Prologue Bangladesh's apparel businesses are dealing with significant difficulties in both production and sourcing because of...

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Prologue Bangladesh's apparel businesses are dealing with significant difficulties in both production and sourcing because of the lack of vessels, increased freight costs, and supply chain disruption caused by the Russia- Ukraine war. Once more, purchasers are changing their plans and even canceling orders to a medium to large extent. Recent gas and energy rationing has made the situation worse in addition to these issues. The industries must nevertheless pay the workers, machine maintenance, and facility fees although output is severely hindered and delayed. They initially tried to solve this issue by laying off the employees, but this strategy backfired because the fired employees changed employment, leading to a scarcity of trained people. The Task Considering all the aspects, as an Industrial engineer, suggest: 1. How to use project management tools to manage order disruption 2. How to reduce disruption in sourcing by utilizing industry 4.0 (data analytics, lot, and data mining). 3. How to best utilize the resources at hand to address the uncertain demand-supply scenario Instructions The abstract of the solution must be written within 200 words (annexure excluded) focusing on the points discussed above. Following are the judging criteria against which your work will be evaluated: The novelty of your idea Feasibility in social, environmental, and technical perspectives Case presentation style The practical applicability of the idea in the real-life scenario Prologue Bangladesh's apparel businesses are dealing with significant difficulties in both production and sourcing because of the lack of vessels, increased freight costs, and supply chain disruption caused by the Russia- Ukraine war. Once more, purchasers are changing their plans and even canceling orders to a medium to large extent. Recent gas and energy rationing has made the situation worse in addition to these issues. The industries must nevertheless pay the workers, machine maintenance, and facility fees although output is severely hindered and delayed. They initially tried to solve this issue by laying off the employees, but this strategy backfired because the fired employees changed employment, leading to a scarcity of trained people. The Task Considering all the aspects, as an Industrial engineer, suggest: 1. How to use project management tools to manage order disruption 2. How to reduce disruption in sourcing by utilizing industry 4.0 (data analytics, lot, and data mining). 3. How to best utilize the resources at hand to address the uncertain demand-supply scenario Instructions The abstract of the solution must be written within 200 words (annexure excluded) focusing on the points discussed above. Following are the judging criteria against which your work will be evaluated: The novelty of your idea Feasibility in social, environmental, and technical perspectives Case presentation style The practical applicability of the idea in the real-life scenario