Categories: Supply Chain

Supply Chain Process of Wal-Mart

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A supply chain is the combination of the manufacturers&comma; suppliers&comma; warehouses&comma; retailers and even customers themselves&semi; which directly or indirectly fulfill customers&&num;8217&semi; needs and preferences&period; Within each firm such as a manufacturers or producer&comma; supply chain consists of all functions involved in receiving and filling needs or request of customers&period; These functions are new product development&comma; operations&comma; distribution&comma; marketing&comma; finance&comma; customer services and many more functions&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">For example&colon; Customer went to a Wal-Mart shop to purchase soap&period; The Wal-Mart&&num;8217&semi;s supply chain starts with the customer and his&sol;her need for soap&period; Subsequent step is the Wal-Mart retail shop that the customer visits&period; Wal-Mart fills its shelves with the finished goods warehouse or by 3rd party&period; The warehouses are stocked by the manufacturers such as Nestle&period; Nestle receives its raw material from different suppliers&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A supply chain involves product&comma; the constant flow of information and funds among different stages&period; Wal-Mart Corporation offers products&comma; their availability and pricing information to the customers&period; Customers send their money to Wal-Mart Corporation&comma; and then it conveys point of sales information and replenishment order to the distributors or warehouses&period; After replenishment Wal-Mart transfers funds to the distributor&period; Distributor deliver schedules and pricing information to the Wal-Mart&period; Wal-Mart may send back material to be recycled&period; Fund flows&comma; related information and material takes place through the complete supply chain&period;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi; &NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

mbalectures

Recent Posts

Porter’s Five Forces of Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation also known as MS is one of the biggest multinational technology-based company in…

3 years ago

Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis of Fast Food Industry

The article is based upon in-depth analysis of Fast Food Industry of Australian Region with…

3 years ago

Apple Inc. – Porter’s Five(5) Forces Analysis

The paper presents detailed overview about the Apple Inc. analysis on the parameters set by…

3 years ago

Marketing Plan – Thomson Holiday Group

The purpose of this research paper is to develop a marketing plan for the Thomson…

3 years ago

Case Study – Jerk Stars Ltd- Sales and Marketing Human Resources Dilemma

1. As applicable to other department managers, a human resources manager invigilates the departments and…

3 years ago

KFC Jamaica – Operation and Services Flow

The purpose of the present article is to formulate a work allocation flow chart of…

3 years ago