Welcome to 8th & Walton - the premier destination for Walmart supplier education. Our mission is singular: to offer services and solutions that support organizations of all sizes and from anywhere in the world in their efforts to do business more efficiently and effectively with the world's largest and most important retailer.
Whether you are looking for courses in a city near you, an online course that will allow you to save time and money or custom and private training held at your facility, 8th & Walton can help.
Intermediate Retail Link®
Overview
The Intermediate Retail Link® course is designed to help suppliers get more out of Retail Link®. You will learn how to move beyond the fundamentals and utilize Retail Link® to gain visibility to key aspects of your business. This course will help you develop critical skill sets necessary to accurately answer key business questions. These techniques will help you analyze your business and communicate timely insights to your Buyer or to others within your organization in order to drive sales and profits.
In this course, you will learn:
- Decision Support - Review
- Custom Groups
- Historical Performance
- POS Forecast
- Introduction to SWAS/CWAC
- Preset Reports
- Supply Chain Reliability Expectations
- Retail Link® PO Visibility and Tracking
- Fill Rate and MABD Compliance % Review
- Store Specific Orders
- Business Review Planning
An understanding of basic Retail Link® and working knowledge of Excel is required for this class.
Participants must have authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Upcoming Dates
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Date: September 15, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Price: $550
Facility: 8th & Walton
902B South Walton Blvd., Suite 18
Bentonville, AR 72712
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Schedule:
This class is taught from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a laptop with wireless capabilities and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
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Date: September 22, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: $650
Facility: MicroTrain Training Center
720 E. Butterfield Rd, Suite 100
Lombard, IL 60148
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a Jump Drive and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
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Date: October 06, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: $650
Facility: Alphaware of Houston
4710 Bellaire Blvd., Suite 305
Bellaire, TX 77401
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a Jump Drive and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
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Date: October 20, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: $650
Facility: Crowne Plaza - San Pedro
601 South Palos Verdes St.
San Pedro, CA 90731
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Schedule:
This class is taught from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a laptop with wireless capabilities and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
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Date: November 03, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Price: $650
Facility: Time & Life Building
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a laptop with wireless capabilities and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID and Password).
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Date: November 10, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: $550
Facility: 8th & Walton
902B South Walton Blvd., Suite 18
Bentonville, AR 72712
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Schedule:
This class is taught from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a laptop with wireless capabilities and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
Register | More Info
Date: November 17, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: $650
Facility: Crossmark Corporate Headquarters
5100 Legacy Drive
Plano, TX 75024-3104
Audience:
Not applicable to DSD suppliers.
Notes:
An understanding of Basic Retail Link® is required before taking this course.
Participants will need a laptop with wireless capabilities and authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).
