Walmart implemented strategic changes to address sustainability problems in its supply chain. It identified key issues like complexity in supply chains, worker dignity risks, and climate impacts. Walmart's action plan focused on creating shared value, whole systems change, and collective action. It worked with over 1,000 suppliers on projects like reducing emissions 1 gigaton by 2030. As a result, Walmart achieved a 6.1% reduction in emissions from 2015 to 2017 and diverted 78% of waste from landfills, demonstrating the success of its sustainable supply chain strategies.
Walls is a leading ice cream brand in Pakistan and uses a combination of push and pull strategies to promote its products. It utilizes various promotional tools including advertising, sales promotions, and public relations. Walls advertises heavily on television and print media. It also engages in sales promotions such as discounts, coupons, and special offers. Additionally, Walls focuses on building strong relationships with customers, distributors, retailers, and street vendors through various incentive programs. Walls allocates its promotional budget using an objective-and-task method to fund its defined promotional goals and activities.
P&G transformed its supply chain from a linear chain to a responsive network through innovations like agent-based modeling, RFID technology, and strategic customer relationships. By simulating complex supply network interactions, P&G identified opportunities to reduce inventory 50% and save $300M annually with only a 1% investment. RFID implementation improved dock loading throughput by 40% and vendor-managed inventory with big customers like Walmart increased profits for both companies. Overall, P&G shifted from product to supply chain innovation to achieve strategic fit, responsiveness, and efficiency across 160 countries.
This document discusses Colgate-Palmolive's launch of the Precision toothbrush. It provides background on Colgate, the US oral care market, consumer habits, competition from Oral-B, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and others. Colgate developed the Precision through extensive research to have bristles of different lengths and orientations for maximum plaque removal. The document considers niche versus mainstream positioning and predicts market share outcomes under each strategy. It also reviews production requirements, pricing strategies, and early consumer concept testing for the Precision.
The "mi adidas" Mass Customization InitiativeYoussef Alaadin
The document outlines the history and development of mi adidas, Adidas' mass customization initiative. It provides an overview of Phases 1-2 where mi adidas launched a small pilot program and expanded to new markets and products. It then discusses the three alternatives mi adidas was considering for Phase 3-4 - withdraw, maintain, or expand. The recommendations were to do a controlled expansion using existing production facilities while limiting customization options until capabilities improved. The current situation outlined shows mi adidas expanded to more categories and allows for fully online customization through their website.
The document discusses McDonald's supply chain management for perishable products in India. It describes key aspects of McDonald's supply chain including suppliers, distribution centers, transportation to stores, and maintaining food quality and freshness through a cold chain. The roles of various intermediaries between manufacturing and consumers are also examined, such as suppliers, distribution centers, and retailers.
Walmart has pursued an international expansion strategy to grow its business globally. The document analyzes Walmart's competitive advantages such as its strong brand, supply chain integration, and price positioning. It also examines Walmart's SWOT analysis and discusses how the company has entered new international markets through acquisitions and strategic alliances while addressing differences in culture, regulations, and trade policies across countries. The document provides an overview of Walmart's global strategy to save people money and help them live better.
This document provides an overview of Walmart, the largest retailer in the world. It discusses Walmart's founding in 1962, growth over the decades, expansion into over 27 countries, and key figures like 2.1 million employees and $400 billion in annual sales. The document also summarizes Walmart's marketing strategy, SWOT analysis, research and development efforts, and competitors like Target and Costco.
1) Walmart began as a single discount store founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and grew to become the largest retailer in the world through a strategy of low prices, efficient supply chain management, and expansion into new store formats like Sam's Club warehouses and Supercenters.
2) By 1994, Walmart had over 1,900 discount stores and was expanding aggressively into new markets, with Supercenters and Sam's Clubs becoming major drivers of growth.
3) Walmart's low-cost business model and ability to pressure suppliers on price gave it a strong competitive advantage over rivals in the retail industry.
Walls is a leading ice cream brand in Pakistan and uses a combination of push and pull strategies to promote its products. It utilizes various promotional tools including advertising, sales promotions, and public relations. Walls advertises heavily on television and print media. It also engages in sales promotions such as discounts, coupons, and special offers. Additionally, Walls focuses on building strong relationships with customers, distributors, retailers, and street vendors through various incentive programs. Walls allocates its promotional budget using an objective-and-task method to fund its defined promotional goals and activities.
P&G transformed its supply chain from a linear chain to a responsive network through innovations like agent-based modeling, RFID technology, and strategic customer relationships. By simulating complex supply network interactions, P&G identified opportunities to reduce inventory 50% and save $300M annually with only a 1% investment. RFID implementation improved dock loading throughput by 40% and vendor-managed inventory with big customers like Walmart increased profits for both companies. Overall, P&G shifted from product to supply chain innovation to achieve strategic fit, responsiveness, and efficiency across 160 countries.
This document discusses Colgate-Palmolive's launch of the Precision toothbrush. It provides background on Colgate, the US oral care market, consumer habits, competition from Oral-B, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and others. Colgate developed the Precision through extensive research to have bristles of different lengths and orientations for maximum plaque removal. The document considers niche versus mainstream positioning and predicts market share outcomes under each strategy. It also reviews production requirements, pricing strategies, and early consumer concept testing for the Precision.
The "mi adidas" Mass Customization InitiativeYoussef Alaadin
The document outlines the history and development of mi adidas, Adidas' mass customization initiative. It provides an overview of Phases 1-2 where mi adidas launched a small pilot program and expanded to new markets and products. It then discusses the three alternatives mi adidas was considering for Phase 3-4 - withdraw, maintain, or expand. The recommendations were to do a controlled expansion using existing production facilities while limiting customization options until capabilities improved. The current situation outlined shows mi adidas expanded to more categories and allows for fully online customization through their website.
