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You will submit an evaluation of your client's transportation network and warehousing network, focusing on constraints, modes of transportation, infrastructure, and special handling requirements. You will also make recommendations to improve transportation.

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QSO 330 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of a supply chain evaluation. Supply chain management (SCM) is a holistic view of a company’s efforts to source, procure, receive, store, and deliver products. These products can be raw materials for a manufacturing process, consumer goods for a retail chain, or a collection of items that will be joined in some way before ultimate delivery to the customer. In today’s global economic environment, SCM takes on an increasing level of complexity as companies attempt to reduce costs, drive efficiency, and remain compliant with the corporate social responsibilities that today’s consumers demand. Prompt: For this milestone, you will submit an evaluation of Walmart’s transportation and warehousing networks, focusing on constraints, modes of transportation, infrastructure, and special handling requirements. You will also make recommendations to improve transportation. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: IV. Transportation: In this section, first consider the effectiveness of Walmart’s transportation network in order to then determine possible cost savings without sacrificing performance. A. Evaluation 1. Identify constraints within the transportation network and discuss the impact they will have on the overall supply chain operation. Be sure to provide specific examples to illustrate. 2. Analyze the transportation network and determine whether or not the correct modes of transportation are being used based on time, cost, and quantity. B. Recommendations: Make recommendations on how to improve the transportation network given the constraints you identified using specific examples to illustrate and justify your claims. V. Warehousing: In this section, first analyze your client’s warehousing network in order to then determine requirements and develop recommendations for adequately meeting current and future storage needs. A. Evaluation 1. Analyze the current warehousing infrastructure to determine if the current warehousing network adequately meets storage needs. Additionally, consider eventual expansion requirements of Walmart’s operation. What are the constraints or restrictions involved in the possible locations? 2. Identify considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describe their impact on warehousing for the current mix of products that Walmart’s SCM is handling, using specific examples. Note: For this milestone, you will complete critical elements IV.A, IV.B, and V.A. As a reminder, you will need to complete additional critical elements (V.B.1–2) for this part of the final submission of your final project. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 3‐ to 4‐page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12‐point Times New Roman font, one‐inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format. Critical Elements Transportation: Evaluation: Constraints Proficient (100%) Identifies all relevant constraints within the transportation network and discusses their impact using specific examples Transportation: Evaluation: Modes of Transportation Makes valid claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity Transportation: Recommendations Recommends sound improvements to the transportation network that address all of the concerns and constraints identified in the transportation evaluation using specific examples Reasonably analyzes warehousing infrastructure to determine its adequacy for meeting current and potential future storage needs Warehousing: Evaluation: Infrastructure Warehousing: Evaluation: Hazardous Materials Articulation of Response Identifies all relevant considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describes their impacts on warehousing using specific examples Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Needs Improvement (75%) Discusses constraints within the transportation network but fails to address all relevant constraints or fully discuss their impact using specific examples Discusses the effectiveness of current modes of transportation, but not all claims are valid or based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity Discusses improvements to the transportation network but fails to make fully sound recommendations that address all of the concerns and constraints using specific examples Not Evident (0%) Does not identify constraints within the transportation network Discusses warehousing infrastructure but fails to reasonably determine its adequacy for meeting all current and potential future storage needs Discusses considerations for special handling of hazardous materials but fails to identify all relevant considerations or to describe their impacts on warehousing using specific examples Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Value 17 Does not make claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation 17 Does not discuss improvements to the transportation network 17 Does not discuss warehousing infrastructure 17 Does not discuss considerations for special handling of hazardous materials 17 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 15 Total 100% Running Head: CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION China'swalmart: Supply chain transportation Dwon Tagger SNHU 1 CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION 2 Introduction Wal-Mart is a multinational firm based in Arkansas. It is a giant company with over ten hundred stores. Every week, this company has a capacity of serving at least 250 million customers globally. In China, we have a Wal-Mart store which was opened in the mid of 1996 and which currently serve more than four hundred retail stores. Over the years, the supply chain for Wal-Mart distribution has been realized considerable success in different parts of the world due to more profound