Replenishment & Inventory Management

Overview

Our Replenishment course focuses on the interaction between a supplier and the Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club replenishment team.  You will gain an understanding of how to effectively implement strategies in the area of seasonality, demand planning, and inventory management. In addition, participants will learn how to develop successful inventory strategies by exploring how Wal-Mart’s replenishment system and POS activity can be used to efficiently maximize sales performance at Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club.

In this course, you will learn:

  • How to manage in-stocks
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SVIST Reports
  • Detailed Replenishment Analysis Report 
  • SWAS and Exception Reports 
  • Seasonal Profile Analysis 
  • How to validate DD rates
  • Supply Chain Fundamentals
  • POS Forecast
  • CPFR - forecast accuracy and confidence rates 

An understanding of retail math, basic Retail Link® and planning and forecasting is recommended before taking this class.

Participants must have authorized access to Retail Link® (ID & Password).