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Department of textile engineering

Course Title: Industrial compliance and ISO certification
Course Code: MGT-4027
Assignment Topic: 1.Compliance in manufacturing
2. Fire Safety
Submitted to:
Dr.Mahmudul Akonda
Assistant Professor
Department of Textile Engineering
Submitted by:
Name: Aomith deb
Id: 2015000400042
Batch: 28th
Major: FMT
Submission Date: 03.07.2018
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Manufacturing Compliance:

Introduction:-
Manufacturing compliance comprises the technical, legal and
corporate requirements, regulations and practices
manufacturers must comply with in order to produce and
market products. The risk of non-compliance has become an
increasingly major concern in recent years, particularly for
manufacturers with operations in multiple countries and
jurisdictions. This development has been further heightened by
the increasing role of governmental regulatory bodies in certain
industry sectors, along with the emergence of global standards
to address the increasingly global nature of manufacturing.

Regulatory compliance describes the goal that organizations

aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware
of and take steps to comply with relevant laws, policies, and
regulations. In a company compliance or acting according to a
set of rules is a fact of doing business whether you are a
business owner executive .HR manager or sales representative.
Navigating the path to compliance requires proactive planning
and organization but doesn’t have to be overwhelming. We
have identified four common areas of compliance to consider
when creating your compliance road map.RMG sector of
Bangladesh needs to improve the factory working environment
and various social issues related to the Industry.
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Types of Compliances:
There have two types of compliances such as,

1. Regulatory compliances.
2. Statutory compliances.

Regulatory compliances:
In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a
specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance
describes the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their
efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to
comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.

Statutory compliances:
Statutory means of or related to statutes, or what we normally
call laws or regulations. Compliance just means to comply with
or adhere to. So statutory compliance means you are following
the law on a given issue. The term is most often used with
organizations, who must follow lots of regulation. When they
forget or refuse to follow some of those regulations, they are
out of statutory compliance. A company that follows all the
rules is in statutory compliance.
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Compliance in manufacturing:
Manufacturing companies face relentless pressures building
competitive products and operate profitably in an increasingly
complex global market. These are challenging enough,
especially for smaller organizations. However, manufacturing
companies are also subject to an unrelenting torrent of
standards, regulations, due diligence requirements and
practices they must comply with in order to produce and
market their products. The complexity of managing and
ensuring compliance and the risk of non-compliance are a
major concern for manufacturers, especially for global
companies, due to the increasing toll by local standards and
regulations.

Code of Conduct (COC): It has nine core areas to be

addressed upon. These are as follows such as:-
1. Child labor
2. Forced labor
3. Health and safety
4. Compensation
5. Working hours
6. Discrimination
7. Discipline
8. Free association and collective bargaining
9. Management systems.
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Articles:
The strategic goals of most manufacturing companies are to
manufacture competitive products, operate profitably, and
grow their business in an environment of increasing
globalization and elevated product development costs. This is
challenging enough in itself; but in market sectors such as
medical device and biotech manufacturing, the task is even
more daunting due to the additional burden of dealing with the
various facets of manufacturing compliance originating from
the FDA, EPA, and SEC, among others.
Numerous areas of compliance can come to bear on
manufacturers directly or indirectly, including:
 Product safety
 Health, safety, and environmental impact
 Data protection
 Export controls
 Anti-corruption
 IT safety and security
 Employment law

Compliance in garments industry:

Bangladesh has emerged as a key player in RMG sector since
1978. Textiles and clothing account for about 85% of total
export earnings of Bangladesh. Out of which, 76% comes from
the apparel sector which covers the major products of knit and
woven shirts, blouses, trousers, skirts, shorts, jackets, sweaters,
sports wears and many more casual and fashion items.
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The pivotal factor in the apparel industry is the workforce i.e.

the sewing operators, the helpers, cutting masters, pattern
makers, finishers etc. Bangladesh is endowed with abundant
and cheap labor force that is easily trainable and convertible into
semi-skilled and skilled workforce Quality of goods exported
from Bangladesh has always been questioned by the foreign
buyers due to lack of experience and awareness of Garment
manufacturers associated in the trade. In order to export
readymade garments, it is not only the quality parameters
which are important towards acceptance of the product as per
the intended end use, but also the working environment in
which the garments are to be produced. The core areas of
social accountability are, basically, based on the principles of
international human rights, local culture and tradition. The
prime objective of the system is to protect the human rights in
RMG sector.
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Compensation and Working Hours:

Violation: Weekend and overnight worked hours were not

recorded in the time cards and payroll sheets and also not
compensated properly.

