In Person and Live Online Classes
In Person Classes
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
- And more...
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- How to create and retrieve valuable reports
Day 3: Retail Link® 3:Advanced Decision Support (DSS)
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst
- And more...
Why take this class?
Time and money. You’ll save on both with this training suite. You’ll be up and running on all cylinders in just three days, and you’ll avoid expensive (and embarrassing) errors due to lack of knowledge and common beginner mistakes.
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, running from 9 AM to 4:30 PM CST.
Cost $1,755
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
- And more...
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- How to create and retrieve valuable reports
Day 3: Retail Link® 3:Advanced Decision Support (DSS)
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst
- And more...
Why take this class?
Time and money. You’ll save on both with this training suite. You’ll be up and running on all cylinders in just three days, and you’ll avoid expensive (and embarrassing) errors due to lack of knowledge and common beginner mistakes.
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, running from 9 AM to 4:30 PM CST.
Cost $1,755
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- The Retail Link® Decision Support New App
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Different ways to view your data for expanded insights
- How to create and retrieve nine valuable reports
Reports you will create and retrieve: Sales by Item, PO Tracking, Current Instock and Pipeline, Stores Out and Nothing in Pipeline, Returns to Sales Comparison, Item 52 Week Forecast, Order Forecast, Markdown Event, Supplier Performance Scorecard (in depth).
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to more confidence.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- The Retail Link® Decision Support New App
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Different ways to view your data for expanded insights
- How to create and retrieve nine valuable reports
Reports you will create and retrieve: Sales by Item, PO Tracking, Current Instock and Pipeline, Stores Out and Nothing in Pipeline, Returns to Sales Comparison, Item 52 Week Forecast, Order Forecast, Markdown Event, Supplier Performance Scorecard (in depth).
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to more confidence.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to create and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- How to get more from the Store of the Community app
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- How to use store demographics to build a story for your buyer
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst: How and why you need to build a weekly and an annual calendar, How to use the Eisenhower Matrix to improve productivity, Best practices of other successful suppliers, Five steps to keep you on top of your business, The ins and outs of merchandising by reviewing actual in-store photos
Knowledge of how to build a query or completion of 8th & Walton's Retail Link® 2: DSS class is highly recommended prior to taking this class.
Why take this class?
Much greater mastery of Walmart’s Retail Link®. This class will increase your knowledge by leaps and bounds. That translates to greater profitability for your brand and greater confidence for you.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to create and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- How to get more from the Store of the Community app
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- How to use store demographics to build a story for your buyer
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst: How and why you need to build a weekly and an annual calendar, How to use the Eisenhower Matrix to improve productivity, Best practices of other successful suppliers, Five steps to keep you on top of your business, The ins and outs of merchandising by reviewing actual in-store photos
Knowledge of how to build a query or completion of 8th & Walton's Retail Link® 2: DSS class is highly recommended prior to taking this class.
Why take this class?
Much greater mastery of Walmart’s Retail Link®. This class will increase your knowledge by leaps and bounds. That translates to greater profitability for your brand and greater confidence for you.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- What GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) / Data Sync is
- How to create your GTIN
- The packaging hierarchy and why it is important
- Differences between assortments and shippers
- Attributes of new items and the significance of each
- The new Item Creation Process: How to use Supplier Center to build your item’s number
- How to complete the Item Creation template from Supplier Center
- How to retrieve Synchronization and Publication Reports
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- What GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) / Data Sync is
- How to create your GTIN
- The packaging hierarchy and why it is important
- Differences between assortments and shippers
- Attributes of new items and the significance of each
- The new Item Creation Process: How to use Supplier Center to build your item’s number
- How to complete the Item Creation template from Supplier Center
- How to retrieve Synchronization and Publication Reports
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
Live Online Classes
- Getting Started the Right Way
- Introduction to Walmart Marketplace
- Application and Registration
- Integration Options
- Getting Paid
- Item Setup
- Processing Orders
- Shipping
- Seller Center notifications
- User Management
- Successfully Launching on Seller Center
- Supplier Transition from DSV to Marketplace
Why take this class?