The document discusses McDonald's supply chain management for perishable products in India. It describes key aspects of McDonald's supply chain including suppliers, distribution centers, transportation to stores, and maintaining food quality and freshness through a cold chain. The roles of various intermediaries between manufacturing and consumers are also examined, such as suppliers, distribution centers, and retailers.
Walmart has pursued an international expansion strategy to grow its business globally. The document analyzes Walmart's competitive advantages such as its strong brand, supply chain integration, and price positioning. It also examines Walmart's SWOT analysis and discusses how the company has entered new international markets through acquisitions and strategic alliances while addressing differences in culture, regulations, and trade policies across countries. The document provides an overview of Walmart's global strategy to save people money and help them live better.
This document provides an overview of Walmart, the largest retailer in the world. It discusses Walmart's founding in 1962, growth over the decades, expansion into over 27 countries, and key figures like 2.1 million employees and $400 billion in annual sales. The document also summarizes Walmart's marketing strategy, SWOT analysis, research and development efforts, and competitors like Target and Costco.
1) Walmart began as a single discount store founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and grew to become the largest retailer in the world through a strategy of low prices, efficient supply chain management, and expansion into new store formats like Sam's Club warehouses and Supercenters.
2) By 1994, Walmart had over 1,900 discount stores and was expanding aggressively into new markets, with Supercenters and Sam's Clubs becoming major drivers of growth.
3) Walmart's low-cost business model and ability to pressure suppliers on price gave it a strong competitive advantage over rivals in the retail industry.
The document provides an overview of Walmart's history, operations, strategies for international expansion, and lessons learned. It discusses Walmart's vision, mission, and goals, as well as its business model, value chain, and key competitive advantages. Regarding internationalization, the document examines Walmart's reasons for expanding abroad, entry decisions, examples of success in Mexico and Canada, and failures in Germany and India. Overall, the document analyzes Walmart's path to becoming a global retailer and identifies factors for successful international transfer of core competencies.
Taco Bell is considering expanding into the breakfast market to drive further growth. As the largest Mexican fast food chain, it has over 5,700 locations in the US and 279 internationally. Test markets of a breakfast menu showed potential for $70,000 extra annual profit per restaurant. However, Taco Bell's CEO debated whether a new Doritos Locos taco or a national breakfast launch would better capture growth opportunities. Consumer tests and the large market share and profits of McDonald's breakfast were compelling reasons to pursue breaking into breakfast sales fully.
Procter and gamble marketing capabilitiesAman Kumar
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods company founded in 1837. P&G has a diverse portfolio of brands through acquisitions and focuses on innovation through research and development. P&G's marketing strategy centers around consumer insights, product innovation, and digital/social media. P&G aims to reach more consumers globally through superior products and builds brand loyalty through quality and trusted brands.
Founded in 1809, Colgate Palmolive operates in over 200 countries with around 39,200 employees worldwide. It has major manufacturing facilities across the US and overseas, producing products for oral care, personal care, home care, and pet food. Colgate Palmolive uses a global supply chain network involving ocean and truck shipments to distribute products from manufacturing facilities to warehouses and stores. It partners with a single global logistics company to transport goods between continents via trucking.
This analysis report examines the production of Release-ease, a molding plastic part, across Applichem's six plants. The goals were to determine the most cost-effective production locations and quantities while accounting for exchange rates, inflation, and future changes. Data on production costs, capacities, and transport costs for each plant were gathered and modeled. The recommendations were to keep producing Release-ease primarily in Gary, Indiana and other lower-cost locations, reduce production in Mexico, and stop production in Japan due to its high costs. Employee training was also suggested to improve efficiencies across plants.
Jaipur Rugs was founded in 1978 and has since expanded to work with artisans across India. It aims to balance profitability with empowering artisans and rural communities. Recent initiatives like the Thinker-Doer Exchange Programme and Artisan Engagement Programme aim to better understand opposing views and stakeholder needs. Jaipur Rugs also runs various social and financial inclusion programs to support artisans, open bank accounts, provide health services, education and job training. This comprehensive approach has led to increased employment, economic development, standard of living, and income while further promoting India's hand-knotted weaving heritage.
Procter & Gamble is one of the fastest and largest growing consumer market.
Case Study examines journey of P&G for Light Duty liquid Detergents in various aspects like promotion and development.
Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited (P&G) is one of India's fastest growing FMCG companies established in 1985 in Mumbai. It is known for innovative products like Ariel detergent, Vicks cough and cold products, and Whisper sanitary napkins. P&G's values include passion for winning, leadership in the market, integrity, and trustworthiness of employees. The company's popular Whisper brand has altered feminine hygiene in India and improved lives by providing different variants of sanitary napkins like Whisper Choice, Whisper Maxi regular, and Whisper Ultra Wings. Whisper Ultra Clean Wings is nearly 40% longer than ordinary pads for
Johnson & Johnson pursues a business-level strategy that is 75% differentiation and 25% cost leadership. At the corporate level, its strategy focuses on vertical integration, product differentiation, and operational economies of scope across its consumer products, pharmaceutical, and medical devices segments. The presentation recommends Johnson & Johnson further integrate forward, continue ebola treatment research, and create a rewards program to mitigate threats from rivals.
Colgate Marketing Report provides an overview of the oral care industry and key players such as Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Unilever. Colgate-Palmolive is the world's largest seller of toothpaste and a leader in oral care products. It offers an array of personal care and household cleaning brands globally. The report also discusses locally manufactured toothpaste brands in the market and provides a history of Colgate-Palmolive from its founding in 1806 to present day operations across multiple categories worldwide.
