; especially when it comes to decision making regarding the workers. From the research it is also evident that the actual relationship between management and unions are not very much friendly in most scenarios.
he management is always profit oriented. If the management sees that they will earn some extra bucks by firing hundreds of workers they will not hesitate to take initiative. Though it seems that the management has been caring to the workers but when it comes to the cash balance the scenario changes rapidly. On top of this Babylon Garments is highly fragmented; it has many divisions in different locations which is isolating the workers. Even if workers want to get united the structure itself is an obstacle to their way. This is why the emergence to get united before anything comes up is important more than ever.
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fter a violent episode of sticks and when enough worker have bled the government finally realized the gravity of the situation and increased the minimum wage of garments to taka 3000. Previously it was around 1600 taka. Now the surprising part is that though it was assumed for a moment that government is sympathetic to the worker but soon people saw the real truth. Taka 3000 (including benefits) per month is not even close to live in a city like Dhaka. Many garments owners are now pays at the minimum rate. This is inhuman to pay such insulting amount. Even after the raise it is still the lowest wage of garments workers around the world.
he government has set a minimum wage for various categories of workers but there was clearly mentioned that there should be no discrimination based on age, sex or any other non-related factors. The female workers are being discriminated in the whole garments industry. Male workers are getting more wage than a female only base on gender. A male worker is getting 30%-100% more than a female worker working same kind of job. Even the workers lack awareness about this issue.
hough the wages are low, the working hours are very long. Factories claim to operate one eight hour shift six days a week. To meet delivery deadlines, however, workers are virtually compelled to work after 8pmat night. Sometimes they work till 3am in the morning and report back to start working again five hours later at 8 am morning. Workers are asked to work whole month at a time without a single day off, in contravention of the factory act, which stipulates that no employees should work more than ten day consecutively without a break. The management simply breaking the law to meet the buyers deadline. But they are not thinking the health and work environment of the factory and the workers.
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n the garments industry the facility to train workers is minimum. In most cases there is no training program for worker. Usually unskilled workers take the job and learn from his/her coworkers. The on-the-job training style is good but it also reduces the efficiency of the total production. Moreover by this management get to hire the unskilled labor at a cheaper cost. After some days when the workers learn the job and become skilled but hi/her salary does not increase as a skilled labor. This way labors are discriminated.
he oven machineries release lot of toxic chemical and wastage. This toxic wastage is later dumped into rivers. The environmental issues are totally ignored here. Moreover the workers that are in direct contact with this wastage will have serious health issue in the long term. Since most of the workers are uneducated they are not concerned about these issues and the management is taking benefits from it. This is highly unethical and in some cases illegal.
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There is no organized union in Babylon Group. Because of this the workers dont have enough opportunity to talk about their problems. There are discrimination and low minimum wage is happening but the workers dont have any rights to voice their sufferings. Thats why there is an urgent need for union in Babylon group.
Recommendation To understand and motivate the workers better Babylon group should have an organized union. We know that without the formation of a proper union the workers would not learn about their rights and would not be able to help themselves. If there is a union then the workers would know that they have the power to speak up. This would motivate them to work hard for the organization. The union leaders would also be able to motivate the workers. So the workers union should be formed as fast as possible.
Justification: Workers are the core strength of any garments industry. A happy satisfied worker would work hard for his job and make his boss happy as well. In contrast unhappy workers would hate his job and work halfheartedly. There can be lot of reasons for unhappiness among workers. Workers union is there to take care of workers grievous and help them have a happy working condition. A union helps the workers to feel empowered and protected in the company. This is why there are a lot of laws regarding labor laws and their right to form unions in Bangladesh.
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abylon Group does not have a proper product development and designing sector. For this they have to solely rely on their buyers design and dont have the chance to step up with a new design of their own. In this era of globalization a company has to be good in everything to stay sustainable. Without a product development strategy they could be looking at their own loss.
Recommendation: o get a better advantage with the buyers and grab them faster than other garments factories, Babylon has to develop a product design and development department. There they would work with new designs, concepts and materials which would help them attract their buyers even more. Through this department they would research on garment products. This would also give them a competitive advantage over others and help them become a more sustainable and successful business.
