Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Walmart COVID-19 Crisis

This report provides an overview of Walmart's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on its business continuity and disaster recovery planning. It examines the business challenges and limitations faced, including supply chain disruptions and increased customer demand. The report analyze...Read More

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Table of Contents
Coronavirus overview......................................................................................................................3
Steps taken by Wal-Mart.................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Coronavirus overview
As the situation of Coronavirus is evolving at a faster pace, President Donald Trump
brought in the top most leaders of few of the grand giants to give away the pan of how they are
tackling with this problem. With on edge customers accumulating regular merchandise and non-
regular stores shuttered, the coronavirus pandemic presents a devastated stage for American
retailers. Wal-Mart Inc. shows up to deal with this pandemic in a better manner than other peers
(Adage, 2020).
Steps taken by Wal-Mart
There are several steps which are taken by Wal-Mart and the same have been determined
in detail to get an understanding of how well these giants are responding and one should learn
from them. At first Wal-Mart majorly focuses on the cleanliness of stores and keeping as smooth
situation thereby. In order to avoid the entry of virus in the stores, stores are kept clean on
regular basis and this has been incorporated utilizing disinfecting arrangements in high-contact,
high-traffic regions. As it can be observed from there is a lot of traffic and hence, additional
cleaning facility has been provided in areas like the registers and on shopping baskets.
The easiest ways and the simpler approaches to clean shopping carts, and not just this, the
third party sanitization is also considered as one of the closest step towards cleanliness so that
stores are not facing any kind of infection. Wal-Mart is also assessing whether to alter store
hours at some 24-hour offices to take into consideration extra cleaning (Hirsch, 2020).
Second, Wal-Mart is also focusing on how to work to keep their stores loaded and costs
reasonable. As one would expect, paper items, cleaning supplies and different things are sought
after as clients plan for the conceivable effect of COVID-19. The company is attempting to

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recharge those things and making sure that supplies have been transported in those areas where,
much of the supplies are required and needed. The company has likewise approved our head
supervisors to deal with their stock, remembering the prudence to restrain deals amounts for
things that are in bizarrely appeal. On the web, we are taking a firm position identified with the
potential for cost gouging by outsider merchants. Infringement of our merchant valuing
arrangement and vender disallowed things approach won't go on without serious consequences
and will be settled rapidly (Hirsch, 2020).
Thirdly to handle this crisis, the major light is thrown on the strength of the partners.
Proper precautions have been taken and if an employee is not well he/she is asked to remain at
home and cure themselves first ((Adage, 2020).
Conclusion
Hence, Wal-Mart imparted to our partners subtleties of another strategy that gives them
extra adaptability to remain at home if they are not feeling great, and make them aware of other
alternatives and support if they are suffering from coronavirus. Apart from this the company has
also disclosed extra rules relating to organization travel throughout the following couple of
months to avoid any further spread of the infection.

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References
Adage, (2020). As the US Shuts down, Wal-Mart steps up. Retrieved from
https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/us-shuts-down-walmart-steps/2245016
Hirsch, L. (2020). Trump asks Walmart, Target and other retail giants to help tackle the
coronavirus crisis. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/14/trump-asks-
walmart-target-others-to-help-tackle-the-coronavirus-crisis.html