wal mart supply chain management case study question with answer.

1. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
WAL-MART SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED BY:
ANKIT GANGWAL
VAIBHAV MALHOTRA
SUBIMITTED TO:
Dr.G.S.DANGAYACH
HEAD,DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
MALVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JAIPUR-302017
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2. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
QUESTION - 1
Q:Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in
retail industry because of its focus on supply chain
management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistics
system adopted by Wal-Mart.
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3. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
Answer-1
Major strategy of Wal-Mart is to buy goods from direct
manufactures and they don't give any room to suppliers because
they will pick up goods from suppliers by own trucks
Wal-Mart preferred local and regional vendors and suppliers for
better and fast SCM.
Wal-mart had over 40 distribution centers located at dierent
geographical locations in US. Over 80,000 items were stocked in
these centers. And its own warehouse directly supplied 85
percent of the inventory, as compare to 50-65 percents of
competitors.
Ship pining cost for Wal-mart worked out to be roughly 3% as
against 5% for competitors.
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4. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
QUESTION-2
The use of innovative information technology tools had
bene

5. ted Wal-mart's supply chain management. In the light of
the above statement, brie
y explain how IT bene

6. ted
Wal-Mart's logistics and inventory management.
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7. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
ANSWER-2
Employees at the stores had the `Magic Wand' , a hand { held
computer which was linked to in-store terminals through a RFID
network.
These helped them to keep track of the inventory in stores,
delivers and backup merchandise in stock at the distribution
centers.
And Point {of-Sales is done by Computer system.
They have also developed algorithm system which enabled it to
forecast the exact quantities of each items to be delivered, based
on the inventories in each store.
They have also made use of bar code and radio frequency
technology to manage its inventories. This has enabled easy
order packing and physical counting of the inventories.
They have invested $4 bn to build retail link system to monitor
the sales of their goods at stores and replenish inventories.
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8. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
And they owned the largest and most sophisticated computer
system in private sector by making it eective in all companies
operation; Wal-mart provides uninterrupted service to its
customers, supplier, stockholders and trading partner.
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9. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
QUESTION-3
What were the supply chain management process adopted
by Wal-mart and how far were the eective? Discuss
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10. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
ANSWER-3
They have developed fastest logistics infrastructure by giving service
with 3,500 company owned trucks. And for that they have hired only
experienced drivers who are truly professional.
And they have to deliver loaded trucks from the distribution
center to retail store each and every information and tracking of
driver and truck is recorded by computerized systems.
Driver is allowed to bring trailer in speci

11. c time only, they
unload trucks in nights and in the gaps of two our so that they
can track record of every items.
And they have also taken record of every driver by Private Fleet
Driver Handbook. In which they keeps every detail of driver's
activities.
And to make its distribution process more ecient, Wal-mart
uses logistic technique known as Cross Docking. By that they
have reduced the handling and store of

12. nished goods, virtually
eliminating the role of the distribution centers and stores.
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13. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
QUESTION-4
What was the nature of bene

14. ted derived by Wal-mart from
the ecient supply chain management practice and how far it
has contributed to its sustainable competitive advantage?
Explain.
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15. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
ANSWER-4
Their core competency are vast range of products at lowest cost
in shortest possible time.
They have managed very good relations with suppliers and also
vendors.
They have always tried to deliver a product at minimum price to
the customer. And by analyzing market demand and customer
needs they succeeded every task.
Wal-mart's consistent
ow of products to support the supply
function is also its core competency. By enabling barcode
technology and hand-held computer systems they operates
smoother and faster.
Another technique they have adopted is cross docking by which
they changed their practice and focused `demand chain' from
`supply chain' which meant that instead of the retailer 'pushing
products in to the system', ` customer could pull products, when
they needed and where they need.
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16. WAL-MART
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
CASE STUDY
PRESENTED
BY:
ANKIT
GANGWAL
VAIBHAV
MALHOTRA
QUESTION-1
QUESTION-2
QUESTION-3
QUESTION-4
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