management support when it comes to both competitive market advantage as well as capital investment. However, Wal-Mart stores in China have for more than three years been unable to meet the needs of its clients. This paper will be discussing the suppliers and customers of the Wal-Mart stores in China by evaluating the areas that clients need to improve and enhance its efficiency. Within the course of this paper, detailed information about the element of the supply chain of sourcing in Wal-Mart. Demand forecasting: The Supply and demand side for china’s Wal-Mart product flow The Wal-Mart supply chain has increasingly gone through some changes stemming from the distribution mechanism to the operation of customers. Inherently large units of stocks are distributed from the leading stores directly to the areas where customers are located. China's Wal-Mart suppliers directly distribute shipped products to the stores. Due to the shipment mechanism in place, the china's Wal-Mart could use container loads, truckloads and the quantities of the economic order in supplying products (Schleper, Blome & Wuttke, 2017). However, for those perishable products, this mode was unfavorable and as such Wal-Mart was forced in 2015, to introduce two different modes for transporting goods into stores which CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION 3 included dry and perishable distribution systems. Consequently, this called for several centers for distribution that have recently evolved to both dry and perishable direct centers. Needs of the customers (Constrains) Convenient locations for the customers, affordable products, high-quality products and services from China's Wal-Mart were required. For this to be accomplished, the number of stores needed to increase to serve not only cities within China but also in other parts of the world. The offered services also brought about improvement hence making Wal-Mart’s products to be affordable. Also, the customers highly expected the cycle of seven days operation on two shifts dealing with a volume of over one hundred and fifty thousand products on a daily basis, peak demand of an estimate of ninety thousand per day. In addition to that, the product mix of three thousand and five hundred is expected inclusive of a broad range of goods with both perishable and durable products. Further, it is likely that the distribution center will go as higher as 70% during the peak demand. Supplier’s capabilities China’s Wal-Mart is operating through the websites that it has created as well as within its physical location. Currently, its operation is conducted by one hundred and six cities with four hundred and six stores china. A large number of these stores utilizes similar procedural standard when it comes to the management inventory, customer relation, staffing, display of merchandise, materials handling, information technology as well as product design and control. It is the team of corporate management that facilitates the process of China's supply chain in different stores. Supplier’s evaluation CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION 4 Recently, china’s Wal-Mart stores have come up with an approach of cutting down the high cost of transportation which in turn has assisted in the business in forecasting its stores. In this way, more benefits can be realized through the use of fuller vehicles and railways which seem to be more cost-effective transportation methods (Choudhury, 2017). To add on this, the Wal-Mart has developed systems for its stores that are useful in providing stock which is in stock out conditions. Wal-Mart has become more reliable regarding information in its stores. The creation of the websites has importantly helped in the accomplishment of an electronic commerce system that allows in online marketing and other operation that it ventures. Evaluation constrains Of late, Wal-Mart stores in China have boats some of the products to its clients in around one thousand and nine hundred shops. The turnover of inventory within this business is greatly being maximized with the enterprise being concentrated on increasingly inventory turnover. This has also helped in fast-changing trends within the scientific industry and more effectively in the electronic market. Evaluation of China’s Wal-Mart Strategy for Network Sourcing In this Wal-Mart, the network has become a bit fragmented with twenty-nine independent offices buying across china republic. Most importantly, Wal-Mart has five dry distribution centers which are serviceable and serving almost all the stores. The logistic team usually charges some suppliers of the company free for consumption of their network hence making distribution more expensive and making service delivery very horrible. (Bornstein, 2017). The logistic team charges highly and therefore Wal-Mart prefers to use big trucks in the supply of goods in stores which is also expensive. CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION 5 Recommendations The order system of the Wal-Mart China must be kept current to improve on the number of requirements and increase stock delivery in the performance of its business. On the side of the logistic system, Wal-Mart benefits from the product that needs to be rescinded in totality to improve effectiveness and efficiency. There is also the need for lowering the risk of the credit card. Besides, the inventory information needs to be high in avoidance of devastating operations as well as poor management of stock. Further, the network system must largely produce effects products to meet the demand forecasted by the customers. CHINA’S WALMART SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION References Bornstein, S. (2017). Reckless Discrimination. Cal. L. Rev., 105, 1055. Choudhury, R. R. (2017). Supply Chain Management-Disk Framework. Schleper, M. C., Blome, C., & Wuttke, D. A. (2017). The dark side of buyer power: Supplier exploitation and the role of ethical climates. Journal of Business Ethics, 140(1), 97-114. 