WAL-MART Logistics Procurement And Supply

As summer approaches, WAL-MART's cotton shoes suppliers are eager to try.

In 7 and August, WAL-MART headquarters in Shenzhen will hold an annual winter commodity procurement conference. Footwear suppliers are taking a sample of shoes that may be popular this winter.

WAL-MART procurement department has a special purchasing shoe buyer, he will preside over the draft contest.

After the competition, the suppliers returned to the production site with the selected shoes.

Usually, the supplier of WAL-MART is also a two level buyer, who is not responsible for production, but sends orders to the factory.

In Wenzhou, there are many such factories that provide goods for WAL-MART indirectly.

About 45 days later, the shoes produced according to the order were officially closed.

For example, shoes produced in Wenzhou will be pported to the Beijing processing plant by car, where another manufacturer will deliver the shoe boxes.

After the shoes are packed, they are shipped to WAL-MART Tianjin logistics distribution center.

Tianjin logistics distribution center is WAL-MART's most important quality supervision link.

The number and inspection of the receiving window are mainly based on quantity and whether there is empty container.

In addition, the relevant staff of WAL-MART must check the number of production lot, safety inspection certificate, monopoly commodity license, security mark and other documents provided by the supplier.

Then we will conduct direct sampling of the commodities.

After entering the warehouse, WAL-MART's winter shoes purchase was basically completed.

Soon, winter shoes started from Tianjin logistics distribution center and sent to all parts of the country.

In the WAL-MART supermarket in the north, you may see the cotton padded shoes on the shelves in August.

In the inspection process, shoes, boxes, bags, clothing and other commodities, WAL-MART only naked eye inspection, and there is no relevant equipment.

For example, the problem of children's clothing in the early days of Shenzhen WAL-MART, Wal-Mart Store Inc does not have quality monitoring equipment for dyestuffs. If the quality supervision documents provided by suppliers are complete, and clothes can not see anything wrong from appearance, dyes and other invisible quality problems will be able to pass smoothly.

Therefore, from the point of view of the process, whether the supplier strictly checks the quality of products, whether the documents issued by the quality supervision department are effective or not, is very important.

There is also an unwritten rule between WAL-MART's Mose ten commandments WAL-MART and suppliers: if the supplier has a quality problem in a single store, the supplier needs to compensate about 5000 yuan. If it is a lot of shops, or is causing heavy losses, WAL-MART may claim by way of law.

Most of WAL-MART's suppliers are selected long-term cooperative business partners.

For every new product added, besides the procurement department, the law department will also participate in the examination, such as the trademark registration certificate or authorization certificate of the commodity, so as to ensure the legality of the commodity and prevent counterfeit products.

In order to eliminate the "collusion" between suppliers and purchasers, the buyers should not be strict in the control of goods.

WAL-MART also has several departments dedicated to long-term training for suppliers: the loss prevention department teaches suppliers, tells them how to refuse bribes and complaints from purchasers, and also requires suppliers not to bribe, invite customers to eat, or to provide convenience for WAL-MART's family members.

The finance department will educate the suppliers of WAL-MART how to settle accounts quickly, and the commodity administration department of the purchasing department will be responsible for training suppliers to use WAL-MART's network electronic tools.

WAL-MART's internal corporate culture has risen to the height of corporate religion.

It also has its own "Ten Commandments of Mose", and the first is not dishonesty.

After the emergence of the Shenzhen children's clothing incident, according to the usual practice, the WAL-MART damage prevention department will investigate the supplier immediately, and investigate whether the procurement department's purchase is a mistake or a fault.

The Ministry of government affairs will soon enter the stage of crisis public relations.

In any case, the cooperation between WAL-MART and the supplier is expected to end soon.

The person in charge and manager may be punished accordingly.

If domestic consumers find problems in WAL-MART, it is recommended to sue WAL-MART in the United States.

Because the law of the United States is much more protective of consumers, and as an American company, even if it breaks the law abroad, the US law will still be strictly investigated.