SQEP: HOW TO AVOID PENALTIES

This seminar provides an overview of SQEP, showing the value of SQEP, how to minimize SQEP penalties, and how to maximize your profits. You’ll learn fundamental information, find out the changes and additions since last year, and have the opportunity to ask questions from an expert on SQEP.

Who should take this seminar:
Those who interface directly with SQEP in operations, item creation, supply chain, sales, accounting and inbound quality; executives and managers who need to understand the big picture more clearly.

You Will Learn

How SQEP benefits suppliers

SQEP Timeline and Dashboard

PO Accuracy 

• PO defects and their definitions
• Plan of action

Fines/Invoicing 

• How a fine is built
• The significance of the invoicing schedule

High Radius 

• Required information
• What is/what is not applicable

Advance Shipment Notification (ASN) 

• The purpose of ASN
• Steps in the ASN process
• Impact of using/not using ASN
• Plan of action

Phase II – Barcodes & Labeling 

• Tools to help you
• Value of the relevant system-generated email
• List of common defects
• Compliant/non-compliant examples

Phase III – Packaging, Pallets, and Load Quality 

• Compliant/non-compliant examples
• Cost comparison of making/not making corrections

Plan of action for Phases II, III and IV 

ASN Application 

FIXit App 

SQEP Portal 

Fuel Management Program (FMP) 

High Radius

THIS IS LIVE ZOOM SESSION THAT RUNS FROM 9:00 A.M. TO NOON CENTRAL TIME.
PRICE: $650
Registration closes at 3 P.M. Central Time on the last business day prior to the class.

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Requirements and Notes

• 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.
• 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.