6 QSO 330 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project for this course is the creation of a supply chain evaluation. Supply chain management (SCM) is a holistic view of a company’s efforts to source, procure, receive, store, and deliver products. These products can be raw materials for a manufacturing process, consumer goods for a retail chain, or a collection of items that will be joined in some way before ultimate delivery to the customer. In today’s global economic environment, SCM takes on an increasing level of complexity as companies attempt to reduce costs, drive efficiency, and remain compliant with the corporate social responsibilities that today’s consumers demand. For this project, you will act as the lead consultant to Walmart as it attempts to improve its overall supply chain. The ultimate recommendation you make will be based upon your analysis of the current SCM and your insight on how to improve demand forecasting, sourcing, transportation, and warehousing options to optimize the overall operation. This project will showcase your ability to balance the competing requirements of reducing cost and increasing efficiency while remaining at the forefront of sustainable operations for the industry. Your analysis and recommendations will be formatted into a supply chain evaluation for Walmart’s executive team to use to optimize their supply chain management in this very demanding environment. The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final product will be submitted in Module Seven. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:     Analyze operational and logistical issues related to supply chain management using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methodologies Determine pertinent issues and potential constraints for problem solving regarding supply chain management Develop distribution solutions based on supply chain management principles that address network inefficiencies Recommend appropriate cost-saving strategies and risk mitigation plans for supply chain implementation Prompt Using the provided Walmart China case study, create a supply chain evaluation in which you assess Walmart in terms of its demand forecasting, sourcing, transportation, and warehousing processes in order to develop SCM recommendations that will reduce costs and risks to the business operation. It is strongly recommended that you thoroughly review the prompt below before you read the case study, and you should continue to refer to the prompt as you read. You should format your analysis and recommendations as if you were a consultant hired by Walmart. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Executive Summary: In this section, explain the purpose of your brief and highlight key information and findings that will aid the understanding of the more in-depth analysis and recommendations to follow. II. Demand Forecasting: In this section, first assess the supply and demand side of Walmart’s product flow, including the customer’s needs and the supplier’s capabilities, in order to then identify potential alignments that will keep cost and waste at a minimum. A. Evaluation 1. Analyze Walmart’s suppliers in terms of their abilities to meet the demand of customers during steady-state and peak operations. How effective are each supplier’s inventory reorder points and economic order quantities? Support your analysis with quantitative examples. 2. Additionally, describe demand-forecasting constraints that exist within the supply chain. For example, consider the distance of the stores and the compatibility of the products in terms of shipping, storage, and so on. B. Recommendations: Based on your evaluation, recommend strategies for better aligning the supply and demand side of Walmart’s product flow that will keep cost and waste at a minimum. III. Sourcing: In this section, first evaluate the network sourcing strategy of Walmart in order to then identify possible areas in need of improvement that will leave room for future expansion. A. Evaluation: Assess the current network sourcing strategy and determine whether or not the number and quality of suppliers is the optimal mix for the operation. To what extent do the current suppliers meet steady-state and peak demand? Are they consistently providing products that meet or exceed Walmart’s quality standards? Defend your assessment with examples. B. Recommendations 1. Recommend a strategy to optimize the sourcing network that takes into account current operations and leaves room for future expansion. Be sure to consider any alternative sources of materials available to the organization in your response. 2. Recommend a standard procedure for vetting suppliers to ensure that they are compliant with the corporate social responsibility guidelines of Walmart. 3. Make sure that you have recommended the best sourcing practices for Walmart using appropriate quantitative methods. IV. Transportation: In this section, first consider the effectiveness of Walmart’s transportation network in order to then determine possible cost savings without sacrificing performance. A. Evaluation 1. Identify constraints within the transportation network and discuss the impact they will have on the overall supply chain operation. Be sure to provide specific examples to illustrate. 2. Analyze the transportation network and determine whether or not the correct modes of transportation are being used based on time, cost, and quantity. B. Recommendations: Make recommendations on how to improve the transportation network given the constraints you identified, using specific examples to illustrate and justify your claims. V. VI. Warehousing: In this section, first analyze Walmart’s warehousing network to in order to then determine requirements and develop recommendations for adequately meeting current and future storage needs. A. Evaluation 1. Analyze the current warehousing infrastructure to determine if the current warehousing network adequately meets storage needs. Additionally, consider eventual expansion requirements of Walmart’s operation. What are the constraints or restrictions involved in the possible locations? 