Enterprise Systems

TYPES OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS

Case Study – Walmart

 Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains

of large departments and warehouse stores.

 The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962.

 As of July 31, 2019, Walmart has 11,389 stores and clubs in 27 countries
Supply Chain Management (SCM)

 Challenges faced by Walmart:

 1. Manual processing of hundreds of purchase orders, invoices,

and billing information.

 2. Walmart had to cater for additional warehouse space to

accommodate excess inventories.

 3. Walmart had to track uprising amount of inbound

and outbound logistics
Supply Chain Management (SCM)

 Solutions adopted by Walmart:

 1. Embraced new technology Electronic Data Interchange
Supply Chain Management (SCM)

 Solutions adopted by Walmart:

 2. Use cross docking approach which helped in
 a. reducing excessive inventory by replenishing only
when required
 b. reducing the need for additional warehouse costs
 c. reducing the transportation time
 d. improve overall efficiency of the supply chain
Supply Chain Management (SCM)

 Solutions adopted by Walmart:

 3. Using RFID technology to:
 a. Identify and track inventory through the supply chain.
 b. allows for fast and easy real-time transfer of data
stored on tags on a product.
 c. provide more details than a barcode tag about
supplier details and so on.