HOW TO USE LUMINATE™ BASIC
This interactive course provides hands-on experience with the reporting tools, navigation, and datasets in Luminate™ Basic, equipping you to create reports tailored to your business goals.
If you are a small to mid-sized supplier eager to master Walmart Luminate™ Basic, you can do it and we can help you. Using it correctly is critically important. Spend three hours with an expert as you learn how to use Luminate™ Basic, and leave with knowledge and confidence.
*This class was previously titled Luminate™ Fundamentals. The content is updated regularly to include Walmart’s most current changes and additions.
Taught by an expert experienced in analysis and intimately familiar with Walmart, this course gets you started on the right foot with Luminate™.
The class is live, so you can have a real conversation with the instructor. You can ask questions and get answers on the spot from an expert with up-to-the-minute knowledge.
Building reports is a key part of this class. You will be given recipes and instructions for as many of these as time allows:
- Supplier Scorecard
- Sales & Inventory Report
- Warehouse Information
- Sales Forecast
- Order Forecast
- Markup, Markdown
- Ecomm Sales
- Ecomm Inventory
By the end of the session, you’ll be equipped to navigate Luminate™ Basic confidently, create meaningful reports, and leverage data for strategic insights.
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NOTES:
- During this class, no data is shared, confidentiality is maintained throughout, and proprietary materials of Walmart’s are not distributed.
- Content for this class is revised frequently — whenever changes or updates occur.
- Suppliers should have access to Luminate™ and should know Excel before registering for this seminar.
- Prior to class, you will be sent a Supplement with information pertinent to your class.
- Within three days after your class, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in your email. Many suppliers post this on LinkedIn because it keeps a profile fresh and exciting as well as up-to-date.
- 8th & Walton classes and seminars are exclusively for Walmart suppliers; only a supplier who works directly with Walmart may register.
- With its goal of improving content and presentation, 8th & Walton records each class. This is used strictly for its own edification and then only on an as needed basis. The recordings are not shared outside 8th & Walton. 8th & Walton always treats the privacy of its students, any comments students may make during class, and Walmart’s proprietary information with utmost respect.
- Students are not allowed to record using a note-taker. 8th & Walton values the privacy of its students and adheres to confidentiality always. We also honor proprietary information from Walmart. Furthermore, class materials are written and copyrighted by 8th & Walton, and recording them is an infringement of copyright laws.
- 8th & Walton, LLC, Bentonville, AR is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Walmart or its affiliates. All references to Walmart, as well as its affiliates, trademarks, and brands, are not intended to imply that 8th & Walton LLC is a Walmart vehicle for advertising or any other commercial purposes. Retail Link® and Walmart Luminate™ are registered trademarks of Walmart.
You Will Learn
How to navigate Luminate™
- Learn to efficiently navigate Luminate™ Basic’s interface, including locating support resources, accessing the data dictionary.
- Explore where to file and track support tickets and view release notes for recent updates.
How to build essential reports
- Supplier Scorecard: In this guided session, you’ll learn to run a Supplier Scorecard, download it to Excel, and analyze key performance metrics.
- Sales & Inventory Reports: Gain experience by creating and then using these three reports:
- Sales & Instock Report: Capture sales and the various instock columns data to monitor product availability based on understanding the differences of each.
- Multi-Time Periods Analysis: Compare performance across multiple time periods and learn how to show them as columns within your report.
- Current Inventory Pipeline: Track inventory movement and forecast future needs.
What aspects of data outputs mean
- Each report you build will be explained in detail by your instructor, covering:
- Column definitions and meanings
- Reporting timeframes
- Filtering options for targeted data insights
The value of hands-on practice with dataset recipes
- Interactive Dataset Creation: You will work directly with your instructor to create custom datasets using a guided recipe as you gain practical experience in report building.
- Report-Building From Scratch: Learn to build and understand the difference between a Sales Forecast Report and an Order Forecast Report.
Plus, create four reports: DC metrics, markups and markdowns, e-commerce sales, and e-commerce inventory — all with detailed, live guidance from an expert.
THIS CLASS RUNS FROM 9:00 A.M. TO NOON OR 1 P.M TO 4 P. M. CENTRAL TIME.
IT IS A LIVE ZOOM MEETING.
PRICE: $650
SAVE 10% WHEN YOU PURCHASE 3 CLASSES AT ONE TIME.
Registration closes at 3 P.M. Central Time on the last business day prior to the class.
Requirements
- Each student must register; one participant per registration.
NOTE FOR NEW WALMART SUPPLIERS: In order to produce valid reports, your company should be shipping to Walmart prior to taking this class.
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$650
Reviews
I really enjoyed this class, and for the first time really am building reports in Luminate™. I learned so much.
- Sabrina - Sept. 9, 2024 Forecasting Specialist
I liked that it was a small setting so you felt as if you could ask questions if needed.
- Jamie - August 27, 2024 Replenishment
We created reports LIVE, and I will use them for my own reports. Everything went smoothly.
- Bianca - August 14, 2024 Key Account Manager
I have learned something new and important with every course I've taken with 8th & Walton over the years. We are a family-owned small business, and I run all aspects associated with being a Walmart supplier for our company. I started taking your courses in 2021 when we gained distribution in Walmart. Everyone I have worked with at 8th & Walton has been phenomenal in helping me understand the different aspects of being a Walmart supplier. Thank you guys for providing classes for small businesses to learn how to be successful with Walmart.
- Cortney - Feb. 7, 2024 Student
I found the Luminate™ introductory course very useful, and the instructor was helpful and gracious with his time as questions came up along the way. I currently have some basic templates built that replace some of the reporting that I had set up in DSS.
- Lorenzo - Jan. 9, 2024 National OTC Executive