2. Identify considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describe their impact on warehousing for the current mix of products that Walmart’s SCM is handling, using specific examples. B. Recommendations 1. Determine warehousing requirements that will ensure adequate availability of resources for the organization. Support your proposed requirements with given production and demand elements from the scenario. 2. Based on your determination of requirements, recommend a warehouse design that will minimize movements between functions and reduce costs. Explain how your recommendation will drive this improvement throughout the network, considering facility costs, inventory carrying costs, personnel costs, and equipment costs. Conclusions: In the final section, take a critical look at your various recommendations in order to develop final conclusions for Walmart. A. Prioritize your demand-forecasting, sourcing, transportation, and warehousing recommendations based on efficiency gain, cost, and sustainability. B. Discuss the feasibility of your recommendations based on supply chain constraints of Walmart in the case study. Justify your claims with specific evidence. Milestones Milestone One: Demand Forecasting and Sourcing In Module Three, you will submit an assessment of the supply and demand of Walmart and product flow, as discussed in the Walmart China: Supply Chain Transportation case study. You will also evaluate the network sourcing strategy of Walmart to identify areas that may be in need of improvement and will leave room for future expansion. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric. Milestone Two: Transportation and Warehousing In Module Five, you will submit an evaluation of Walmart’s transportation and warehousing networks, focusing on constraints, modes of transportation, infrastructure, and special handling requirements. You will also make recommendations to improve transportation. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric. Final Submission: Supply Chain Evaluation In Module Seven, you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric. Final Project Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your supply chain evaluation should be 12–15 pages, double spaced, with one-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, and APA citations when applicable. Critical Elements Executive Summary Exemplary (100%) Meets “Proficient” criteria, and the executive summary reflects a concise, effective communication style Demand Forecasting: Evaluation: Suppliers Meets “Proficient” criteria, and analysis reflects deep insight into operational and logistical issues related to supply chain management Demand Forecasting: Evaluation: Constraints Meets “Proficient” criteria, and description reflects a nuanced understanding of constraints that impact problem solving in supply chain management Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect advanced ability to strategically reduce costs and mitigate risks in the supply chain Demand Forecasting: Recommendations Sourcing: Evaluation Meets “Proficient” criteria, and assessment reflects a nuanced understanding of issues that impact problem solving in supply chain management Proficient (85%) Explains the purpose of the brief and highlights key information that supports the analysis and recommendations of the brief Accurately analyzes suppliers’ abilities to meet customer demand during steady-state and peak operations using valid supporting quantitative evidence Describes all relevant demand forecasting constraints of the supply chain using specific details Needs Improvement (55%) Discusses the purpose of the brief or highlights certain information, but there are gaps in necessary detail Not Evident (0%) Does not include an executive summary Value 2 Discusses the suppliers’ abilities to meet various customer demands, but there are gaps in necessary detail, accuracy, or the quantitative evidence Does not discuss the suppliers’ abilities to meet various customer demands 6 Discusses demand forecasting constraints but fails to consider all relevant constraints or cite specific details Does not discuss demand forecasting constraints 5 Recommends appropriate strategies for better aligning the supply and demand sides of the product flow that would effectively keep cost and waste at a minimum Assesses the current network strategy to determine how optimal the supplier mix is for the operation, citing specific, supporting evidence Discusses strategies for better aligning the supply and demand sides but fails to recommend fully appropriate strategies that would effectively keep cost and waste at a minimum Discusses the current network strategy in terms of the supplier mix, but there are logical gaps in the assessment, or the assessment is not sufficiently supported with specific evidence Does not discuss strategies for better aligning the supply and demand sides of the product flow 5 Does not discuss the current network strategy 5 Sourcing: Recommendations: Strategy to Optimize Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect a particularly shrewd or creative ability to apply supply chain principles to address network inefficiencies Recommends an effective strategy for optimizing the sourcing network that takes into account current operations and leaves room for future expansion Sourcing: Recommendations: Vetting Suppliers Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect advanced ability to strategically reduce costs and mitigate risks in the supply chain Recommends an appropriate standard procedure for vetting suppliers that would reasonably ensure compliance with social responsibility guidelines Sourcing: Recommendations: Quantitative Methods Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect advanced ability to apply quantitative methods to supply chain management issues Presents sourcing recommendations based on and supported by appropriate quantitative methods Transportation: Evaluation: Constraints Meets “Proficient” criteria, and response reflects a nuanced understanding of constraints that impact problem solving in supply chain management Meets “Proficient” criteria, and claims reflects deep insight into operational and logistical issues related to supply chain management Identifies all relevant constraints within the transportation network and discusses