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    Walmart is a large retail corporation founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. It operates hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart's vision is to be the best retailer for customers and employees, while its mission is to save people money so they can live better. Walmart has divisions including Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It uses technology like barcodes and business intelligence platforms from SAP to gain efficiencies in its large global supply chain.

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    Walmart is a large retail corporation founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. It operates hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart's vision is to be the best retailer for customers and employees, while its mission is to save people money so they can live better. Walmart has divisions including Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It uses technology like barcodes and business intelligence platforms from SAP to gain efficiencies in its large global supply chain.

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    Walmart is a large retail corporation founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. It operates hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart's vision is to be the best retailer for customers and employees, while its mission is to save people money so they can live better. Walmart has divisions including Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It uses technology like barcodes and business intelligence platforms from SAP to gain efficiencies in its large global supply chain.

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    Walmart is a large retail corporation founded in 1962 by Sam Walton. It operates hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart's vision is to be the best retailer for customers and employees, while its mission is to save people money so they can live better. Walmart has divisions including Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It uses technology like barcodes and business intelligence platforms from SAP to gain efficiencies in its large global supply chain.

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    Walmart at a glance

    Walmart is a retailing corporation


    that operates as a chain of
    hypermarkets, discount department
    stores, and grocery stores

    founded by Sam Walton in 1962

    Headquartered in Bentonville,
    Arkansas,USA
    Vision
    “To be the best retailer
    in the hearts and
    minds of consumers
    and employees.”

    Mission
    “Saving people money so
    they can live better.”

    Slogan
    Save Money. Live better
    • "The secret of successful retailing is to give
    your customers what they want. And really, if
    you think about it from your point of view as
    a customer, you want everything: a wide
    assortment of goodquality merchandise; the
    lowest possible prices; guaranteed
    satisfaction with what you buy; friendly,
    knowledgeable service; convenient hours;
    free parking; a pleasant shopping
    experience."
    • - Sam Walton (1918-1992)
    Divisions

    • Walmart U.S.

    • Walmart International

    • Sam's Club

    • Global E- Commerce
    What is
    Walmart's
    Secret to
    Success?
    Single focus to keep prices low
    Minimizing operating costs
    Leveraging technology - The Barcode

    23/03/2019 HENRY
    Motivating the Associates

    Dealing Directly With


    Manufacturers

    Advanced Supply Chain


    Management
    Jet's Ecommerce Platform

    Walmart acquired struggling grocery ecommerce platform Jet


    late in 2016 for $3.3 billion. Jet was built on a principle of
    offering price incentives to drive further purchases. For
    example, if a customer puts flour in their basket, Jet's AI may
    recommend eggs and milk at a discounted price to
    complement it.
    • It is a computerized database of financial information organized
    and programmed in such a way that it produces regular reports
    on operations for every level of management in a company
    • This concept include systems termed transaction processing
    system, decision support system, expert systems and executive
    information system
    • Its main purpose is to give managers feedback about their own
    performance
    WalMart, which has been using SAP technology in its back
    office operations since 2007, now uses the SAP HANA
    business intelligence platform to perform tasks such as
    processing the company’s half a trillion transaction records.
    SWOT ANALYSIS
    STRENGTHS

    • Global organizational size


    • Global supply chain
    • High efficiency of supply chain

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    WEAKNESS

    • Thin profit margins


    • Easily copied business model
    • Competitive disadvantage
    against high-end specialty
    sellers

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    OPPORTUNITIES

    • Expansion in developing
    countries
    • Improvement in human
    resource practices to develop
    competitiveness in the labor
    market
    • Improvement in quality
    standards

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    THREATS

    • Healthy lifestyle trend


    • Aggressive competition
    • Online retailers of various sizes

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