The report reflects what we learned from GBMP 517 and uses that knowledge to provide recommendation for improving the supply chain management process of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Canadian division Walmart Canada Corp.

1. Walmart Canada Corp.
GBMP 517 – Final Group Project By:
Chandra Vijay Dubey (822-766-275) | Gaurav Maganlal Vasani (824-141-527)
Jeff Dagg (823-967-674) | Varun Thakur (823-041-298)

2. Table of Contents
 Company Overview
 Walmart’s Financial Status
 Walmart Canada Corp.
 Walmart Discount Stores
 Walmart Supercenters
 Walmart’s Supply Chain
 Warehouse
Replenishment
 Assembly Replenishment
 Direct-to-Store SCM
 Recommendations

3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) operates retail stores in
various formats across the world. The retail formats
operated by Walmart include discount stores,
supercenters, neighborhood markets and other small
store formats.
 Walmart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

4. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 Internationally, the company has presence in Canada,
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, China, India, Japan,
Mexico, the UK and Africa.
 Walmart Canada Corp. is the Canadian division of
Walmart.

5. Walmart’s Financial Status
 Walmart recorded revenues of $469,162 million in
FY2013, an increase of 5% over FY2012.
 The operating profit of the company was $27,801 million
in FY2013, an increase of 4.7% over FY2012.
 The net profit was $16,999 million in FY2013, an
increase of 8.3% over FY2012.

6. Walmart Canada Corp.
 Walmart Discount Stores
 Walmart Discount Stores
are discount department
stores with an average store
covering about 102,000
square feet.
 Walmart Discount Stores
carry limited grocery items.

7. Walmart Canada Corp.
 Walmart Supercenters
 With the success of both Walmart
in Canada and Walmart
Supercenters in the United
States, Supercentres concept was
introduced in Canada.
 Walmart Supercentres stock
everything a Walmart Discount
Store does, and also include a
full-service supermarket.

8. Walmart Canada Corp.
Supply Chain Management

9. Walmart’s Supply Chain
 Walmart uses a 60-foot custom build trailer that allows
shipping of 30% more products and helps Walmart
achieve it’s sustainability goals.
 Walmart tries to minimize inventory through JIT activities.
 For automatic replenishment and VMI, Walmart uses
‘Inforem’ system; a software developed by IBM.

10. Walmart’s Supply Chain
Contd.
 Delivery of the product from any vendor to a Walmart
store is either directly or through a distribution center
(DC).
 Decision is made on the basis of DEMAND and OUT-
BOUND LOGISTICS. In-Bound logistics is not
considered.

11. Walmart’s Supply Chain
Contd.
 If the product is sent to a distribution center, the product
is processed and sent directly to the store.
 No inventory is stored at the distribution center.
 Distribution Centers uses RFID to identify and segregate
products.

12. Walmart Canada Corp.
Supply Chain → Replenishment Process

13. Warehouse Replenishment
(High Demand High Margin)

14. Assembly Replenishment
(Medium Demand Low Margin)

15. Direct-to-Store Replenishment
(Low Demand or Bulky Items)

16. Recommendations
 Walmart could use RFID technology to maintain an
accurate inventory of the items that are replenished in the
stores on a regular basis, which could lead to an increase
in sales of those items.
 Same technology maybe extended back to e-commerce
application.

17. Recommendations Contd.
 By effectively implementing Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI) and bar code scanning, Walmart could use it as
potential fulfillment centers for orders received on the
Web or from mobile devices.
 Walmart could control and improve business processes
based on real-time performance data.

18. Thank You!
Q&A?