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Bangladesh's factories turn to surveillance, automation; workers feel pressure
Facing competition from Vietnam and Cambodia, factories are using automation and surveillance to ramp up production and cut labor costs.
Having computerized machines drive human labor is meant to solve a critical problem facing Bangladesh’s garment sector: rising wages in a nation whose competitive edge historically has been its cheap workforce. After installing Nidle and semi-automatic machines in the factories owned by Team Group, a Bangladeshi conglomerate that supplies brands including H&Mand Guess, production has increased by up to 10%, according to Abdulla Hil Rakib, the managing director. The top international brands prefer smart factories, according to Kazi Ehtesham Shahid, deputy general manager of information technology at Urmi Group, whose buyers include H&M, Uniqlo, and Marks and Spencer.
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