Are you a current Drop Ship Vendor selling to Walmart.com but have recently been told you need to transition to Walmart Markteplace? Well, we can teach you how to smoothly transition from DSV to Marketplace supplier.
supplier. If you are new to the Marketplace for Walmart, we can walk you through the Walmart process to successfully launch your items on Walmart Marketplace. (It’s not the Amazon process!)
If you are new to any Marketplace, we can walk you through the entire process so you have the confidence to jump into the Marketplace waters and you do so successfully.
Cost for a Limited Time Only: $495
- Getting Started the Right Way
- Introduction to Walmart Marketplace
- Application and Registration
- Integration Options
- Getting Paid
- Item Setup
- Processing Orders
- Shipping
- Seller Center notifications
- User Management
- Successfully Launching on Seller Center
- Supplier Transition from DSV to Marketplace
Why take this class?
Are you a current Drop Ship Vendor selling to Walmart.com but have recently been told you need to transition to Walmart Markteplace? Well, we can teach you how to smoothly transition from DSV to Marketplace supplier.
supplier. If you are new to the Marketplace for Walmart, we can walk you through the Walmart process to successfully launch your items on Walmart Marketplace. (It’s not the Amazon process!)
If you are new to any Marketplace, we can walk you through the entire process so you have the confidence to jump into the Marketplace waters and you do so successfully.
Cost for a Limited Time Only: $495
- Getting Started the Right Way
- Introduction to Walmart Marketplace
- Application and Registration
- Integration Options
- Getting Paid
- Item Setup
- Processing Orders
- Shipping
- Seller Center notifications
- User Management
- Successfully Launching on Seller Center
- Supplier Transition from DSV to Marketplace
Why take this class?
Are you a current Drop Ship Vendor selling to Walmart.com but have recently been told you need to transition to Walmart Markteplace? Well, we can teach you how to smoothly transition from DSV to Marketplace supplier.
supplier. If you are new to the Marketplace for Walmart, we can walk you through the Walmart process to successfully launch your items on Walmart Marketplace. (It’s not the Amazon process!)
If you are new to any Marketplace, we can walk you through the entire process so you have the confidence to jump into the Marketplace waters and you do so successfully.
Cost for a Limited Time Only: $495
- Getting Started the Right Way
- Introduction to Walmart Marketplace
- Application and Registration
- Integration Options
- Getting Paid
- Item Setup
- Processing Orders
- Shipping
- Seller Center notifications
- User Management
- Successfully Launching on Seller Center
- Supplier Transition from DSV to Marketplace
Why take this class?
Are you a current Drop Ship Vendor selling to Walmart.com but have recently been told you need to transition to Walmart Markteplace? Well, we can teach you how to smoothly transition from DSV to Marketplace supplier.
supplier. If you are new to the Marketplace for Walmart, we can walk you through the Walmart process to successfully launch your items on Walmart Marketplace. (It’s not the Amazon process!)
If you are new to any Marketplace, we can walk you through the entire process so you have the confidence to jump into the Marketplace waters and you do so successfully.
Cost for a Limited Time Only: $495
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
- And more...
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- How to create and retrieve valuable reports
Day 3: Retail Link® 3:Advanced Decision Support (DSS)
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst
- And more...
Why take this class?
Time and money. You’ll save on both with this training suite. You’ll be up and running on all cylinders in just three days, and you’ll avoid expensive (and embarrassing) errors due to lack of knowledge and common beginner mistakes.
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, running from 9 AM to 4:30 PM CST.
Cost $1,755
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
- And more...
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- How to create and retrieve valuable reports
Day 3: Retail Link® 3:Advanced Decision Support (DSS)
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst
- And more...
Why take this class?
Time and money. You’ll save on both with this training suite. You’ll be up and running on all cylinders in just three days, and you’ll avoid expensive (and embarrassing) errors due to lack of knowledge and common beginner mistakes.
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, running from 9 AM to 4:30 PM CST.
Cost $1,755
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- Ways to customize your dashboard
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- The difference between the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- The 15 most valuable apps in Retail Link®
- What Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category each mean
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to build out your Business at a Glance
- To understand, create, and retrieve the Supplier Performance Scorecard
- How to create and retrieve Quick Item Information
Why take this class?