EES is a distributor of electrical equipment and supplies products. It has over 150 suppliers and offers customers a one-stop solution for inventory management and cost reduction. The goal is annual sales growth of 6-8% and profit growth of 12-16% over five years. Benefits include competitive pricing, inventory reduction, and efficiency improvements. However, the national accounts program is facing issues like overburdened NAMs, lack of coordination between customer headquarters and local plants, and sales representatives' short-term mindsets. Potential solutions include increasing NAM numbers, dedicated sales teams, training to change mindsets, and improving headquarters-plant communication.
PWI is a German manufacturing company that produces industrial machines and steel spare parts. A competitor launched cheaper, higher-performing plastic spare parts that threaten PWI's steel ring sales. PWI's general manager must develop a strategy to deal with the rise of plastic rings and utilize existing steel ring inventory worth $390,000 by September before plastic ring production begins. Options include deep discounting steel rings, pushing extra rings with new machines, and producing rings at reduced labor cost to clear inventory while plastic rings enter the market.
Haldiram's case presentation..Getting 4 p's rightArif Tehmas
Haldiram's is an Indian snack food company established in 1937 in Bikaner, Rajasthan. It has expanded to multiple cities across India and internationally. To sustain growth and tackle competition, Haldiram's focuses on the four Ps of marketing - product, price, place, and promotion. It offers a wide range of traditional and new products. Pricing is competitive considering Indian consumers. Distribution and shelf availability are strong. Promotion emphasizes quality, taste, and shelf life through various advertising avenues. Packaging influences impulse purchases. The company continues innovating and expanding its offerings and locations.
This document provides information about a company that produces chocolate products in Pakistan. It includes the company's vision to create beloved brands, the mission of a new product to provide tempting taste, and popular brands like chocolate, beverages and candy. It then describes the company's chocolate bar product and provides pricing for various sizes. The company is headquartered in Karachi and has sales offices in other major cities. It promotes products with slogans and uses packaging design from different decades. The document performs a SWOT analysis and identifies competitors. It discusses responses to price reductions and increases in oil prices. It proposes providing chocolate to flood affectees.
PESTLE Analysis of FMCG retail in IndiaMeher Kalyani
The document discusses a PESTLE analysis of the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) retailing industry in India. PESTLE is a framework that analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors affecting a business. The analysis covers how each of these external factors impacts the FMCG retailing industry in India. It provides examples of political influences like taxation policy and subsidies. It also discusses economic growth trends, social factors like demographics, the large impact of emerging technologies, relevant legal factors, and environmental initiatives of major retailers.
Edita is a leading FMCG company in Egypt and the Middle East, with a 13% market share in Egypt's snack food industry. It has over 5,500 employees and produces 73 stock keeping units across categories like bakery, chocolate, and candy. Edita aims to maintain its market leadership through quality products, certifications like ISO and HACCP, and a nationwide distribution network of 21 centers serving 18 governorates via their fleet of 544 vehicles. The company sources raw materials domestically and internationally, and focuses on green logistics and environmental compliance across its operations.
This document provides a strategic report on Procter & Gamble (P&G). It discusses P&G's overview as a Fortune 500 company with $82.6 billion in sales in 2011. It then analyzes P&G's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats through a SWOT analysis. The report also examines P&G's product differentiation, distribution strategy of intensive distribution through multiple channels, promotion strategy of heavy advertising, and pricing strategies of optional features and competitive pricing.
This document discusses key environmental sustainability trends impacting the cosmetics and personal care industry. It finds that sustainability has become embedded in daily operations and strategic decision making for companies. Key trends include companies measuring environmental footprints, addressing packaging waste, ensuring product and ingredient toxicity and safety, and engaging in sustainable procurement. Regulations on these issues vary between regions and can pose challenges for companies operating globally.
The document provides an overview of Walmart's history, operations, strategies for international expansion, and lessons learned. It discusses Walmart's vision, mission, and goals, as well as its business model, value chain, and key competitive advantages. Regarding internationalization, the document examines Walmart's reasons for expanding abroad, entry decisions, examples of success in Mexico and Canada, and failures in Germany and India. Overall, the document analyzes Walmart's path to becoming a global retailer and identifies factors for successful international transfer of core competencies.
Taco Bell is considering expanding into the breakfast market to drive further growth. As the largest Mexican fast food chain, it has over 5,700 locations in the US and 279 internationally. Test markets of a breakfast menu showed potential for $70,000 extra annual profit per restaurant. However, Taco Bell's CEO debated whether a new Doritos Locos taco or a national breakfast launch would better capture growth opportunities. Consumer tests and the large market share and profits of McDonald's breakfast were compelling reasons to pursue breaking into breakfast sales fully.
Procter and gamble marketing capabilitiesAman Kumar
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods company founded in 1837. P&G has a diverse portfolio of brands through acquisitions and focuses on innovation through research and development. P&G's marketing strategy centers around consumer insights, product innovation, and digital/social media. P&G aims to reach more consumers globally through superior products and builds brand loyalty through quality and trusted brands.
Founded in 1809, Colgate Palmolive operates in over 200 countries with around 39,200 employees worldwide. It has major manufacturing facilities across the US and overseas, producing products for oral care, personal care, home care, and pet food. Colgate Palmolive uses a global supply chain network involving ocean and truck shipments to distribute products from manufacturing facilities to warehouses and stores. It partners with a single global logistics company to transport goods between continents via trucking.