Justification: ur country is far away in coming up with new designs if their own. Bangladesh makes readymade garments and they are only specialized on limited products which are creating problems to sustain in competitive edge. To sustain in this global competitive market Bangladesh garment industry need to develop new product & design. Knitting and oven industries require updated technologies to be installed which can be done but we need to be more creative in the RMG sector to grab the market share. If we fail to introduce new design there is a potential risk that the buyers will move to somewhere else like China.
abylon Group does not have a proper training and development program. Although they have training session they are not emphasized enough on the
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subject of why they are actually proving training. The training is more general where it needs to be properly targeted towards a problem solving solution.
Recommendation or a good training program the companys HR department has to work hard. They need to come up with the most effective training and development programs which would train their employees on their respective jobs. This has to be concentrated on the job they are supposed to do as this would make them more efficient when fully trained.
The HR department should evaluate their employees to find out who needs training and who doesnt. Those who needs training they also have to consider that whether they would be successful after training or not. If they are worth the training them the company should consider training them properly to benefit themselves. Also to improve the workers Babylon should give them training on how to produce more efficiently. They can also train them so the workers would work harder and produce better.
Justification: proper training program gives the company a lot of advantages. Through training even unskilled labors can turn into assets. This is why every labor based companies should have an elaborate training programs and workshops. They need to continue training beyond initial qualifications to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout their working life.
Through training in a normal working situation, using the actual tools, equipment, documents or materials that trainees will become more efficient in using those when fully trained. There are lots of expensive machineries and without a trained workforce they can damage their machineries as well. This is why there should always be training programs.
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s there is not any union in Babylon group, there is not any job security of the workers. They dont have any contract and they can let go of any workers anytime without any specific reason. This should not be happening in a big group like this.
Recommendation job security is always needed to motivate the workers. Without the security the workers would always be concerned about their jobs and be less productive. So Babylon should come up with a contract and specific regulations of employment and firing in accordance with the Bangladeshi laws. The HR department has to work hard for this and think of the best employment contract. As a part of a civilized country its people has rights to be employed or be fired with proper justification. Having a workers union would help here a lot. The union would provide protection to its workers and help them stay employed if there is not a proper justification of the dismissal of that person.
Justification: abylon is a large group and they employ a lot of people. While recruiting a worker in the factory there is no written contract is signed in most cases. It is very common that workers sign in a paper which does not secure anything about that worker. The authority upholds the right to fire any worker at any point of time without showing any reason. This should not be happening as Bangladesh is a civilized country and it provides laws to secure employees. Employers always have to reason their decision about the dismissal of a worker. This is why union should be created to deal with these problems better.
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ven though the govt. has increased the wages of garment workers the amount is still inhuman and insulting. As Dhaka is the costliest city of Bangladesh it is not possible to live here with that small amount of wages. With tk. 3000 as the minimal amount, it is hard to live a life when inflation is so high.
Recommendation o ensure a better living of the workers they should be paid more. It is inhuman to pay such small amount and still make them work longer hours. There are lots of factories who do not even pay much overtime and as there is no union the workers can say nothing about it. As long as the betterment of life is concerned it is the employers job to pay more or at least pay an amount with which a person can live. This is where there is really a need of proper union. With a union to protect the employers would have never paid such low amount. Also proper overtime needs to be paid when the workers are working long hours. This overtime would help workers earn some extra for their work. But there should also be a limit of overtime. Workers should not work more than 12 hours a day even while on overtime payment.
Justification: reviously the minimum wage was around 1600 taka. Now it has been raised to Taka 3000 (including benefits) per month which is not even close to live in a city like Dhaka. In this time of high inflation rate, this small amount of money can barely provide the three meals of a day. On the other hand factories claim that they operate one eight hour shift six days a week. To meet delivery deadlines, however, workers are often working after 8pm at night. Sometimes they work till 3am in the morning and report back to start working again five hours later at 8 am morning. By doing this the companies are ignoring govt. policies. Also the overtime amount paid is often not sufficient compared to the work being done.
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age discrimination is still there and it is mostly in the garments sector as a lot of women work there. Men still gets paid a lot more than women for same amount of work and there is none to solve this issue. The govt. has specific laws against discrimination but the companies are not following that all the time.
Recommendation o avoid any discrimination the companys wages policy should be strictly in line with govt. policy. The company should follow these practices accordingly. Also the workers should know about their rights as well. If there was a union there then the union would have worked against this. It is the duty of union to ensure than employee rights are being taken care of and they would work for the equality in workplace.
Without a union working for the workers it is hard to voice their problems. So to erase this problem as we have suggested earlier a union needs to be formed immediately. This way the workers can say that they are being discriminated and try to find a solution in cooperation with the management.
