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Book · October 021 citations reads 35,829 authorsBog'liq 4 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH
Walmart’s Information Systems
Walmart is the world’s largest retailer,
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_____________________ of $443.9 billion in the fiscal
year that ended on January 31, 2012. Walmart currently serves over 200 million customers every
week, worldwide. Walmart’s rise to prominence is
(2)
________________ of information systems.
One of the keys to this success was
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_____________________, a supply-chain management
system. This system, unique when initially implemented in the mid-1980s, allowed Walmart’s
suppliers
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_____________________
and sales information of their products at any of Walmart’s
more than ten thousand stores. Using Retail Link, suppliers can analyze how well their products are
selling at one or more Walmart stores,
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_____________________. Further, Walmart requires the
suppliers to use Retail Link
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_____________________. If a supplier feels that their products are
selling out too quickly, they can use Retail Link to petition Walmart to raise the levels of inventory
for their products. This has essentially allowed Walmart to “hire” thousands of product managers,
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_____________________ they are managing. This revolutionary approach to managing
inventory has allowed Walmart to continue to drive prices down and respond
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_____________________.
Today, Walmart continues to innovate with information technology.
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_____________________,
any technology that Walmart requires its suppliers to implement immediately becomes a business
standard.
A
all of whom have a vested interest in the
products
B
to directly access the inventory levels
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