Supply Chain Management

HALF A CENTURY OF
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT AT
WALMART
Aditi Aggarwal - 220103013
Chetana Rai - 220102022
Himanshu Bathla - 220101175
Kushagra Parihar - 220103100
P Anil - 220103121
Parthajit Paul - 220101143
Pratik Ghosh - 220103131
Agenda Introduction

The Retail Industry

1

About Walmart 4

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAL-MART’S SUPPLY CHAIN 5

The Supply Chain 6

Walmart's Initiatives 7

Walmart's Competitors 8

The Decision 9
The Retail
Industry
U.S. retail sales, reached US$3.9 trillion in 2011
Retailers competed at local, regional and
national levels, with major chains such as Wal-
Mart and Costco
The top 200 retailers accounted for
approximately 30 per cent of worldwide retail
sales
Mainly 2 prcing stratergy - “hi-lo pricing,” and
everyday low price (EDLP)
A growing trend for the global retailers was
international expansion, especially in Asia,
South America and Africa
About Wal-Mart was the number one
retailer in the world with fiscal year

Walmart
2011

.It had over 2 million employees and

8,500 stores in 15 countries, the
result of a series of acquisitions over
the past 20 years.

Wal-Mart’s strategy was to provide

a broad assortment of quality
merchandise and services at
“everyday low prices”
THE Procurement

DEVELOPMENT
OF WAL- Distribution

MART’S
SUPPLY CHAIN Store Network

MIS

Human Resources

THE •Walmart purchases in bulk for Merchandizing Centre

SUPPLY •Real Time Sales Data is collected, and Stores are monitored
Continuously

CHAIN •Walmart has High Bargaining Power

•Supplier network is connected with Store inventory Data

•Walmart offers additional benefits in the form of just in-time

delivery of merchandise to stores

•No external Influence in Labor force that affects supply chain

management
 Walmart Initiatives

•Explicit channels for Wal-Mart's

interactions with important •Better cost concessions Global
being made
vendors in the world markets Sourcing

Aimed to build a “continuous •Encouraging hourly

salespeople to increase online

channel approach” to promote
both online and offline sales.
sales Multi-channel
Strategy
Aligned merchandise flow, labour

and delivery schedules together. •Reduce spending by about $2

Reorganized high-velocity DCs billion and enhance in-store
and labels for ease of transfer of inventory management
Project One
product. Touch
Walmart's
Competitors

In the emerging market, Walmart

has a lot of competitors both in
offline and online markets. Here is
the list of some major competitors.
DECISION —
HOLD, BUY
OR SELL