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    Teamwork at Walmart

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    reported increased performance in work production‚ problem solving and it has stimulated new growth. This group project approach has improved employee morale and increased input when managed correctly. The benefits of teamwork can make a positive effect in the company that incorporates this type of teamwork approach. As each new project is started‚ a new team leader may be assigned. The reason for this is with each new project the area of expertise needed may change. These teamwork groups are

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    Discount Store and Walmart

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    Walmart financial analysis project CONTENTS INTRODUCTION4 VISION STATEMENT5 MISSION and OBJECTIVES5 COMPANY SUMMARY6 OWNERSHIP6 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE7 HISTORY OF WAL-MART8 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS9 MARKETING ANALYSIS10 MARKET SEGMENT11 MARKET SHARE13 DOMESTIC COMPETITORS14 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS15 CURRENT PRODUCTS16 PRODUCTS16 BCG MATRIX17 STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY19 COMPETITIVE EDGE20 MARKETING AND SALES STRATEGY21 COST STRATEGY21 CAPITAL STRUCTURE

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    Why Is Walmart Unethical

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    The Lowest Price is Unethical The worldwide corporation name‚ Wal-Mart‚ is best known for its endless selection of products for sale and their everyday lowest prices in town. Unfortunately these attractive characteristics arise from the act of breaking 18th century philosopher’s ethical theories. Wal-Mart is guilty of using their employees and suppliers as a mere means to an ends for the highest corporate profits possible each quarter. Their practices alienate their employees from their work efforts

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    Walmart History Timeline

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    company headquarters‚ to a computer network. In 1990‚ Wal-Mart introduced Retail Link‚ software connecting its stores‚ distribution centers‚ and suppliers‚ providing detailed inventory data “to bring our suppliers closer to our individual stores” ("Walmart Corporate - History Timeline"‚ n.d.‚ p.

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    Documentary Walmart

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    Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices Robert Greenwald uses a strong appeal to ethos‚ a slippery road argument‚ and a text track to bring attention to his audience about Wal-Mart. He establishes his argument by first presenting a claim made by the Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott and then showing the contrary to that claim with many examples from real people. Through these arguments the audience can determine that Wal-Mart is simply a bad company and they should stop spending their money there. Greenwald

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    Is Walmart Good for America? Walmart is very bad for America in many different ways. America’s economy is already moving at a very slow rate and Walmart is not helping it. They are however helping China’s Economy. Walmart brings in 100 million Americans every week with their "every day low prices". Walmart depends on China to make most of their products because the manual labor there is cheaper. In an article written by Robert E. Scott he writes‚ "It has also repressed

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    Walmart Living Wage

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    A potential benefit of advocating for a living wage at the federal level is that a living wage would actually be put into effect. With living wages‚ workers will be able to buy the basic needs for survival‚ which include; money for rent‚ food‚ health insurance‚ and other major expenses. The potential downside to advocating for a living wage at the federal level is that small businesses may go out of business and companies will have to cut back on their staff in order to pay for the wage increase

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    company‚ and does it aligned with the overall strategy of the company‚ customer needs and wants. For Wal-Mart‚ it is better to develop vertical integration based on the firm establishment in the market and the firm is always looking into expansion. Walmart is a well-known hypermarket with 8500 stores across 15 different countries. It is in business of selling everything to customers’ needs in their everyday lives. Wal-Mart practices vertical integration strategy where it has developed its own name

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    Walmart Jit

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    According to Crosson and Needles the Just-In-Time (JIT) operating philosophy requires that “all resources—material‚ personnel‚ and facilities—be acquired and used only when they are need. Its objectives are to improve productivity and eliminate waste.” They go on to sate that this process allows funds to be reallocated according to the goals of the company’s business plan since they are no longer invested in inventory. This method helps retailers like Wal-Mart “assign more accurate costs to their

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    Walmart Case

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    CONTEXT (p.1) DATA * David Glass (CEO); Don Soderquist (COO) * ROA= 33% ; Sales growth= 35% * 1993. market value= $57.5 billion * Sales/square foot= $300 vs. $210 of competitors * Total sales: $16B (1987) → $67B (1993) * Earnings quadrupling: $628 million → $2.3B * Revolutionized many aspects of retailing + heavy investment in information technology. * Main Challenge: “HOW TO SUSTAIN THE COMPANY’S PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE.” * Growth in 1993: (7%–8%) range‚

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