Justification: ender discrimination is a serious violation of law and has a direct negative impact of a companys brand image. As being a large group there should not be gender or any kind of discrimination in a company. Garments main workers are largely women and because of the\m this industry is doing so well. Now if they are being discriminated then it creates a social problem. Company needs to have strict policies against this and should always try to avoid discrimination of any kind.
Discrimination is a social problem and it makes a country look bad in the global market. Garments industry is highly globalized as most of its job is in concern with global buyers or suppliers. If a company does these sorts of practices then its goodwill gets ruined and it might end up losing its business.
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There is no organized union in Babylon Group. Because of this the workers

dont have enough opportunity to talk about their problems. There are discrimination and low minimum wage is happening but the workers dont have any rights to voice their sufferings. Thats why there is an urgent need for union in Babylon group.
To understand and motivate the workers better Babylon group should have
an organized union. We know that without the formation of a proper union the workers would not learn about their rights and would not be able to help themselves. If there is a union then the workers would know that they have the power to speak up. This would motivate them to work hard for the organization. The union leaders would also be able to motivate the workers. So the workers union should be formed as fast as possible.
Unity is the core function of union. All the employees united would create a
bigger force than individuals. Babylons employees should start being concerned about the uncertain future and implement the recommended. Through the union the workers would be able to voice their problems to management. In any typical Bangladeshi garments lots of injustices are happening all the time. This is why it is very important to have a union here. Most of the time the managers are not well educated and they dont care for the workers. A union would organize all its workers and ensure them their labor rights. To take care of all of their rights a union is urgently needed. Through a union the employees would be better taken care of and they would be able to ensure their proper rights.
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To form a union the workers would have to take vote from all he workers. When most of the workers are in favor of union they would file a petition to the managers and ask for the formation of union.
The employees of Babylon Group have to do this. They would come up with the proposal to the management to grant them the formation of union.
Within the factories of Babylon the union has to be formed.
As soon as possible the union has to be formed.
Babylon Group does not have a proper product development and designing
sector. For this they have to solely rely on their buyers design and dont have the chance to step up with a new design of their own. In this era of globalization a company has to be good in everything to stay sustainable. Without a product development strategy they could be looking at their own loss.
To get a better advantage with the buyers and grab them faster than other
garments factories, Babylon has to develop a product design and development department. There they would work with new designs, concepts
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and materials which would help them attract their buyers even more. Through this department they would research on garment products. This would also give them a competitive advantage over others and help them become a more sustainable and successful business.
To gain better competitive advantage Babylon should create a new creative

design department. The duty of this department is to come up with new ideas that their buyers would like and are according to their demand. Although the buyers provide them with specific design, they would not dislike it if the factories can show the, few design of their own. To sustain in this global competitive market Bangladesh garment industry need to develop new product & design. Knitting and oven industries require updated technologies to be installed which can be done but we need to be more creative in the RMG sector to grab the market share. If we fail to introduce new design there is a potential risk that the buyers will move to somewhere else like China.
The directors of Babylon would have to make this decision. They should hire and recruit good Creative designers who would work for them. They should be trained and well educated about the world trends.
The top management should implement this and recruit Creative designers.
This should be done in headquarter of Babylon group. Also they can hire student designers who can come up with new edgy designs.
As soon as possible this needs to be done.

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Babylon Group does not have a proper training and development program.
Although they have training session they are not emphasized enough on the subject of why they are actually proving training. The training is more general where it needs to be properly targeted towards a problem solving solution.
For a good training program the companys HR department has to work hard.
They need to come up with the most effective training and development programs which would train their employees on their respective jobs. This has to be concentrated on the job they are supposed to do as this would make them more efficient when fully trained.
The HR department should evaluate their employees to find out who needs training and who doesnt. Those who needs training they also have to consider that whether they would be successful after training or not. If they are worth the training them the company should consider training them properly to benefit themselves. Also to improve the workers Babylon should give them training on how to produce more efficiently. They can also train them so the workers would work harder and produce better.
HR department should come up with a new efficient training program with the
objective of making its workers more efficient and productive. The training program has to be specific on different types of jobs so that employers can utilize most of the training given to their workers. They need to continue training beyond initial qualifications to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout their working life. As there are lots of expensive machineries, without a trained workforce they can damage the machineries as well. For this there should always be training programs for the new comers as well.
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The HR department would come up with the whole training program and how to give training and whom to give the training to. The training would be given for a specific time period and the objective of training should be cleared to the workers.
By the HR department these traing should be given to underperformers or the workers from whom the company expects more.