Corrective Action: Factory shall record all worked hours in

payroll sheets and time cards and shall compensate those
correctly. This is to satisfy The Payment of Wage Rules, 1937 of
Bangladesh.

Violation: Female workers were working from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.

as overtime.

Corrective Action: Factory shall allow female workers to work

between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. only with a view to comply with The
Factories Act, 1965, Chapter-6, Bangladesh.

Violation: Overtime worked hours had exceeded the legal limits

of stipulated hours per month with a large margin.

Corrective Action: Factory shall not allow anyone to work more

than 10 hours per day and 60 hours per week. The duration of
60 hours per week shall be represented as 48 hours general
duty plus 12 hours overtime as per the local law of Bangladesh.
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Child Labour:
Violation: Child labour was found at the factory. It was
confirmed from the verification of personal document and the
appearance of the employee. From the workers interview, it
was understood that one worker was about 13 years old.

Corrective Action: According to The Factory Act of 1968 in the

Bangladesh Labour Code, any person who has not completed
sixteen years of age is defined as a child. Article 66 prohibits the
employment of any children under the age of fourteen. Factory
management agreed to take care of this matter.
Most child labourers have been cleared out of Bangladesh’s
RMG sector under international pressure, but sporadic cases
still exist due to economic reason.

Forced Labour:
No such cases were found wherein there was use of forced
labour in the factories. Direct evidence which indicates
personnel shall require lodging deposits or identity papers upon
commencing employment with the company was also not
available.

Health & Safety:

Violation: Workers did not use gloves and/or masks while
handling chemicals and dyes in chemical storage area of Dyeing
Department.
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Corrective Action: In order to comply with The Factories Act,

1965, Chapter 3 and 4 of Bangladesh, management shall
provide adequate gloves and/or masks to the appropriate
workers. They must be motivated through training to use such
protective equipment for safety.

Violation: Number of toilets in the production floor are not

sufficient to cover all the employees.

Corrective Action: Factory shall construct sufficient number of

toilets in accordance with The Factories Act, 1965, Chapter- 3
and 4.

Violation: No soap and towels were there inside all the toilets
in a factory.

Corrective Action: Soaps and towels are to be provided at all

the toilets in the factory.
Discrimination:
Violation: Factory management is reluctant to recruit
employees from the area where the factory is situated. This is
not only to avoid local protests against working condition, but
also due to fear of post scenario of a disciplinary case. Thus,
there is discrimination in hiring workforce.
Corrective Action: To comply with social accountability
standard, recruitment shall not be biased towards avoiding
local candidate at the time of recruitment.
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Fire Safety:
Introduction: Industrial Fire Safety is the set of practices
intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Industrial
Fire Safety measures include those that are intended to prevent
ignition of an uncontrolled fire, and those that are used to limit
the development and effects of a fire after it starts.

What is industrial fire safety?

Industrial fire safety is primarily a management activity which is
concerned with –
1. Reducing
2. Controlling
3. Eliminating fire accident from the industries or industrial
unit.

Cause of industrial fire accident:

1. Unsafe condition:
-The job itself
-Psychological conditions
-Machinery & Equipment

2. Unsafe acts.

3. Miscellaneous causes.
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Objectives of industrial fire safety:-

 To prevent fire accident in the plant by reducing the fire

hazard to minimum.

 To eliminate fir accident caused work stoppage and lost

production.

 To achieve lower workmen’s compensation, insurance

rates and reduce all other direct and indirect cost of fire
accidents.

 To prevent loss of life permanent disability and the loss of

income of worker by eliminating cause of fire accident.

 To evaluate employee’s confidence by promoting safe

work place and good working condition.

Common causes for fire hazard in industries:

Electrical system that is overloaded, resulting in hot

wiring or connection or failed components.
Combustible storage areas with insufficient protection.
Combustibles near equipment that generate heat, flame
or sparks.
Candles and others open flame.
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Smoking (Cigarettes, cigars, pipe, lighters etc.).

