Wal Mart Case Study

TUGAS OPERATIONS FUNDAMENTAL

CASE STUDY : Wal-Mart

TOPIC : SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Anggota Kelompok :

1. GERALDO JOHAN (1140003481)

2. STEFANI ANGJELINA (1140003525)

3. JULIARDY YUWONO (0800736932)

4. WENNY NYOMAN (1000868756)

5. DANIEL HERMAWAN (0900823782)

Kelas : MA 1

BINUS BUSINESS SCHOOL

MM Young Professional Business Management

Jakarta

2011

CASE ANALYSIS

In 2006 Wal-Mart, the second largest firm in the world by sales, was looking to improve its already efficient supply chain. The company's supply chain was closely integrated with its retail and information systems strategies and has been developed incrementally over the past 40 years. However, rivals are copying every aspect, from the way Wal-Mart cross-docks product in warehouses, to Wal-Mart's use of a sophisticated database to capture, store and disseminate store-level information to suppliers, such as : bar codes, shared sales data with suppliers, in-house trucking fleets to enable self distribution, and computerized point-of-sale systems (real time – item level data collection). Wal-Mart's new executive vice-president of logistics, Johnnie C. Dobbs was overseeing a handful of initiatives designed to improve the firm's supply chain to ensure its consistency as a key competitive advantage for Wal-Mart. Because in the most recent quarters, the company had been unable to meet its self-imposed target of holding inventory growth to half the level of sales growth.

The Supply Chain Flow Chart for Wal Mart

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