Local procurement: Wal-Mart is mostly a joint venture company in China, so Wal-Mart is registered as "a certain city (province) Wal-Mart Department Store Co., Ltd." in the local industrial and commercial department, and is called "JV" in Wal-Mart, that is, the joint venture company jiont venture. Each joint venture company coordinates the management and operation of all stores in the whole region (the whole province and city). One of the important departments is "purchasing", and one of the important tasks of purchasing is to contact local suppliers. Most of these local suppliers are fresh and other commodities that are not suitable for long-distance transportation (such as pork and beef, fruits and vegetables, etc.). ), or local branches of some large enterprises (such as Coca-Cola). ). These constitute a part of Wal-Mart's main supply chain and are also the main purchasing methods adopted by most supermarkets in China. The other part is the direct distribution of the distribution center;
Distribution Center: As you know, Wal-Mart is not only an American retail enterprise, but also the largest logistics company. In the United States, Wal-Mart has its own logistics team, which is responsible for centralized procurement and then distribution to various stores. In China, Wal-Mart has only established two logistics centers in Beichen District of Tianjin and Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Don't underestimate these two logistics centers, one south and one north, which are currently responsible for the centralized distribution of goods in all stores in the country (with the expansion of Wal-Mart now, there should be more distribution centers in the future). The distribution method adopted is to rent it to a third-party logistics company for distribution. Basically, the goods delivered by the distribution center are fresh. It mainly includes some big brands and valuable commodities (such as Kraft, Haoliyou, all imported foods, clothing, toys, cosmetics, some household appliances and Wal-Mart's own brand product "Yi Hui", etc. What I want to say is that these big brands, such as Procter & Gamble, have strategic cooperation agreements with Wal-Mart, which are generally national goods, so most of the purchases of these big companies are directly managed by the headquarters. In addition, some time ago, it was reported that Wal-Mart will further increase the centralized distribution of goods in the logistics center to save more costs. You know, Wal-Mart's parity is like this every day.
As for the supply chain management you mentioned, I don't know how much you know. As far as I know, Wal-Mart will reach some return agreements with suppliers on general goods (except its own brand) to ensure its best interests. For fresh goods, Wal-Mart has cold chain management, quality inspection and other related processes.
In fact, I feel that Wal-Mart can exist in the world today without its complete and powerful system. As for the system, you can ask people who have worked in Wal-Mart what the "S.M.A.R.T" system is, except the general operation you said you knew. Not much to say here.
Besides, everything is flawed. I have experienced a company before, because it did not reach a local procurement agreement with Wal-Mart, but reached a centralized procurement agreement. After its products are produced in one place, they are transported to the logistics center in Tianjin, and then transported from the logistics center in Tianjin to a local Wal-Mart supermarket. Hmm. How interesting
Having said so much, I don't know if it is what you want to know. But you have to give me extra points for typing so many words in the middle of the night, hehe.