Walmart Retail Link Supply chain

Answer the Questions for the Case Study without plagiarism.

An introduction to Walmart’s Retail Link system, one of the largest B2B supply-chain systems in the world. Retail Link connects consumer purchase data to the Walmart purchasing system and to vendor supply systems. Retail Link plays a key role in Walmart’s corporate strategy to become the dominant low-cost provider of retail goods. L=7:13.

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After reading the case study, answer the following questions:

1. Where does Walmart’s supply chain start? What triggers Walmart’s Retail Link system to ship goods to local Walmart Stores?
2. Why is a detailed knowledge of consumer purchases at each store important to Walmart’s success?
3. Why can’t other large retailers easily duplicate Walmart’s Retail Link?
4. Why does Walmart encourage its vendors to learn how to use Retail Link?