This analysis report examines the production of Release-ease, a molding plastic part, across Applichem's six plants. The goals were to determine the most cost-effective production locations and quantities while accounting for exchange rates, inflation, and future changes. Data on production costs, capacities, and transport costs for each plant were gathered and modeled. The recommendations were to keep producing Release-ease primarily in Gary, Indiana and other lower-cost locations, reduce production in Mexico, and stop production in Japan due to its high costs. Employee training was also suggested to improve efficiencies across plants.
Jaipur Rugs was founded in 1978 and has since expanded to work with artisans across India. It aims to balance profitability with empowering artisans and rural communities. Recent initiatives like the Thinker-Doer Exchange Programme and Artisan Engagement Programme aim to better understand opposing views and stakeholder needs. Jaipur Rugs also runs various social and financial inclusion programs to support artisans, open bank accounts, provide health services, education and job training. This comprehensive approach has led to increased employment, economic development, standard of living, and income while further promoting India's hand-knotted weaving heritage.
Procter & Gamble is one of the fastest and largest growing consumer market.
Case Study examines journey of P&G for Light Duty liquid Detergents in various aspects like promotion and development.
Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited (P&G) is one of India's fastest growing FMCG companies established in 1985 in Mumbai. It is known for innovative products like Ariel detergent, Vicks cough and cold products, and Whisper sanitary napkins. P&G's values include passion for winning, leadership in the market, integrity, and trustworthiness of employees. The company's popular Whisper brand has altered feminine hygiene in India and improved lives by providing different variants of sanitary napkins like Whisper Choice, Whisper Maxi regular, and Whisper Ultra Wings. Whisper Ultra Clean Wings is nearly 40% longer than ordinary pads for
Johnson & Johnson pursues a business-level strategy that is 75% differentiation and 25% cost leadership. At the corporate level, its strategy focuses on vertical integration, product differentiation, and operational economies of scope across its consumer products, pharmaceutical, and medical devices segments. The presentation recommends Johnson & Johnson further integrate forward, continue ebola treatment research, and create a rewards program to mitigate threats from rivals.
Colgate Marketing Report provides an overview of the oral care industry and key players such as Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Unilever. Colgate-Palmolive is the world's largest seller of toothpaste and a leader in oral care products. It offers an array of personal care and household cleaning brands globally. The report also discusses locally manufactured toothpaste brands in the market and provides a history of Colgate-Palmolive from its founding in 1806 to present day operations across multiple categories worldwide.
EES is a distributor of electrical equipment and supplies products. It has over 150 suppliers and offers customers a one-stop solution for inventory management and cost reduction. The goal is annual sales growth of 6-8% and profit growth of 12-16% over five years. Benefits include competitive pricing, inventory reduction, and efficiency improvements. However, the national accounts program is facing issues like overburdened NAMs, lack of coordination between customer headquarters and local plants, and sales representatives' short-term mindsets. Potential solutions include increasing NAM numbers, dedicated sales teams, training to change mindsets, and improving headquarters-plant communication.
PWI is a German manufacturing company that produces industrial machines and steel spare parts. A competitor launched cheaper, higher-performing plastic spare parts that threaten PWI's steel ring sales. PWI's general manager must develop a strategy to deal with the rise of plastic rings and utilize existing steel ring inventory worth $390,000 by September before plastic ring production begins. Options include deep discounting steel rings, pushing extra rings with new machines, and producing rings at reduced labor cost to clear inventory while plastic rings enter the market.
Haldiram's case presentation..Getting 4 p's rightArif Tehmas
Haldiram's is an Indian snack food company established in 1937 in Bikaner, Rajasthan. It has expanded to multiple cities across India and internationally. To sustain growth and tackle competition, Haldiram's focuses on the four Ps of marketing - product, price, place, and promotion. It offers a wide range of traditional and new products. Pricing is competitive considering Indian consumers. Distribution and shelf availability are strong. Promotion emphasizes quality, taste, and shelf life through various advertising avenues. Packaging influences impulse purchases. The company continues innovating and expanding its offerings and locations.
This document provides information about a company that produces chocolate products in Pakistan. It includes the company's vision to create beloved brands, the mission of a new product to provide tempting taste, and popular brands like chocolate, beverages and candy. It then describes the company's chocolate bar product and provides pricing for various sizes. The company is headquartered in Karachi and has sales offices in other major cities. It promotes products with slogans and uses packaging design from different decades. The document performs a SWOT analysis and identifies competitors. It discusses responses to price reductions and increases in oil prices. It proposes providing chocolate to flood affectees.
PESTLE Analysis of FMCG retail in IndiaMeher Kalyani
The document discusses a PESTLE analysis of the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) retailing industry in India. PESTLE is a framework that analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors affecting a business. The analysis covers how each of these external factors impacts the FMCG retailing industry in India. It provides examples of political influences like taxation policy and subsidies. It also discusses economic growth trends, social factors like demographics, the large impact of emerging technologies, relevant legal factors, and environmental initiatives of major retailers.
Edita is a leading FMCG company in Egypt and the Middle East, with a 13% market share in Egypt's snack food industry. It has over 5,500 employees and produces 73 stock keeping units across categories like bakery, chocolate, and candy. Edita aims to maintain its market leadership through quality products, certifications like ISO and HACCP, and a nationwide distribution network of 21 centers serving 18 governorates via their fleet of 544 vehicles. The company sources raw materials domestically and internationally, and focuses on green logistics and environmental compliance across its operations.