Flammable liquids and aerosols.
Flammable solvents.
Fireplace chimneys are not properly cleaned.
 Electrical wiring in poor conditions.
Leaking batteries.
Electronic and electrical equipment.
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Safety inspection procedure:

Safety audit: Safety audit subjects each area of a company’s

activity to a systematic critical examination with the object of
minimizing the loss.

Safety survey: A safety survey is a detailed examination in

depth of a narrower field of activity.

Safety inspection: A routine schedule inspection of a unit or

department which may be carried out by someone from
within the unit possible accompanied by the fire safety
advisor.

Fire safety equipments and their purposes:

Fire extinguisher cylinder: It prevents the chemical reactions
involving heat, fuel, and oxygen (combustion),
thus extinguishing the fire. Sodium bicarbonate was the first
of the dry chemical agents developed. In the heat of a fire, it
releases a cloud of carbon dioxide that smothers the fire.
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Fire alarm panel: Along with the indicator on the panel,

notification appliances, such as horns and strobes, are also
activated. An alarm condition, the fire alarm panel indicates
where the alarm originated.

Fire Damper: Fire dampers are passive fire protection

products used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
(HVAC) ducts to prevent the spread of fire inside the
ductwork through fire-resistance rated walls and floors.

Fire alarm: The purpose of an automatic fire-alarmsystem is

to detect an occurrence, alert the control panel and proper
authorities, and notify the occupants to take action.
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Escape chute: An escape chute is a special kind of

emergency exit, used where conventional fire stairways are
impractical. The chute is a fabric (or occasionally metal) tube
installed near a special exit on an upper floor or roof of a
building, or a tall structure. During use, the chute is
deployed, and may be secured at the bottom by a fire
fighting crew some distance out from the building. Once the
tube is ready, escapees enter the tube and slide down to a
lower level or the ground level.
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Water hose pipe reel: A fire hose (or fire hose) is a high-
pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant (such
as foam) to afire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches either
to a fire engine or a fire hydrant. Indoors, it can permanently
attach to a building's standpipe or plumbing system.

How to Respond if a Fire Starts:

It’s important that everyone in the workplace is prepared for a

fire. Workers need to know what to do in case a fire occurs and
how to work together to effectively stop the advance of a fire.

Through fire safety training, workers learn:

The company’s emergency plan

The worker’s role in the emergency plan
How to activate the fire alarm so the building occupants can
escape
To leave the area immediately, closing all doors behind them
Where designated muster areas are located outside the
building
What to do if they encounter heat or smoke upon exiting
How to fight a small fire with a portable extinguisher
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Workers and employers need to take fire drills seriously and

learn from them to improve response. By practicing what to do
in a fire, flaws in the emergency plan can be revealed and those
faults can then be addressed. Practice also builds confidence
and helps keep everyone calm in the event of a real fire.

Why is Fire Safety Training Important?

Fires destroy property, cause injuries, and take lives. A fire in
the workplace can also mean the termination of jobs, as many
of the offices and factories destroyed by fire in Canada are
never rebuilt. One of the key strategies to maintaining a safe
workplace and preventing fires is fire safety training.

With proper training workers can eliminate fire hazards and

respond quickly and efficiently if a fire breaks out. Without
proper training a small occurrence can quickly grow to become
a major incident with devastating outcomes.

Everyone is at risk if there is a fire. However, there are some

workers who may be at greater risk because of when or where
they work, or because they’re not familiar with the premises or
the equipment at the work site.

Fire safety training can teach workers how to recognize fire

hazards, conduct a fire safety risk assessment, prevent a
workplace fire, and respond if a fire occurs.
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Conclusion:
Compliance means to comply with something or yield to the
wishes of another. Compliances ensure all labor rights and
facilities according to the buyer code of conduct. The aim of
compliance is to maintain strictly the labor law. In
general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a
specification, policy, standard or law.
Everyone is responsible for preventing fires in the workplace
employers and employees alike.
In addition to possible injury and loss of life, a serious fire can
close down a workplace resulting in significant job losses. It is
possible to reduce the threat of fire to people and property by
teaching everyone to work together to prevent fires with
comprehensive fire safety training.

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