A Walmart supplier must know Retail LInk®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- The Retail Link® Decision Support New App
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Different ways to view your data for expanded insights
- How to create and retrieve nine valuable reports
Reports you will create and retrieve: Sales by Item, PO Tracking, Current Instock and Pipeline, Stores Out and Nothing in Pipeline, Returns to Sales Comparison, Item 52 Week Forecast, Order Forecast, Markdown Event, Supplier Performance Scorecard (in depth).
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to more confidence.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- The Retail Link® Decision Support New App
- How to work with time frames on queries
- How to compare Forecast and POS side-by-side
- Different ways to view your data for expanded insights
- How to create and retrieve nine valuable reports
Reports you will create and retrieve: Sales by Item, PO Tracking, Current Instock and Pipeline, Stores Out and Nothing in Pipeline, Returns to Sales Comparison, Item 52 Week Forecast, Order Forecast, Markdown Event, Supplier Performance Scorecard (in depth).
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to more confidence.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to create and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- How to get more from the Store of the Community app
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- How to use store demographics to build a story for your buyer
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst: How and why you need to build a weekly and an annual calendar, How to use the Eisenhower Matrix to improve productivity, Best practices of other successful suppliers, Five steps to keep you on top of your business, The ins and outs of merchandising by reviewing actual in-store photos
Knowledge of how to build a query or completion of 8th & Walton's Retail Link® 2: DSS class is highly recommended prior to taking this class.
Why take this class?
Much greater mastery of Walmart’s Retail Link®. This class will increase your knowledge by leaps and bounds. That translates to greater profitability for your brand and greater confidence for you.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- How to create and retrieve these reports: Sales and Onhands by Day, Historic Onhands, Warehouse/ Inventory Visibility, Supply Plan (in depth), Seasonal Profile (in depth), Weekly Rolling Forecast, What Sells With My Item.
- Ways to compare actual sales to forecasts
- How to get more from the Store of the Community app
- All about markdowns — the why, how, and when
- How to use store demographics to build a story for your buyer
- What’s included in A Day in the Life of an Analyst: How and why you need to build a weekly and an annual calendar, How to use the Eisenhower Matrix to improve productivity, Best practices of other successful suppliers, Five steps to keep you on top of your business, The ins and outs of merchandising by reviewing actual in-store photos
Knowledge of how to build a query or completion of 8th & Walton's Retail Link® 2: DSS class is highly recommended prior to taking this class.
Why take this class?
Much greater mastery of Walmart’s Retail Link®. This class will increase your knowledge by leaps and bounds. That translates to greater profitability for your brand and greater confidence for you.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lisa Watson
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
Day One: Retail Link®
- How to navigate the Retail Link® home page
- The most important docs in Retail Link®
- How to use the PO Tracking app
- The difference between 6 vs 9 digits in GSM
- How to navigate the Decision Support home page
- And more...
Day Two: Forecasting and Replenishment Using Retail Link® Data
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- And more...
Day Three: OTIF
- OTIF fundamentals
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- The new Transportation Portal
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- And more...
Why take this training suite?
To save time and eliminate costly errors. The 3-day learning sweep — Retail LInk®, forecasting and replenishment, and OTIF — is perfect for the person who needs knowledge now. Instead of stumbling through costly logistic errors, you’ll be on the road to greater supply chain success and profitability immediately.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
This is a 3-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $1,755.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- GRS basics and key concepts
- Causes of out of stocks and their corrections
- Challenges to demand forecasting and solutions
- Why some DCs get more product than others
- Best practices in demand forecasting
- When a trend presents an opportunity
- How to see when forecast adjustments at the corporate and DC levels need to be made
- How to use the Supplier View Instock Tool (SVIST)
- How to get more out of Future Valid Item Store queries
- How and when to communicate with Walmart
- How Demand, Calendar Allocation, and Forecast work together
- Sources of safety stock and how to provide recommendations
- How lead time determines dates on POs
- Best practices for end of life
- How to complete Supplier Closing template
- Truckload optimization
- How to create and retrieve PO reports
- How to create the Walmart Fill Rate and MABD Reports
- How to complete the Out-of-Stock Root Cause Dashboard
- Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration of the replenishment restructure
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. Since Walmart now makes more data accessible to suppliers, it has higher expectations for accurate forecasting. From POs to replenishment, getting it correct is imperative. Accurate forecasting and successful replenishment are directly correlated with your profitability.