This document provides a strategic report on Procter & Gamble (P&G). It discusses P&G's overview as a Fortune 500 company with $82.6 billion in sales in 2011. It then analyzes P&G's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats through a SWOT analysis. The report also examines P&G's product differentiation, distribution strategy of intensive distribution through multiple channels, promotion strategy of heavy advertising, and pricing strategies of optional features and competitive pricing.
This document discusses key environmental sustainability trends impacting the cosmetics and personal care industry. It finds that sustainability has become embedded in daily operations and strategic decision making for companies. Key trends include companies measuring environmental footprints, addressing packaging waste, ensuring product and ingredient toxicity and safety, and engaging in sustainable procurement. Regulations on these issues vary between regions and can pose challenges for companies operating globally.
Corporate Social Responsibility (Comprehensive) PowerPoint Presentation 152 s...Andrew Schwartz
The document discusses corporate social responsibility and provides information on developing a CSR strategy. It outlines program objectives, including identifying CSR principles, evaluating current standing, defining CSR, examining activities, and understanding benefits. It discusses considerations for ethical decision-making. Developing an effective CSR strategy can benefit professionals involved in the community, those responsible for CSR programs, and professionals wishing to develop CSR skills.
This document discusses frameworks for developing sustainable global supply chains. It identifies motivations for addressing social and environmental issues in supply chains such as customer demands, compliance with regulations, reducing costs, gaining competitive advantage, and moral obligations. Key levers for influencing supply chain sustainability are a company's purpose, policies, people, relationships with peers/partners, public policy environment, and power within the supply chain. The document recommends establishing a code of conduct, obtaining third-party certifications, selectively choosing suppliers, and monitoring suppliers as baseline practices for building a sustainable supply chain.
Walmart is the largest retailer in the world but it is also one of the multinational corporations to be criticized a lot for its unethical social responsibilities such as discrimination, human rights violations & environmental crimes.
1BUSINESS PLAN1Business Plan AssessmentKeesha WestrEttaBenton28
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The document used to communicate the goals of an organization and the actions needed to achieve these goals, and the other critical element is known as a strategic plan. All organizations need to have a strategic plan because it serves several purposes. This essay will discuss the purpose of Walmart's strategic plan, key objectives, the key performance indicators, and recommend initiatives to improve the strategic plan.
The strategic plan of Walmart gives the company clarity, direction, and focus on what it is supposed to do and achieve by way of a written document. The direction and plan are achieved by connecting the organization's missions and vision by addressing the purpose, vision, and company plan (Jindal et al.,2021). The strategic plan gives the roadmap to success for Walmart. The strategic plan also drives organizational alignment in Walmart. It also communicates the message of what Walmart wants to achieve and the strategic direction of Walmart.
The key objective of Walmart is to provide safe and affordable food and other products to people globally. They will try to achieve this objective through means which enhance economic opportunity, environmental and social sustainability (Jindal et al.,2021). The second key objective of Walmart is to improve the lives of people globally. Walmart achieves market development by lowering the prices of its products and services. The low price strategy has attracted new customers in return, increasing the profits of Walmart. They have also achieved market development by diversifying the products they have to ensure that all the customer requirements are met. The market development strategies fit my plans because they take into consideration the customers' needs and finances.
Walmart has improved purchasing their goods by creating a strong e-commerce platform, making it easier for its customer to purchase goods and services. It has also improved its process by using advanced information technology systems to trace products and have a network of distribution centers to deliver products to its customers and stores. Walmart has led to the development of people by the creation of jobs globally. The low pricing strategy has also helped poor people to access goods and services at a low price, making it possible for them to meet the basic needs of life (Stankevičiūtė et al., 2012). Walmart delivers its products and services through Express delivery which delivers goods to its customers in under two hours. One can also access their products and services by going to their retail stores. Yes, there is a way to improve quality over time by reducing the delivery time of the goods to its customers.
Walmart's key performance indicators are e-commerce sales key performance indicators that surround average order size and the shopping cart abandonment rate, and the customer services key performance i ...
Telling Your CSR Impact Story: An Outcomes Framework for a Portfolio of ProgramsTCC Group
Companies are facing increasing pressure to report on the impact and results of their various corporate citizenship programs, not only to customers and advocacy groups, but also to senior leaders and employees. Yet programs focusing on community and social issues may not have a framework that adequately captures and communicates their measures of success. As a result, these programs often provide only the most basic information – total grants, employee volunteer hours, etc. – without providing the impact story.
In this slide deck - shared during a Philanthropy New York workshop on September 22, 2016 - we explore a high level review of your portfolio of programs, and the creation of an outcomes framework for the portfolio. Take-home worksheets to implement these practices in your organization are available.
The document discusses the marketing environment and its key elements. It covers the microenvironment including internal factors like employees and the company itself, as well as external factors like customers, suppliers, and competitors. It also discusses the macroenvironment including political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental forces. A 5 forces model is introduced to analyze competitive forces like threat of new entry and power of buyers and suppliers.
class 4 Good info VSSand supply chains.pptxgarysaraff
Voluntary sustainability standards aim to make international trade and supply chains more environmentally and socially sustainable. While they have potential, their impact varies and developing countries face challenges adopting them. Key recommendations include leveraging support from donors and governments, integrating standards into public policy, increasing transparency for consumers, and empowering small-scale producers.
105 Marketing Enviornent Unit no 2.pptNilesh Patil
The marketing environment consists of internal and external factors that affect a company's marketing decision-making and performance. The microenvironment includes suppliers, marketing intermediaries, customers, competitors, and publics. The macroenvironment includes political, economic, social, technological, demographic, and natural forces. Understanding the marketing environment through environmental scanning allows companies to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to inform long-term business strategy and decision-making.
