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I m more interested in the shoe sale at Macy s than in Walmart. 

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I m more interested in Macy s shoe sale than in Walmart s. 

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I get lost in parking garages all the time, all the time. Now I always park by the cart corral so I don t have to look all over for my car. I ll walk out of the store, and if I walk out a different door than I walked in—like Walmart has two entryways—then I m totally lost. It s like my mind just closes, just shuts right off, and I m in a black hole. 

P G manages the inventory at the Walmart warehouses), scanner-based promotions (where the manufacturer pays the retailer based on units sold during a particular period). Changes in the coordination agreements impact the entire supply chain. 

Duke, M.T. 2012 Walmart Global Responsihility Report. http //www. walmartstores.com/sites/responsibUity-report/2012, downloaded July 2012. 

Duke, M.T. Milestone Meeting 2012. April 18, 2012. http //news. walmart.com/ media-library/youtube/walmart-2012-milestone-meeting-highlights-nkneqjdggas, downloaded September 2012. 

Scott, L. 21st Century Leadership. October 24, 2005. http //walmart-watch.com/wp-content/blogs. dir/2/files/pdf/ 21 st Century Leadership pdf, downloaded September 2012. 

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In the United States, Walmart distributes products to its 3,000 stores from 158 distribution centers (DCs) ([129]). Individual DC locations may have over 12 miles of conveyor belts that facilitate the movement of goods Inbound shipments from suppliers become outbound shipments to stores. Each DC supports around 100 stores within a 200-mile radius. A private fleet of trucks and 7,000 drivers convey goods from suppliers to stores, logging more than 700 million miles each year. Trucks using auxiliary power units enable saving in emissions and costs. This reduces the environmental footprint and lowers costs. 

The ideal location for product within the Walmart supply chain is the store, where goods can be purchased by customers, rather than in a warehouse. Over 100,000 suppliers, many of whom deliver daily, coordinate with DCs to keep product moving all the way to the store. Product brought into the Walmart DC is usually crossdocked and shipped out within 48 hours. Therefore the supply chain facilities are viewed as conduits for product flow rather than as storage units. By providing central buyers with the flexibility to adjust orders, crossdocking at Walmart can operate efficiently. Loads to stores can be optimized and balanced with... 

Walmart s next supply chain goal is to integrate e-commerce and store inventory. Customers can place orders on the company website and pick items up at stores. However, in some areas, they can also order at the store and get same-day delivery for a fixed delivery charge. All of these alternate flows of product make the DC and store inventory a seamless supply chain for the customer. 

In pre-distribution crossdocking, the customer is assigned before the shipment leaves the vendor, so it arrives to the crossdock ba ed and tagged for transfer. In post-distribution crossdocking, the crossdock itself allocates material to its stores. For example, a crossdock at a Walmart might receive 20 pallets of Tide detergent without labels for individual stores. Workers at the crossdock allocate 3 pallets to Store 23, 5 pallets to Store 14, and so on. ([51], p. 1)... 

Grocery retailers compete on many possible dimensions including price, freshness, instock levels, variety, organic products, and service. Walmart s everyday low price (EDLP) pricing policy is one such strategy. To optimize this metric, inventory and variety have to be chosen to guarantee that indeed the prices in every market are at the lowest level. The store-scanned data has to be tied to the inventory system so that replenishments can be triggered as demand is realized. 

How do apparel supply chains compete One approach is to compete on cost, an approach used by Walmart and other department stores. This strategy focuses on developing a cost-efficient supply chain that may require global sourcing with low costs but long lead times. Such supply chains then require large buffer stocks to compensate for demand uncertainty or a focus on predictable demand for basic products with low demand uncertainty But there are many other dimensions of competition in the apparel industry. 

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