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Executive Summary

Executive Summary. Financial Analysis External Analysis Internal Analysis Technology Human Capital Competitive Advantages Recommendations. External Analysis. Wal-Mart – greedy for control Sophisticated ecosystem The growth feeds the ecosystem, the ecosystem powers the growth

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Executive Summary

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  1. Executive Summary • Financial Analysis • External Analysis • Internal Analysis • Technology • Human Capital • Competitive Advantages • Recommendations

  2. External Analysis • Wal-Mart – greedy for control • Sophisticated ecosystem • The growth feeds the ecosystem, the ecosystem powers the growth • Market capitalism • More than 30% of the entire market • Customers vote Wal-Mart with wallets • Suppliers vote with their products

  3. External Analysis • Consumers • One stop shoppers • 90% Americans live within 15 miles • 93% US households shopped in Wal-Mart • Save up to $900 a year • Conflicted customer • Suppliers • Huge part of ecosystem • Weak bargaining power • Failure to comply • Vlasic example • Procter & Gamble and Gillette 16% of their business

  4. External Analysis • Competition • Target, Home Depot, Costco • Best Buy, Radio Shack • Sears and Kmart merger • Environment • Destroying more jobs than creating • Sustainability • Eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Wal-Mart's global supply chain by the end of 2015. • Zero Waste • More sustainable products, at more affordable prices

  5. Internal Analysis: Technology • Bar Coding • Share info with in and across stores and to suppliers • Electric Data Interchange (EDI) • Forecasting, planning, replenishment, shipping • Retail Link • Required by suppliers – point of sale technology

  6. Internal Analysis: Technology • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) • Reduced shrinkage, inventory tracking, time saver • Online • Pushed boundaries • New products – music store, internet access

  7. Internal Analysis: Human Capital • Criticisms • Low pay, heavy part time reliance • No unions • Bad evaluation procedures • Promote • Good working conditions

  8. Competitive Advantage • Technology • Name • Fortune’s most admired company in 2003 • Philanthropic efforts • International mergers and acquisitions • Smart at entering potential markets • Captures the culture and adapts (mostly)

  9. Recommendations • Keep Investing in Technology • Employee incentives • Don’t force culture too fast internationally

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