This document discusses corporate social responsibility and sustainability. It defines CSR as a form of business self-regulation that aims to contribute to societal goals through volunteering and ethical practices. Sustainability emphasizes long-term business value through practices that benefit people, the planet, and the economy. It discusses the environmental, social, and economic pillars of sustainability. The document also provides an example of issues around labor practices at Apple suppliers and criticisms of Walmart's CSR practices regarding use of child labor and gender discrimination.
Walmart’s GreenwashHow the company’s much-publicized susta.docxmelbruce90096
Walmart's push for lower prices has accelerated the flow of consumer goods from factories to landfills. By relentlessly bargaining down prices paid to manufacturers, Walmart has incentivized the production of cheaper, lower quality goods that break more easily and are replaced more frequently. As a result, the amount of clothing and other consumer products Americans dispose of each year has increased dramatically. While Walmart now aims to make some products more sustainable, its business model overall continues to undermine product durability and fuel excessive consumption and waste.
The document provides an overview of environmental analysis, which is the first step of strategic management. It discusses the internal and external factors that influence business decisions. The internal environment includes factors like values, management structure, and resources. The external environment includes the microenvironment of suppliers, customers, competitors and publics, as well as the macroenvironment of demographic, economic, natural, technological, political, and cultural forces. Techniques for environmental scanning involve gathering information verbally, in writing, and through search/spying, and then evaluating and forecasting future scenarios based on this information.
The report summarizes the findings of a survey of 42 major retail companies on their sustainability programs and practices. It finds that while 30% of respondents have only one executive dedicated to sustainability, 20% have six or more people on their sustainability teams. Most common titles for sustainability leads are Senior Director, Director, and Vice President. Survey respondents indicated their sustainability programs provide benefits such as innovation, risk mitigation, and brand enhancement. Budgets for sustainability mostly stayed the same in 2015, with 30% increasing, and the typical payback period required for sustainability projects is 2-3 years.
Outfitters is a popular clothing brand in Pakistan that offers apparel for men, women and kids. It was launched in 2003 and has over 80 outlets across Pakistan and an online store. The brand focuses on quality, affordability and on-trend styles. It has several sub-brands that cater to specific niches. Outfitters' mission is to provide comfortable, fashionable clothing for outdoor enthusiasts while promoting sustainability. Its vision is to be a leading sustainable fashion brand recognized for its environmental and ethical practices.
Creación de Valor Compartido e Impacto Colectivo, como la norma para permanec...LiderAgenteDeCambio
This document provides an overview of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm and think tank specializing in strategy, evaluation and research. It discusses FSG's work in developing more effective solutions to social challenges through shared value. The document outlines FSG's role in advancing shared value as a thought leader, advisor and field builder through seminal articles, decision-making support tools, and a global network of shared value consultants. It also summarizes FSG's Shared Value Initiative, a global community of practice committed to driving adoption of shared value strategies among leading organizations.
Minimising reputation risks through sustainable change delivery assessment - ...Michael Young
This presentation provides an overview of the reputation risks facing organisations and how they can be minimised through a sustainable change delivery assessment.
The document provides an overview of environmental analysis, which involves monitoring internal and external factors that influence business decisions. It defines environmental analysis and scanning. The internal environment includes factors like values, management structure, and resources. The external environment includes the microenvironment of suppliers, customers, and competitors, as well as the macroenvironment of demographic, economic, political, technological, and sociocultural forces. It provides examples to illustrate how these internal and external factors impact business decisions.
Sustainable Brands, Eight Sustainability Platform, and other partners have joined together to launch the Framework for Action project, which is the first of its kind to explore the cutting-edge issues of sustainable consumer behavior change exclusively for the Brazilian market. The framework is a guide for marketing, communication, R&D and sustainability professionals, particularly at B2C companies, looking to promote environmentally and socially positive behavior through behavior change.
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2. 1
Table of Content:
• Introduction
• Background history of the company
• Problem Recognition/Identification
a) Problem symptoms to the company ? (Or what the company has been
suffering from?)
b) Method the company use to identify the origins of the problem ?
• Strategy Formulation
a) Strategic action plan to make the change happen ?
b) Areas of the company were changed regarding the developed action plan?
• Results of implementing the change plan
• Discuss & Conclusion
• References
3. 2
Introduction:
The objective of this essay is to discuss about some of the business problems experienced by
retail e-commerce organization “Walmart Inc.”. Highlight the background and history of the
company by discussing the stages of its development over the years. It will further discuss
some of the major problems company has been suffering from in last one year and what
methods company has adopted to identify the cause of the problems. Walmart has
implemented some strategic formulation to address these problems and how this has impacted
the company with regards to the organization structure, decision making, infrastructure or in
any other dimensions. Finally, discussing on the results of implementing these change plans.
Background and history of the company:
Walmart Inc. founded in 1962 driven by understanding of bringing affordable products to
people in small towns. Walmart top priority has been to help people, save money and live
better. In 1982, Walmart started to support community services. Walmart and Walmart
foundation together contribute 1 billion in cash and in-kind annual giving. Walmart has a
model based on philanthropy which is its unique strength in providing greater societal impact.
Walmart keeps diversity, equity and inclusion at the core of its philanthropy. It strives to keep
equitability and opportunities for all. Walmart culture of value of service to customer, respect
for individual, strive for excellence and act with integrity. Walmart organizational structure
constitute CEO, board of directors and foundation officers and the team supports both
Walmart corporate giving and grant making through Walmart foundation.
Walmart is world’s largest grocer providing convenient access to food and other products to
people around the world. It’s philanthropic approach to investment, which focus on areas of
its strength and collaborate to bring system wide change, advance long-term environmental
sustainability and create economic opportunity (Andrew Spicer1 and David Hyatt2, 2017).
