Sicily Garments
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sicily Garments Ltd was started by Mr. S. M. Morshed in Mothertek, Dhaka. Mr. Morshed dreamed about having his own company from the late 80s and finally was successful in the 1995. Initially the factory only had 3 lines and the work was divided among departments like administrative (mainly controlled by the managing director himself), cutting, pattern and sampling and finally sewing. Sicily Garments mainly concentrated on making Woven wears. Woven wears brings the industry the most export earnings and therefore the competition in this sector is more than the others. The company produces jackets, jogging suits, woven pants, etc in various colors, sizes and patterns as market demand. Even though the company started with only 375 employees, by 2002 the company was operating with 550 employees working on 315 machineries and again in just two years the company expanded for the second time operating with 750 employees with 450 machineries. Eighty to ninety percentages of the company’s employees are women and there is no presence of child labor. The safety measures taken by the company are high as it is required for a good name in the international market. No training is provided to employees because the turnover rate is very high. Sicily Garments Ltd is an export-oriented company and has a turnover of about $ 3 million per year. Currently Bangladesh's RMG sector employs about 1.8 million workers in 3600 factories, which is about one-fourth of the number of employees engaged in the manufacturing sector. About 80 per cent of the workers in the RMG factories are women. The employment of women in this sector has created empowerment amongst women of the lower segment of society. It is a big social contribution of RMG sector of Bangladesh because 50 percent of our population, the women, been neglected in other industries.
BACKGROUND
SICILY GARMENTS LTD
Sicily Garments Ltd was started by Mr. S. M. Morshed in Mothertek, Dhaka. Mr. Morshed dreamed
Sicily Garments Ltd was started by Mr. S. M. Morshed in Mothertek, Dhaka. Mr. Morshed dreamed about having his own company from the late 80s and finally was successful in the 1995. Initially the factory only had 3 lines and the work was divided among departments like administrative (mainly controlled by the managing director himself), cutting, pattern and sampling and finally sewing. Sicily Garments mainly concentrated on making Woven wears. Woven wears brings the industry the most export earnings and therefore the competition in this sector is more than the others. The company produces jackets, jogging suits, woven pants, etc in various colors, sizes and patterns as market demand. Even though the company started with only 375 employees, by 2002 the company was operating with 550 employees working on 315 machineries and again in just two years the company expanded for the second time operating with 750 employees with 450 machineries. Eighty to ninety percentages of the company’s employees are women and there is no presence of child labor. The safety measures taken by the company are high as it is required for a good name in the international market. No training is provided to employees because the turnover rate is very high. Sicily Garments Ltd is an export-oriented company and has a turnover of about $ 3 million per year. Currently Bangladesh's RMG sector employs about 1.8 million workers in 3600 factories, which is about one-fourth of the number of employees engaged in the manufacturing sector. About 80 per cent of the workers in the RMG factories are women. The employment of women in this sector has created empowerment amongst women of the lower segment of society. It is a big social contribution of RMG sector of Bangladesh because 50 percent of our population, the women, been neglected in other industries.
BACKGROUND
SICILY GARMENTS LTD
Sicily Garments Ltd was started by Mr. S. M. Morshed in Mothertek, Dhaka. Mr. Morshed dreamed