Value Chain Analysis of Walmart PDF

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Wal-Mart in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Table of Contents
1.a. Introduction...............................................................................................................................3
b. Services and Products of Walmart...............................................................................................3
c. Mission of Walmart at KSA........................................................................................................3
d. Vision of Walmart at KSA..........................................................................................................4
2. The four important managerial functions, in the Walmart of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,..........5
3. Stakeholders of Walmart.............................................................................................................6
4. Managerial planning....................................................................................................................8
5. Goals of Walmart.........................................................................................................................9
6. Value chain analysis of Walmart at KSA..................................................................................10
7. Organizational Culture...............................................................................................................12
8. Ethics and Laws of Walmart at KSA.........................................................................................13
9. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................14
References......................................................................................................................................16

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1.a. Introduction
Walmart is a multinational corporation, which operates as departmental stores, grocery
stores or hypermarkets (Walmart.com. 2017) It is situated in America and having its headquarter
at Bentoville. It was found in the year 1969 and was founded by Sam Walton. It has its wings in
the other countries as well. By revenue, Walmart is said to be the world’s largest company and
the supermarket is also having the largest private employer in the world. The business is family
owned as the family of the Walton is controlling the company. It is also regarded as the largest
grocery store in United States. By taking into account the business environment, the firm is as
well looking forward to set up their branch in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Walmart.com. 2017;
Laszlo et al.2012).
b. Services and Products of Walmart
With the services of Walmart, one can find smarter solutions for everyday’s life at a very low
price. The service of the Walmart can induce memories to life through the photo services, photo
cards and albums and this even would not hurt the budget (Walmart.com. 2017). The Walmart
through their services also take care of health of customers and their families. The Walmart’s
grocery service can come in use while one can online order the groceries, even the pantry and
food staples would be handpicked by the Walmart associate (Laszlo et al.2012).
c. Mission of Walmart at KSA
The strategic decision of the company is also a direct understanding of the business or the
mission of the company. The mission of the Walmart is “Saving people so that they can live

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better”. This statement at the same time is similar to the slogan of the company “Save money.
Live Better” (Laszlo et al.2012). Through the statement of the business makes the business in
today’s world much better and this statement as well looks forward to make the company better
tomorrow. It is being the largest retail store in the world, it means more than 260 million
customers each and every week (Walmart.com. 2017).
d. Vision of Walmart at KSA
The company owes its success to the founder’s idea, Sam Walton. These ideas are being taken
into consideration as the vision statement of the company (Fassin 2012). It focuses on becoming
the best retailer in the minds and hearts of both employees and consumers. The company has set
its aim to achieve the topmost position in the retail industry (Walmart.com. 2017). Based on the
current situation of the company, the firm has fulfilled to become the best retailer as mentioned
in the vision statement. The vision of Walmart also indicate the hearts and minds of the people,
which matter the most in the sphere of business, that is to say both employees and consumers.
Realistically, the company has influenced the consumer’s minds based on the financial benefits.
e.The strategies of the Walmart company is to expand the initiatives of multi-channel, improve
the returns and grow its market.
Expanding multi channel initiatives
 Executing and developing the international strategy of e-commerce.
 Enhancing the growth of the online channel worldwide
 The market is having the availability of accessible stores in order to meet needs of the
customers (Fassin 2012).