Walmart is working to strengthen the demand for responsible labor practices, enhance
community voices, invest in programs that advance small holder farmer and entrepreneur
4. 3
livelihood. It provides opportunities for women in its supply chain operations. Walmart
focuses on labor dignity and follows responsible labor practices. It invests in initiatives that
provide market access and economic opportunity to farmers, entrepreneurs and women.
As part of its local communities around 2.2 million people live and work in local
communities. It provides strong support to stable jobs, healthier food in times of need and
crisis which contributes to a strong economy. It also has a strong charitable relief system
providing support to more than 10000 communities our store, club and facilities serve.
A large part of Walmart income goes into creating opportunity, advancing sustainability,
strengthening community and advancing racial equity.
Problem Identification
As part of its sustainability goal, Walmart environmental and social challenge has been
creating sustainable and responsible supply chain. Sustainable and responsible supply
chain environmental challenge includes following factors:
• Understanding complexity of commodity supply chain.
• Innovation in production technologies for manufacture, agriculture and other
products.
• Adopting traceability tools for supply chain practices like vessel monitoring and
blockchain.
• Pricing and availability of certified products.
• Willingness of supplier to adopt sustainable practices.
• Financial trade-offs related to cost, capital and revenue.
• Materials innovation.
Social challenges related to responsible supply chain includes addressing following issues:
• Addressing complexity in supply chain.
• Diversify all responsible stakeholders with expectations conflicting with the
challenge.
• Greater call for transparency.
• Emerging trends in political landscape at global level.
5. 4
• Upstream risk beyond the reach of traditional responsible sourcing tools.
Climate change affects global economies and supply chain around the world causing low
crop yields, increase in healthcare spending and damage caused by storms. 60% of green
house emissions are generated by production of consumer goods.
Walmart supply chain includes more than 100,000 suppliers and retail operations in more
than 27 countries across the globe. Walmart has identified potential risk to dignity of workers
in minimum of 10 retail supply chains by 2025.
Although, compliance responsibility of supply chain rests with the supplier but Walmart
supports suppliers to drive a responsible supply chain for communities they serve by
leveraging its size and influence.
Walmart ESG Report, 2019
Walmart has adopted a long-term strategy in addressing its Environmental, social goals to
achieve sustainable development goals. Walmart has been reporting on ESG topics since
2005.
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Methods:
Walmart continuously assess its global supply chain using internal and external data, risk
assessments of regions, countries and products.
Another method used by Walmart is through continuous collaboration of stakeholders
including civil societies, industries, governments and it aims to address the risk to dignity of
workers in a minimum 10 retail supply chains by 2025. Based on its analysis, Walmart
identified following five supply chain with greatest impact:
1. Produce in the U.S and Mexico
2. Shrimp in Thailand
3. Tuna processed in Thailand
4. Apparel in Bangladesh
5. Electronic sourced for the U.S retail market supply chain.
Walmart has set a science-based target that covers its GHG emission footprint. It also works
with its suppliers to reduce emissions by 18% by 2025 from 2015 levels and reduce
emissions by 1 gigaton by 2030 through an initiative called Project Gigaton.
Strategic action plan:
Walmart approach to environmental, social goal of sustainability while maintaining its
purpose of saving people money so they can live better includes the following key strategic
elements:
Creating shared value: Transforming society through its business is the one of the principle
drivers of Walmart action plan. Walmart increases its business value by addressing important
needs in society. Enhancing customer trust by catalyzing new product lines, increasing
productivity, reducing cost and secure future supply. It also advances living, improves
economic mobility and opportunity, reducing waste and emissions and restore capital.
7. 6
Whole systems change- Walmart has made large scale improvements to its ecosystem of
business to run a good retail business by using its ability to make a difference and using its
strength of 2.2 million associates around the world, supplier relationships, jobs, purchase
orders and expertise.
Business leadership: Sustainability initiatives of Walmart are embedded in its business
planning, performance management practices, operations cycle, policies, project management
and systems and tools.
Aligned philanthropy: The philanthropic model of business of Walmart complements its
business initiatives by accelerating social and environmental transformations. In 2019,
Walmart gave more than $1.4 billion to projects that create opportunity, improves
sustainability and communities.
Collective action: Walmart strategy of collective action is essential to transforming systems.
Walmart design its programs in collaboration with its leaders and stakeholders.
Frameworks such as Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) standards, the United Nations (U.N)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
(SASB) and the Task Force are related to climate change.
Walmart monitors its supply chain conditions through audit assessments and investigations,
provide training & tools for its suppliers and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve its
goals.
It has sourcing associates embedded in markets around the world to allow better understand
regional challenges in supply chain and leverage connections.
Example initiatives Walmart is pursuing with suppliers and others:
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PRODUCT
CATEGORIES
WORKING
CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT SAFER &
HEALTHIER
PRODUCTS
TRANSPARENCY
Produce • Collaborating with
industry stakeholders
(e.g., Seafood Task
Force)
• Supporting initiatives
to counter forced labour
in the Thai seafood
supply chain
• Providing
recommendations and
encouraging responsible
recruitment practices
• Third-party
certifications (e.g.,
MSC) • Addressing
overfishing and
bycatch
Third-party
certifications on
packaging, where
appropriate
• Sustainability
Index
Meat & Dairy • Feed grain
sourcing
principles
• Better
practices in
manure
management,
enteric
emissions
and feed
inputs
• Elimination
of net
deforestation
• Promoting
animal welfare
and
responsible
antibiotic use
• Promoting
food safety
(e.g., China
food safety)
• Sustainability
Index
• Supporting Global
Forest Watch
9. 8
due to beef
production
• Project
Gigaton
Seafood • Collaborating with
industry stakeholders
(e.g., Seafood Task
Force)
• Supporting initiatives
to counter forced labour
in the Thai seafood
supply chain
• Providing
recommendations and
encouraging responsible
recruitment practices
• Third-party
certifications (e.g.,
MSC)
• Addressing
overfishing and
bycatch
• Third-party
certifications on
packaging, where
appropriate
• Sustainability
Index
Packaged food
& row crops
• Sourcing from diverse
suppliers
• Research
into
jurisdiction
approaches
• Fertilizer
optimization
to improve
soil health
and water
quality
• Sustainable
package
design and
recycling
• Food
reformulation
(e.g., sugar,
additives)
• Great for You
private- brand
labelling in U.S.
