BY: AMALESWARI

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• Walmart, an American multinational retail

corporation that runs chains of largest department
and warehouse stores.

• History: July 2, 1962 (Arkansas; USA).

• Founder: Sam Walton.

• CEO: Carl Douglas McMillion.

• Industry: Retail.

• Area servied: World -Wide.

• Products: SuperMarket; Hypermarket; SuperStore;

Convenience Shop.

• Revenue: US$559.2 billions.

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• Walmart is Succesfull because to its IT’s usage in supply chain management.

• It is known for its innovative business pratices.

• First Company to centralize distribution system.

• Front runners to employing IT to manage its supply chain process.

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• EDI :- Electronic Data Interchange.

• Standard formart for exchanging business documents.

• Documents exchanged between suppliers and retailers.

• EDI has two componets:

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• Walmart believes that its business partners should all be using EDI since it
decreases human interaction and errors, eliminates costs of physical file
storage, reduces management time, and reduces transaction time realized with
EDI.
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• Using Bar code scanners, An analysis of daily, weekly, monthly sales data
helped the store manager determine what products were selling and at what
quantity.

• Accordingly, the store manager would place orders in manufacturing division.

• Edi also helped suppliers.

• Right merchandize at the right time, and have it at right place at right price
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• Physical Flow
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SUPPLIERS WAREHOUSE PLANT WAREHOUSE DEARLERS CUSTOMERS

• Title Flow
SUPPLIERS PLANT CUSTOMERS

• Patment Flow
SUPPLIERS PLANT DEARLERS CUSTOMERS
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• Information Flow

SUPPLIERS WAREHOUSE PLANT WAREHOUSE DEARLERS CUSTOMERS

• Promotion Flow

SUPPLIERS PLANT DEARLERS CUSTOMERS

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• An important feature of Wal-Mart‟s logistics infrastructure was its fast and

responsive transportation system.

• The distribution centers were serviced by more than 3500 company owned
trucks with honorary walmart drivers.

• To make its distribution process more efficient, Wal-Mart also made use of a
logistics technique called “cross-docking.”

• The system reduced the handling and storage of finished goods, virtually
eliminating the role of the distribution centers and stores.
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• Walmart heavly invested in IT and Communication system.

• With rapid expansion it became essential to have good communication

system.

• Hence walmart setup its own Satellite Communication System in 1983.

• In 1998 walmart installed Voice-based Order Filling system in all its grocery
distribution system.
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Map of countries with Walmart stores:

  Current market locations

  Former market locations

  No current market locations

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