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Walmart Supply Chain Management
Walmart Supply Chain Management
SCM system
practices
MIS Case Study
15 March 2013
Walmart
Walmart, an Americanmultinationalretail
corporation that runs chains of large department and
warehouse stores
Established 1962, Arkansan-USA
Sam Walton- Founder & Mike duke- current CEO
Successful due to its IT usage in SCM
Introduction to case
1990 Superseded K-Mart rival retail chain as one of
the largest retailing chain in US
1991- Superseded Sears Roebuck & Company and
became the largest retailing chain in US
In November 2003, Wal-Mart, worlds largest retailer,
planned to replace bar code technology with RFID.
Objective: To enhance supply chain efficiency
Expected they could save $8.35 million per year
primarily in labor costs
Background Note
GPS
Barriers to CPFR
Problems
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