stores
• Third-party
certifications on
packaging, where
appropriate
• Sustainability
Index
10. 9
• Investments
in recycling
infrastructure
• Project
Gigaton
Specialty
Crops
• Providing
recommendations and
encouraging responsible
recruitment practices
• Third-party
certifications (e.g.,
RSPO)
• Water use
efficiency
• Sustainable
package design and
recycling
• Leveraging third-
party certifications,
where appropriate
• Sustainability
Index
Consumables • Encouraging
reduction of
Priority
Chemicals
• Elimination
of
deforestation
due to pulp
and paper
production
• Sustainable
package
design and
recycling
• Advancing
sustainable
chemistry
• Third-party
certifications,
where
appropriate
Encouraging
chemical ingredient
disclosure
• Sustainability
Index
11. 10
• Project
Gigaton
Apparel &
Textile
• Collaborating in
the industry to
promote safer
working
conditions in
ready-made
garment industry
• Providing
recommendations
and encouraging
responsible
recruitment
practices
• Collaborating
with industry
stakeholders
•Factory energy
efficiency
• Energy and water
use in apparel mills
• Project Gigaton
• Every Day Low
True Cost products
• Sustainability
Index
• Higg Index
General
Merchandise
Providing
recommendations
and encouraging
responsible
recruitment
practices
• Sourcing from
diverse suppliers
• Designing
for product
efficiency
and end-of-
life
• Project
Gigaton
• Factory
energy
efficiency
• Leveraging third-
party certifications,
where appropriate
12. 11
• Elimination
of
deforestation
due to pulp
and paper
production
• Sustainable
package
design and
recycling
• Supporting
investments
in recycling
infrastructure
Area of Impact:
The areas of impact in Walmart due to its sustainability initiatives includes macro-economic,
social and environmental trends.
Project Gigaton engages suppliers in setting targets and pursing initiatives to avoid emissions
in any six areas of opportunity: energy use, sustainable agriculture, waste, deforestation,
packaging and product use. To date, more than 1000 suppliers have already signed on the
project.
In 2018 alone, more than 380 suppliers reported having CO2 emissions reduced by
58,904,206 MT.
Walmart reported 6.1 % reduction in scope 1 & 2 annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2017
compared to 2015.
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Electric vehicle chargers available at 110 retail locations across 29 states.
Results of implementing the change plan
Environmental Impact of Walmart Strategically sustainable supply chain:
6.1% reduction in scope 1 and 2 annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2017
compared to 2015
1000 suppliers formally signed to Project Gigaton
Under Project Gigaton, aim to avoid 1 billion metric ton of greenhouse gases
from global value chain by 2030
In 2018, more than 380 suppliers reported avoiding CO2 emissions totalling
58,904,206 MT
Electric Vehicle chargers available at 110 retail locations across 29 states.
14. 13
As a result of implementing sustainable supply chain plan, Walmart is able to reduce its
Annual greenhouse emissions and carbon intensity from 45.06 MT for $M annual revenue for
FY2015 to 37.33 MT per annual revenue for FY2018 as shown below:
28%
• Walmart and sam's club U.S suppliers improved their
sustainability index score by 28% compared to 2018
6.1%
• 6.1% reduction in scope 1&2 annual greenhouse gas
emissions in 2017 compared to 2015
78%
• 78% of waste diverted from landfills and incineration
80%
• As the end of FY2019, acheived supplier participation
rate in sustainability index that cover 80% goods in U.S
28%
• As estimated 28% of electricity from renewable
resources.
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Walmart ESG Report 1019
Conclusion:
Walmart business exist to serve society in many different ways from good food, sustainable
methods of supply chain, reducing greenhouse emissions to zero waste initiative. They aim to
improve the system on which they rely such as retail workforce and supply chain to build
customer trust, enhance supply security, improve product quality, manage cost, generate
revenue and attract talent. Walmart approach to ESG is a collective approach to alter the
sector in long term for economic stability. Walmart enables its workforce development for
millions of its workers through technology enabling economic opportunity on a global level.
Walmart contributes to social issues like climate change through large scale initiative projects
like Project Gigaton.
Walmart encourages suppliers to report through Sustainability Index, a science based third
party tool and goes beyond just managing risk in sourcing to bring lasting change across
supply chain. Walmart aims to achieve zero waste in operations by 2025, focusing
16. 15
specifically on food and plastic waste. Walmart achieved 78% waste diversion from landfill
and incineration, 24 million pounds through customer recycling.
Walmart’s sustainable development goals (SDG) aims to make significant progress on global
economic, social and environmental challenges by 2030 supporting its eight goals of zero
hunger, Decent work and economic growth, Life below water, Gender Equality, Sustainable
cities and communities, Life on land, Affordable and clean energy and Climate action.
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