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A 5 page paper discussing the logistics portion of Wal-Mart's supply chain, including warehousing, transport, inventory levels, RFID and suppliers. Wal-Mart's "Remix" program seeks to streamline the supply chain and shift some of the burden of transport to suppliers and away from Wal-Mart as it seeks to continue to improve its internal efficiency. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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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 other large suppliers is more
straightforward. Proctor & Gambles products, or Kimberly-Clarks are not so restricted in storage or transport requirements. Other national and international suppliers include Schwan Foods, "Gillette, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson &
Johnson, ... Kraft Foods, Nestle Purina PetCare, ... and Unilever" (Hickey, 2004; p. 16). Where it is necessary, Wal-Mart also deals with many
smaller regional or local suppliers, particularly for items such as produce or garden plants. Whereas General Foods is expected to provide products in levels sufficient for stocking thousands of
stores, smaller suppliers need only supply stores in one or more regions. Smaller suppliers generally need to be large enough to supply an entire region, however. Transportation
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