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Logistics practices in Wal-Mart
As the world’s largest retailer with net sales of almost $419 billion for the fiscal year 2011, Wal-Mart is considered a “best-in-class” company for its supply chain management practices. These practices are a key competitive advantage that have enabled Wal-Mart to achieve leadership in the retail industry through a focus on increasing operational efficiency and on customer needs. Wal-Mart’s corporate website calls “logistics” and “distribution” the heart of its operation, one that keeps millions of products moving to customers every day of the year.
Wal-Mart’s highly-automated distribution centers, which operate 24 hours a day and are served by Wal-Mart’s truck fleet, are the foundation of its growth strategy and supply network. In the United States alone, the company has more than 40 regional distribution centers for import flow and more than 140 distribution centers for domestic flow. When entering a new geographic arena, the company first determines if the area will be able to contain enough stores to support a distribution center. Each distribution center supports between 75 to 100 retail stores within a 250-mile area. Once a center is built, stores are gradually built around it to saturate the area and the distribution network is realigned to maximize efficiencies through a process termed “reoptimization”. The result is a “trickle-down” effect: trucks do not have to travel as far to retail stores to make deliveries, shorter distances reduce transportation costs and lead time, and shorter lead time means holding less safety inventory. If shortages do occur, replenishment can be made more quickly because stores receive daily deliveries from distribution centers.
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Questions:
1.What are the tips for the success of Wal-Mart in logistics?
2.What positive effects has Wal-Mart's logistics management had on the development of retail logistics?
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-1.1 Concept of E-commerce
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-1.2 E-commerce and Traditional Commerce
--1.2.1 E-commerce and Traditional Commerce
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-1.3 Emergence and Development of E-commerce
--1.3.1 Emergence and Development of E-commerce
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-Unit1 Test
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-2.1 Framework of E-commerce
--2.1.1 Framework of E-commerce
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-2.2 B2B E-commerce Model
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-2.3 B2C E-commerce Model
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-2.4 C2C E-commerce Model
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-2.5 Innovation of E-commerce Models
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-Unit 2 Test
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-3.1 Overview of E-commerce Security
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-3.2 Network Security(1)
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-3.3 Network Security(2)
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-3.4 Transaction Security(1)
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-3.5 Transaction Security(2)
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-3.6 E-commerce Security Protocol
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-Unit 3 Test
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-4.1 Overview of Internet Marketing
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-4.2 Internet Marketing Methods(1)
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-4.3 Internet Marketing Methods(2)
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-4.4 Internet Marketing Strategy(1)
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-4.5 Internet Marketing Strategy(2)
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-5.1 E-payment
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-5.2 E-money
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-5.3 Third party payment
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-5.4 E-payment System and Online Banking
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-6.1 Overview of Logistics
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-6.2 Overview of E-commerce Logistics
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-6.3 E-commerce Distribution
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-6.4 Automatic Identification Technology
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-6.5 Intelligent Logistics
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-7.1 Overview of Supply Chain Management
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-7.2 Supply Chain Management Strategy
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-7.3 The Development Trend of SCM
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-8.1 Overview of Mobile Commerce
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-8.2 Related Technologies of Mobile Commerce
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-8.3 Applications/Uses of M-commerce
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-9.1 Overview of the Legal Environment of E-commerce
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-9.2 Legal Regulations for E-commerce Transactions
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-10.1 E-commerce Development Trend
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