Supply chain management Walmart presentation slides

3.  Wal-Mart, an American
multinational corporation that
runs a chain of warehouse stores.
 Established in 1962, Arkansas-
USA
 Sam Walton-founder & Mike
duke-current CEO
 Wal-Mart is the world largest
retailor with more than 6500 stores
world wide
 Successful due to its IT usage in
Supply Chain Management.

4.  “People think we got big by putting big stores in
small towns. Really, we got big by replacing
inventory with information” ,Sam Walton.
 Walmart could replenish stock at any of it’s 1525
stores in US within 24 hours.
 EDLP, (every day low pricing)
 High volume, grabbing increased market share.

5.  RFID (Radio Frequency
IDentification
 VMI ( Vendor Managed
Inventory)
 CPFR (Collaborative
Planning, Forcasting and
Replenishment)
 SKU’s (Stock Keeping
Units)
 UPC (Universal Product
code) Barcodes

6.  Wal-Mart introduced RFID in 2003
 Radio-frequency identification, or RFID,
transfers data stored on tags on a product or
other object, facilitating identification and
tracking.
 One use of RFID technology familiar to many
people is in vehicle transponders for toll
collections.
 The company initially introduced RFID to track
pallets of merchandise traveling along its supply
chain, including at warehouses.

7.  Wal-Mart’s supply chain initiative
called VMI — vendor managed
inventory — manufacturers became
responsible for managing their products
in Wal-Mart’s warehouses.
 As a result, Wal-Mart could expect close
to 100 percent order fulfillment on
merchandise.

8.  Wal-Mart implemented the first
companywide use of Universal
Product Code bar codes, in which
store level information was
immediately collected and
analyzed.
 Through a global satellite system,
Retail Link is connected to
analysts who forecast supplier
demands to the supplier network,
which displays real-time sales
data from cash registers and to
Wal-Mart’s distribution centers.

9.  CPFR an integrated
approach of collaborative
planning, Forecasting and
replenishment.
 By sharing critical supply
chain information, such as
data on promotions,
inventory levels and daily
sales.

12.  In conclusion, Wal-Mart is the number one
retailer in the United States and is at the top
of the Fortune 500 listing. Wal-Mart operates
in many countries world-wide and is moving
into new countries every year.
 Wal-Mart is also expanding as a retailer. They
have expanded into many other sectors of the
marketplace, including groceries, gas stations,
electronics, and auto maintenance. Each year,
Wal-Mart finds new ways to grow and offer
more services to their customers.