SUPPLY CHAIN SILVER SUITE
New to supply chain? New to Walmart? Get the supply chain knowledge needed to succeed in OTIF, forecasting and replenishment in this 3-day training course.
Save $195 when you purchase the suite instead of individual classes.
Master supply chain in 3 days. Discover all the steps in Walmart’s supply chain as well as the reasons behind them. Learn GRS Demand Forecasting, GRS Fulfillment, OTIF, and Load Quality from experienced facilitators using the most up-to-date information available. Outstanding training for the new team member who needs to get up to speed quickly and for the veteran eager to master Walmart’s recent supply chain changes.
Who should take this course:
Those new to forecasting, replenishment, fulfillment, OTIF; those wanting to be up-to-the-minute with Walmart’s supply chain requirements and procedures; those wanting to remove supply chain errors and reduce penalties.
You Will Learn
Day One:
How to Navigate Walmart’s Supply Chain
SQEP (Supplier Quality Excellence Program)
- Overview and portal
- Defects, fines, and invoicing
- ASN (Advance Shipment Notification)
- FIXit
What you must know about packaging, labeling, shipping
- Case markings and labels
- Inner pack
- Meat and poultry cases
- ASN shipping
- Shipping labels LTL
- Shipping labels for cases and pallets
Requirements for pallets and bagged items shipping to Walmart
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- Types of cases (configurations)
- Hazmat label requirements
DC types
- Automated RDCs
- CenterPoint Consolidation
Lead Time Audit: When/when not to do one
Finer points of EOQ
Freight Factor: How to influence it and why it’s important to your buyer
How to get more from your efforts
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- Ladder Plan
- Corporate POS Forecast Report
- Demand Forecast Report
- Supply Plan Report
How to find the root cause of out of stocks
TSCP
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- Key points
- Late pickup notification
- Ship point information
- Load planning
Creating a ticket in the Transportation Ticketing Portal
Day Two:
Forecasting & Replenishment
Demand Forecast
- Breaking down the forecasting process
- When and how to “cleanse” your history
- Best practices for the start date
- Best practices for new item location
- Best practices for promotions
Fulfillment
- How the demand forecast data translates to fulfillment
- Explanation and use of the plan analysis
- Understanding safety stock
- Explanation of the allocation calendar
- Components of lead time
- How to prepare for new items/new modulars
- How to prepare for an item leaving the modular
Understanding the significance of:
- Keeping your purchase orders clean
- Optimization and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- Truck load optimization (TLO)
- Utilizing other tools within Retail Link (NOVA, OTIF, SQEP, ASPEN, etc)
- Walmart’s replenishment structure
How to create and use these reports/tools:
- Store Demand Forecast
- Order Forecast
- Future Valid Item/Store
- Out of Stock Root Cause Dashboard
Day Three:
OTIF: How to Avoid Fines
NEW: Revised OTIF Requirements
OTIF Overview
- Walmart’s goals and expectations
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system-generated and manual orders
- Penalties and timing of charges
- Roles and responsibilities for Walmart and for its suppliers
- Why teamwork is important
OTIF Scorecard
- How to navigate the Performance page
- How to view POs by line
- How to navigate the Charges page
How to schedule a delivery
E-commerce and OTIF
- Causes for charges on FedEx Small Parcels
- How to report a late or missed pick-up
Transportation Portal (TSCP)
- Gaining access
- Best practices for entering POs
- How to confirm a PO
- How to mass confirm a group of POs
How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
Analyzing your business
- Item 52 Week Forecast Report
- Supply Plan by Order Date Report
- Supply Plan by Receive Report
Practical help
- OTIF Checklist
- Flowchart to fix MABD Issues
- Flowchart to fix Fill Rate Issues
- How to develop an OTIF Action Plan
- How to use the DC Appointment Scheduler
Introduction to SQEP
- What it is
- Timeline of its four phases
- List of possible defects
- SQEP Performance Summary
THIS SUITE IS 3 CLASSES. EACH IS A LIVE ZOOM MEETING WITH A MAXIMUM OF 10 PARTICIPANTS/INSTRUCTOR.
DAY ONE IS 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM CENTRAL TIME. DAY TWO IS 9:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. DAY THREE IS 9:00 A.M. TO 1 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
PRICE: $1,755
YOU WILL SAVE $195 BY PURCHASING THE SUITE INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL CLASSES
Registration closes at 3 P.M. Central Time on the last business day prior to the first class in the suite. Please register using your supplier email address.
Meet Your Teachers
Lori Carter has had a remarkable breadth of experience in her 28 year retail career. It began at Walmart and Sam’s Club where she became a Retail Link® analyst and replenishment specialist. As a supplier and working on behalf of suppliers, Lori has managed e-commerce accounts, analyzed data, improved OTIF scores, and resolved transportation issues. Lori also serves as an administrator of the Walmart Supplier Support Group on FaceBook. Here she answers suppliers’ questions, an experience that has given her a deep understanding of the current needs of the Walmart supplier.
Joel Graham is a seasoned leader with 34 years of retail experience, 28 of them with Walmart and Sam’s Club. He led the Sam’s Club UPC/Item File Team for 10 years and worked in Walmart’s buying, replenishment, and operations areas as well as in its frozen, candy, HBA, OTC, pets, and dry grocery categories. An expert facilitator and advisor with over 15 years of presentation experience, Joel’s specialties include item file creation and management; packaging; accounting; compliance, including WERCS and factory disclosure; GTIN/GS1/Data Sync/GDSN; and all aspects of Retail Link®, DSS reporting, supply chain, and e-commerce.
Requirements and Notes
- Each student must register; one participant per registration.
- NOTE FOR NEW WALMART SUPPLIERS: In order to produce valid reports, your company should be shipping to Walmart prior to taking this class.
- During this class, no data is shared, confidentiality is maintained throughout, and proprietary materials of Walmart’s are not distributed.
- Content for this class is revised frequently — whenever changes or updates occur.
- Suppliers should have access to Luminate™ and should know Excel before registering for this seminar.
- Prior to class, you will be sent a Supplement with information pertinent to your class.
- Within three days after your class, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in your email. Many suppliers post this on LinkedIn because it keeps a profile fresh and exciting as well as up-to-date.
- 8th & Walton classes and seminars are exclusively for Walmart suppliers; only a supplier who works directly with Walmart may register.
- With its goal of improving content and presentation, 8th & Walton records each class. This is used strictly for its own edification and then only on an as needed basis. The recordings are not shared outside 8th & Walton. 8th & Walton always treats the privacy of its students, any comments students may make during class, and Walmart’s proprietary information with utmost respect.
- Students are not allowed to record using a note-taker. 8th & Walton values the privacy of its students and adheres to confidentiality always. We also honor proprietary information from Walmart. Furthermore, class materials are written and copyrighted by 8th & Walton, and recording them is an infringement of copyright laws.
- 8th & Walton, LLC, Bentonville, AR is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Walmart or its affiliates. All references to Walmart, as well as its affiliates, trademarks, and brands, are not intended to imply that 8th & Walton LLC is a Walmart vehicle for advertising or any other commercial purposes. Retail Link® and Walmart Luminate™ are registered trademarks of Walmart.
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$1,755