Walmart was founded in 1962 and has grown to include over 8,400 retail units across 15 countries. As the largest private employer worldwide with over 2 million employees, Walmart utilizes various competitive strategies like everyday low pricing and cultural adaptation. Key aspects of Walmart's capacity planning include over 900 million square feet of facilities, $405 billion in annual sales, and a workforce of 2.1 million employees worldwide. The company leverages supply chain management and Just-In-Time practices with over 2,500 suppliers to maintain low prices while meeting customer demand.

1. WELCOME

3. Company background

4. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962

5. Walmart has 8,446 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries.

6. The largest private employer

7. Sales of $405 billion in 2010,

8. It has employee more than 2.1 million.

9. Wal-mart & the COMPETITIONTo sustain competitive advantage, a firm must ensure that its competition finds it hard to imitate its chosen position.Operations Management ("POM") is about the transformation of production and operational inputs into "outputs" that, when distributed, meet the needs of customers Outputs

10. Strategy

11. Operation StrategyCapturing market share with “everyday low price” strategy.“the process of creative destruction”.Responding competitors strategy. (opened “Pennies-n-Cents” stores in against dollar stores).Cultural adaptation.Training employees because people are key to Wal-Mart's businessBuy at less to sell at less.Withdrawal strategy.

12. Competitive StrategyDifferent shop design for each demographic groups.All product in one store.Competence in use of information technology for logistics system.Highest customer satisfaction

13. Productivity

14. ProductivityCreating more than 210,000 jobs in the U.S. Saves working families more than US $2,500 per year.Discounting on food alone boosts the welfare of American shoppers by approx. $ 50 billion per year.

15. Industry Environment - Porter's five forces of competition

16. 1.Rivalry of Existing Competitors:· Wal-Mart has a strong competitive advantage against its competitors Kmart and Target. · Rivalry in this industry is not as strong for the competitors compared to Wal-Mart.2.Barriers to Entry:· High because it is hard to form a large organization that will be competitive at the same size as Wal-Mart with such low prices.· This industry has high barriers because it is too expensive for new firms to enter and to be competitive.

17. 3.POWER of Buyers:· Weak because basically the prices are low from the beginning so there would not be any potential for buyers to bargain with.4.POWER of Supplies:· Weak because Wal-Mart uses its own distribution centers that are located close to its stores. · Wal-Mart is also far and away the biggest customer of virtually all of its suppliers. It's scale of operation allowed it to bargain...

18. 5. Substitutes:· Medium because it depends on where you live and what type of Wal-Mart stores are closer to you.· Substitutes would be going to another grocery store, a toy store, a hardware store; basically going to specialty stores instead of going to one store that has everything in one, as a Wal-Mart can.

19. Wal-Mart product and service design

21. Service Layout

22. Wal-Mart Shelf management

23. Capacity Planning for Wal-Mart

24. Capacity PlanningThe process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products.

25. The process of determining product quantity needed by a firm to meet the demand of consumers.Essential elements of Capacity PlanningAmong all elements for capacity planning, followings are essential for Wal-Mart: Facility

26. Product & Service

27. Human ResourceFacility FactorIn USA

28. Operating in 5 0 states

29. 4,3 0 0 facilities for all sort of outlets

30. Around the globe

31. 14 countries

32. 4 0 81 stores Shop locationShop layoutShop Si z eWarehouse Si z eWarehouse layout

33. Facility FactorNew layout for customer experience.Shop layouts has been classified based on Wal-Mart's operationWal-Mart supercenters

34. a full-service supermarket

35. Discount stores

36. discount department stores

37. Neighborhood Markets

38. Shop for daily necessary goods

39. Sam’s Club warehouses

40. membership based storesShop locationShop layoutShop SizeWarehouse SizeWarehouse layout

41. Facility FactorWal-Mart U.S. 602.9 million sft.Wal-Mart international 269.9 million sftSam’s club79.4 million sftTotal Size 952.2 million sft.Average size of each outletWal-Mart supercenters

42. Varies between 51,000 sft to 51,000 sft.

43. Average size 102,000 sft.

44. Discount stores

45. Varying from 98,000 to 261,000 square with an average of 197,000 sft.

46. Neighborhood Markets

47. Averages about 42,000 sft.

48. Sam’s Club warehouses

49. Average club size of 133,000 sft.Shop locationShop layoutShop SizeWarehouse SizeWarehouse layout

50. Facility FactorSingle large warehouse for a single state.

51. Covers all stores of a state