Evaluation of Supply Chain Management in Walmart

Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
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Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to emphasize on evaluating the process of supply chain of
Walmart. The successful supply chain management is an imperative element in measuring
both external and internal business success.
This report discussed many positive and negative attributes of Walmart Australia in supply
chain management. There are certain positive attributes like an increase in revenue,
controlled costs, quality control, and competitive edge. It is found that there are certain
disadvantages such as negative aspect of the supply chain management excessive regulation,
needless complications, the dearth of compliant suppliers/vendors, and vulnerable to system
collapse. It could also decline the overall productivity of the firm.
It is also found that there are some multidimensional global supply chain problems like
inadequate online potential, high delivery cost, choice of several trades-offs, as well as
existing entrenched competition. It is addressed that certain approaches can control the
challenges of supply chain like adopt automation and efficient transformation.
In addition, it is examined that adopt automation and efficient transportation is effective in
the improvement in the organizational task. In this report, certain theories are discussed that
can help Walmart supply chain management such as GSCM (global supply chain
management) like Agency theory and Network theory in global supply chain management.
Apart from this, it is found that different practices can be applied by the firm like establish
relationships with your main suppliers, green initiatives must be taken seriously, take full
advantage of technology, and collaborate internally and externally. This report concluded that
global lead-time management and time-compression could directly affect the total cycle time
(tct) compression strategy and higher lead-time.

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Table of Contents
Executive summary...............................................................................................................................2
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................4
Positive attributes of Global supply chain in Walmart.......................................................................4
Negative attributes of Global supply chain in Walmart.....................................................................5
Gap between assessment and execution of supply chain improvement.............................................6
Multidimensional global supply chain issues and techniques to reduce the issues............................7
Limited Online Potential................................................................................................................7
High Costs of Delivery..................................................................................................................7
Selection of Variety Trade-offs.....................................................................................................7
Existing Entrenched Competition......................................................................................................8
Strategies to manage the supply chain challenges.................................................................................8
Adopt Automation.............................................................................................................................8
Efficient Transportation.....................................................................................................................9
Value Relations.............................................................................................................................9
Warehouse Management...............................................................................................................9
Current global Supply Chain Management best theories and practice.............................................10
Agency theory.............................................................................................................................10
Network theory in GSCM (global supply chain management)........................................................11
Practices of supply chain management............................................................................................12
Establish Relationships with Main Suppliers...............................................................................12
Green Initiatives Must Be Taken Seriously.................................................................................12
Take Full Advantage of Technology...........................................................................................13
Collaborate Internally and Externally..........................................................................................13
Using supply chain technology........................................................................................................13
Improve performance of supplier.....................................................................................................14
Implementing meaningful metrics...................................................................................................14
Importance of global lead-time management and time-compression...............................................14
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................15
References...........................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
This report presents thegap among assessment and application related to improvement in
supply chain. This paper also explains the favourable as well as unfavourable attributes
related to Walmart. In addition, it also assesses the several concern associated with global
supply chain, which could help to deal with significant decliningdifficult supply chain
concerns within Walmart in retail industry.
It also demonstrates different strategies to manage the supply chain challenges of Walmart. It
also shows the current global supply chain management best theories and practice of
Walmart. Lastly, it discusses the significance related to time-compression as well as global
lead time management with respect to Walmart.
Positive and negative attributes related to global supply chain of Walmart.
Positive attributes of Global supply chain in Walmart
Increase in Revenue
Global supply chain helps to increase in revenue of Walmart. For example, it permits the
company to focus on assets and also helps in obtaining more rewards. Since, it is considered
in business function as it can have positive impact on revenues. Global supply chain can be
optimized as much as possible in Walmart (Aikat, et al., 2017). Along with this, global
supply chain management permit Walmartfor prioritizing as well as emphasize on specific
resources that would enhances operating profits and increase market share.
Controlled Costs
Global supply chain management can decline the expenses of Walmart, particularly
transactional expenses that are unavoidable between partners, vendors, and subsidiaries. For
example, Walmart is required to use frills that can delay in procedure and incurred the