The spectre of automation has hung over Bangladesh’s garment industry for as long as I have been a factory owner. Now and then, we hear talk that automation will soon become mainstream within the industry, and that the lack of automation is holding our industry back and preventing it from fulfilling its potential. There are also those who argue that automation could help to increase our (historically low) productivity levels.
There is no doubt that automation can be both a threat and an opportunity for our garment industry and its workers, depending on how it is implemented and managed. There […]
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