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Walmart Supply Chain: What Makes It (Still) So Successful 

ShipBob

Walmart has further strengthened and simplified their supply chain by implementing a vendor management inventory (VMI) model. VMI involves suppliers managing their own inventory that’s stored in Walmart’s warehouses. All Walmart has to do is monitor the transport of inventory from warehouses to their stores.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Warehousing. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Production/manufacturing. Transportation.

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