Our Courses

Walmart 101 - Fundamentals

Whether you are on the front lines or in the corner office, a comprehensive understanding of the Walmart way is critical to the success of your organization.

Available as Video On Demand

Walmart 201 - Making the Sale

This course provides you with some of the tools you will need to prepare your presentation, deliver it effectively to the right person and help close the sale.

Sustainable Packaging Scorecard

This course provides step-by-step instructions for data entry as well as an in-depth review of the mechanics and metrics associated with Walmart's Sustainable Packaging Scorecard.

Retail Math & Business Analytics

This course provides a broad understanding of retail finance and its role in the strategic business planning process.

Available as Video On Demand

Excel 2003 for Retail Link^® Users

Our Excel for Retail Link^® Users course helps you analyze Retail Link data quicker and easier.

Advanced Excel - Automating Spreadsheets with Macros

Our Advanced Excel course is exactly what you need to take your Excel skills to the next level and boost your productivity! 

Excel 2007 for Retail Link^® Users

This course focuses on navigating efficiently through the new user interface in order to manipulate data.

Introduction to Access 2003 for Retail Link^® Users

The Introduction to Access for Retail Link^® Users course focuses on effectively tracking, reporting, and sharing information.

Advanced Access 2003 for Retail Link^® Users

Our Advanced Access for Retail Link^® Users course focuses on streamlining the analysis process.

Introduction to Access 2007 for Retail Link^® Users

The Introduction to Access 2007 for Retail Link^® course focuses on effectively tracking, reporting, and sharing information utilizing the new user interface.

Advanced Access 2007 for Retail Link^® Users

This class focuses on streamlining the analysis process utilizing the new user interface, to give you more time to make critical business decisions.

EPC 101 - Understanding the Basics

With Electronic Product Code (EPC) systems being used in Walmart stores and DCs, the importance of learning the ins and outs of this technology is crucial to stay current with Walmart's direction.

Decision Support Decoded

This course is designed to take novice Retail Link^® users deep into the realm of Decision Support. Go beyond a simple item detail query to more fully unlock the wealth of data available.

Introduction to Retail Link^®

Provides an overview of the system and highlights the basic capabilities of Retail Link^®.

Accounting, Invoicing & Deductions

Learn how to optimize cash flow through effective use of purchase orders, invoicing information and accounting procedures.

Retail Link^® for Managers

In this course we review the most important tools that Retail Link^® has to offer you as a manager responsible for the Walmart account.

Beginning Retail Link^®

This course takes a hands-on approach to providing an overview of the most common functions of Retail Link^®

Intermediate Retail Link^®

In this course, you will learn how to move beyond the fundamentals and utilize Retail Link^® to gain visibility to key aspects of your Walmart and Sam's Club business.

Advanced Retail Link^® & Analytics

This course is designed to take seasoned Retail Link^® users well beyond the basic functionality and examines highly value-added reporting, analysis and sales/profit producing recommendations.

Intermediate Retail Link^® for Apparel Suppliers

Learn how to turn data from Retail Link^® into great reports for your apparel buyer and your company, to better manage your business.

“Beyond Reporting” for Apparel and Seasonal Suppliers

Developed specifically for Apparel and Seasonal Goods suppliers, this course will teach you to develop more actionable and impactful recommendations for your Walmart merchandise team.

Planning & Forecasting

The Planning & Forecasting course examines the role of the planner and analyst, as well as provides an understanding of many strategic planning components (seasonality, exit strategies, assortment planning, etc.).

Replenishment & Inventory Management

In this course, you will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement strategies in the area of seasonality, forecasting and inventory management.

Perishable Goods Replenishment & Inventory Management 101 (The Basics)

This course helps you gain a fundamental understanding of how to effectively create a manual forecast  using sales history, buyer budget, and current inventory while taking into consideration other critical factors.

Perishable Goods Replenishment & Inventory Management 201 (Using Inforem)

In this course you will learn how to effectively communicate with Walmart when implementing strategies in the areas of promotions, seasonality and inventory management.

Store of the Community Analysis

Are your products in the right stores?  This course will help you identify the demographics of who is purchasing your product, as well as unique store groups and markets within Walmart that are driving your sales.

Retail Link^® Study Hall

This is a 1/2 day, hands on, solution-focused class that drills down to exactly what is relevant to you and your business.

Strategic Category Management

In this course, you will learn the critical differences that make the value of today's category management irrelevant to the new Walmart as well as the essential tools necessary for driving results through adding the right kind of value.

Shopper Insights Management

Now more than ever, shopper insights research is driving every type of strategic decision making at Walmart.  This course provides a road map for thriving in this new and exciting environment.

Introduction to Category Analytics & Reporting

This course will help you create best-in-class analytics and reporting and expose you to the cutting edge in terms of category dashboards, graphical analysis and mapping applications.

Store of the Community Trait Clustering

Learn from the best in the business about clustering using the store of the community traits in Retail Link^®.