This should be implemented in every factory of Babylon Group.
This has to be done as soon as possible. The HR department needs to come up with the plan as soon as they can sort out the people who needs training.
As there is not any union in Babylon group, there is not any job security of the
workers. They dont have any contract and they can let go of any workers anytime without any specific reason. This should not be happening in a big group like this.
A job security is always needed to motivate the workers. Without the security
the workers would always be concerned about their jobs and be less productive. So Babylon should come up with a contract and specific
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regulations of employment and firing in accordance with the Bangladeshi laws. The HR department has to work hard for this and think of the best employment contract. As a part of a civilized country its people has rights to be employed or be fired with proper justification. Having a workers union would help here a lot. The union would provide protection to its workers and help them stay employed if there is not a proper justification of the dismissal of that person.
The HR department has to come up with the full employment policies and
agreements. They would take care of the laws and be according to it. Employers always have to reason their decision about the dismissal of a worker. The union should be active about voicing their problems. They need to go for a collective bargaining with the managers and make sure that their jobs are secured and well planned. The HR department should say what the procedures of dismissal would be.
The union first needs to recognize this problem and talk to the managers. Then the HR department would come up with new policies that favor both the parties.
This should be done in the cooperation of union and management. The workers rights would be taken care of.
This should have been done in every factories of Babylon.
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This has to be done as soon as the union is formed. It would be the union first duty to ensure their job security.
Even though the govt. has increased the wages of garment workers the
amount is still inhuman and insulting. As Dhaka is the costliest city of Bangladesh it is not possible to live here with that small amount of wages. With tk. 3000 as the minimal amount, it is hard to live a life when inflation is so high.
To ensure a better living of the workers they should be paid more. It is

inhuman to pay such small amount and still make them work longer hours. There are lots of factories who do not even pay much overtime and as there is no union the workers can say nothing about it. As long as the betterment of life is concerned it is the employers job to pay more or at least pay an amount with which a person can live. This is where there is really a need of proper union. With a union to protect the employers would have never paid such low amount. Also proper overtime needs to be paid when the workers are working long hours. This overtime would help workers earn some extra for their work. But there should also be a limit of overtime. Workers should not work more than 12 hours a day even while on overtime payment.
The management should consult with the directors about raising workers
wages. The wages also should be discussed with the finance department to come up with a plan which would raise the wages and also give company the freedom to enjoy as much profit as possible. Giving them more salary would motivate them more to work more and produce more. As a result the company
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would be able to sale on greater scale and also export to other countries. This is a great way of motivating the workers and Babylon already has enough profit margins so it would not put the company at loss to pay more.
The managers and the finance department would come up with a new wage plan. They can also offer some benefits to the employees to make them work efficiently. Overtime has to be paid accordingly as well.
The wages of the workers should be raise.
It would be implemented in every factories of Babylon Group.
It should be implemented as soon as possible since the company needs to be more efficient in order to do business properly.
Wage discrimination is still there and it is mostly in the garments sector as a

lot of women work there. Men still gets paid a lot more than women for same amount of work and there is none to solve this issue. The govt. has specific laws against discrimination but the companies are not following that all the time.
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To avoid any discrimination the companys wages policy should be strictly in

line with govt. policy. The company should follow these practices accordingly. Also the workers should know about their rights as well. If there was a union there then the union would have worked against this. It is the duty of union to ensure than employee rights are being taken care of and they would work for the equality in workplace.
Without a union working for the workers it is hard to voice their problems. So to erase this problem as we have suggested earlier a union needs to be formed immediately. This way the workers can say that they are being discriminated and try to find a solution in cooperation with the management.
The company should take a stand against discrimination. They need new
employment and wages policies to remove gender discrimination of their factories. Gender discrimination is a serious violation of law and has a direct negative impact of a companys brand image. As being a large group there should not be gender or any kind of discrimination in a company. Company needs to have strict policies against this and should always try to avoid discrimination of any kind. If the company continues these sorts of practices then its goodwill will get ruined and it might end up losing its business.
Managers would take care of workers problems to make them feel that they are being taken care of. They need to follow govt. rules and regulations and should not go against it. The female employees should be paid same as male employees if they are doing the same job. No exceptions should be allowed in this matter.
The management needs to take steps towards erasing discrimination.
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This should also be implemented in every factories of Babylon Group because those workers are the people who needs help the most.
This is a problem which needs to be worked on all the time. They should start working on this as soon this possible.
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