their impact using specific examples Makes valid claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect advanced ability to strategically reduce costs and mitigate risks in the supply chain Recommends sound improvements to the transportation network that address all of the concerns and constraints identified in the transportation evaluation using specific examples Transportation: Evaluation: Modes of Transportation Transportation: Recommendations Discusses a strategy for optimizing the sourcing network but fails to propose a fully effective strategy that takes into account current operations and potential future expansion Discusses a standard procedure for vetting suppliers, but fails to propose a fully appropriate procedure that would reasonably ensure compliance with social responsibility guidelines Presents sourcing recommendations that have some basis or support from quantitative methods, but there are gaps in the application or inappropriate methods are used Discusses constraints within the transportation network but fails to address all relevant constraints or fully discuss their impact using specific examples Discusses the effectiveness of current modes of transportation, but not all claims are valid or based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity Discusses improvements to the transportation network but fails to make fully sound recommendations that address all of the concerns and constraints using specific examples Does not discuss a strategy for optimizing the sourcing network 9 Does not discuss a standard procedure for vetting suppliers 5 Does not present sourcing recommendations with a basis or support from quantitative methods 6 Does not identify constraints within the transportation network 5 Does not make claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation 6 Does not discuss improvements to the transportation network 5 Warehousing: Evaluation: Infrastructure Meets “Proficient” criteria, and analysis reflects deep insight into operational and logistical issues related to supply chain management Reasonably analyzes warehousing infrastructure to determine its adequacy for meeting current and potential future storage needs Warehousing: Evaluation: Hazardous Materials Meets “Proficient” criteria, and response reflects a nuanced understanding of issues that impact problem-solving in supply chain management Identifies all relevant considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describes their impacts on warehousing using specific examples Warehousing: Recommendations: Requirements Meets “Proficient” criteria, and proposal reflects a particularly shrewd or creative ability to apply supply chain principles to address network inefficiencies Proposes valid warehousing requirements that ensure adequate availability of resources based on given production and demand information Warehousing: Recommendations: Warehouse Design Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations reflect advanced ability to strategically reduce costs and mitigate risks in the supply chain Recommends a warehouse design that minimizes movements between functions, reduces costs, considers all relevant constraints, and is justified with specific evidence Conclusions: Prioritize Meets “Proficient” criteria, and prioritization reflects a deep understanding of key supply chain principles Appropriately prioritizes all recommendations based on efficiency gains, cost, and sustainability Conclusions: Feasibility Meets “Proficient” criteria, and response reflects a nuanced understanding of constraints that impact problem solving in supply chain management Reasonably justifies all claims about the feasibility of each of the brief’s recommendations based on the constraints of the supply chain Discusses warehousing infrastructure but fails to reasonably determine its adequacy for meeting all current and potential future storage needs Discusses considerations for special handling of hazardous materials but fails to identify all relevant considerations or to describe their impacts on warehousing using specific examples Discusses warehousing requirements, but fails to propose fully valid requirements that would ensure adequate availability of resources based on production and demand information Discusses a warehouse design but fails to recommend and fully justify a design that would effectively minimize movements between functions and reduce costs while considering all relevant constraints Discusses the relative merits of the recommendations but fails to logically prioritize each based on efficiency, gains, cost, and sustainability Discusses the feasibility of the brief’s recommendations, but fails to justify all claims based on the constraints of the supply chain Does not discuss warehousing infrastructure 6 Does not discuss considerations for special handling of hazardous materials 5 Does not discuss warehousing requirements 9 Does not discuss a warehouse design 5 Does not discuss the relative merits of the recommendations 9 Does not discuss the feasibility of the brief’s recommendations 5 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas Total 2 100%
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Running Head: China Wal-Mart Supply Chain Management

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Wal-Mart China Executive summary
Looking at the economy of China, it’s very clear that the country is growing at a very
high rate. This has become one of the cornerstones of Wal-Mart China. As from the year of the
establishment of Wal-Mart in China in 1996, it has a great progress, and from the year 2012, it
has a greater income of more than $10 billion per year. The great progression is based on its
strength; having a wider market thus making great sales and also offering a variation of products.
They have also considered different classes of people in pricing their commodity.
Despite its awesome progression, it’s also faced with some shortcomings. For instance
the cost of production; for Wal-Mart to lower it they have to devise some ways like buying their
raw materials in masses. It should also make so...


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