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A 10 page paper discussing the state of Wal-Mart's supply chain in 2006, the year of the Ivey case study 907D01 on which it is based. The paper discusses aspects of the supply chain; initiatives of the new vice president; and recommendations for the future. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSwmtSupChn.rtf
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affecting business today are (1) increasing competition, to levels never imagined a generation ago; (2) the need to operate as efficiently as possible at all levels of the business; and
(3) growing conviction that organizations should operate under the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Formerly little more than the means of getting goods from one place to another,
logistics management has the ability to play a vital role in all three of these changes. Wal-Mart has been a leader in supply chain management from its earliest days.
1. What is Wal-Marts supply chain strategy? Be sure to cover all of the following facets: logistics, purchasing, retail operations, supply chain management, corporate strategy.
"Remix" is the name of the new focus on the supply chain at Wal-Mart, characterizing the changes the company is implementing. Wal-Mart still purchases directly from
producers rather than distributors, but it is orchestrating very different ways of getting product to individual stores - hence the "remix" label. The company will be doing the same
things in the end, but it will be arriving at the same end by means not only of different routes, but several different routes combined according to product, store, region,
sales and inventory needs. Suppliers Wal-Mart purchases most of its products directly from producers. As the worlds largest retailer, it is not
confined to dealing with distributors, nor could most distributors effectively deal with the quantities that Wal-Mart demanded before changing its approach to is supply chain earlier in the year.
The result is that Wal-Mart deals directly with Coca-Cola even though it is the local, independent bottler that delivers Coca-Cola products (LaGesse and Smart, 2006). The companys associations with
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