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- OTIF fundamentals
- Who is responsible for what regarding OTIF
- Details of Arrival Compliance
- Differences between system generated and manual orders
- Walmart's expectations for On Time and In Full shipments
- How OTIF utilizes Must Arrive By Date to show exceptions
- How to navigate your OTIF Scorecard to identify recurring exceptions
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- Details of the SPM Dashboard
- The new Transportation Portal
- How and when to do a Lead Time Audit
- How to automate inbound scheduling
Why take this class?
More profits. Less frustration. Improving your OTIF score pays off, and OTIF problems never fix themselves. When you learn how to use the OTIF Scorecard more fully, you will discover insights into true root cause for early, late, and unfilled cases. That knowledge will improve your OTIF score and reduce your deductions.
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter.
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Cost: $650
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- Shipping and labeling — from basics to the finer points
- To package your product so it’s correctly received by Walmart
- How to fill out a Lead Time Audit
- A new Retail Link® tool to route orders
- Why freight factor is important and how to calculate it
- How a ladder plan works
- How to improve inventory flow
- Ways to work with Walmart to improve OT&IF and OTF
- How to use the OOS Report to address supply chain issues
- How to assure that your product meets load quality requirements
- How to prepare for upcoming changes in load quality
- How to maximize Supply Plan
Why take this class?
A complete review of supply chain. You’ll develop improvements in your processes as you increase your knowledge of supply chain, step-by-step.
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- How to set up a new item properly
- What each completed field generates
- The meanings of the site’s various components
- Two ways to execute Item Set Up: Supplier Center and spreadsheet uploaded to Supplier Center
- How to successfully navigate Walmart’s Supplier Center App
- Tips and best practices for e-commerce
- The significant differences between DSV and Owned inventory
- Why images are so important and how to select them
- Why SEO is critically important.
- E-commerce trends, history, and direction
Meet your teacher, Lori Carter
This is a 3-hour class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to Noon CST or from 1 PM to 4 PM CST.
Cost: $395
- What GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) / Data Sync is
- How to create your GTIN
- The packaging hierarchy and why it is important
- Differences between assortments and shippers
- Attributes of new items and the significance of each
- The new Item Creation Process: How to use Supplier Center to build your item’s number
- How to complete the Item Creation template from Supplier Center
- How to retrieve Synchronization and Publication Reports
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- What GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) / Data Sync is
- How to create your GTIN
- The packaging hierarchy and why it is important
- Differences between assortments and shippers
- Attributes of new items and the significance of each
- The new Item Creation Process: How to use Supplier Center to build your item’s number
- How to complete the Item Creation template from Supplier Center
- How to retrieve Synchronization and Publication Reports
Meet your teacher, Joel Graham
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
- To expand your analytical skills and capacity to gain insights
- How to unlock the hidden message in a seasonal trend
- How to determine the right stores for your items
- How to make a case for adjusting your forecast
- How to use time dimensions to analyze
- How to extract more value from your data
- How to make Store of the Community data work harder
- The best way to recommend a new store count
- Walmart’s expectations at a line review and how to exceed them
- The five basic narratives and when to use each
If you need to use data sets to produce amazing reporting results or you want to know the story behind the numbers, you will find this day well worth your time and money.
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
Meet your teacher, Terry Clear
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Cost: $650
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
- Important DOCS and APPS
- How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Day 3: Retail Link® 3: Analysis
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, from 9 AM to 4:30 PM EST.
Cost: $1,750.
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
- Important DOCS and APPS
- How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Day 3: Retail Link® 3: Analysis
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, from 9 AM to 4:30 PM EST.
Cost: $1,750.
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
- Important DOCS and APPS
- How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Day 3: Retail Link® 3: Analysis
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, from 9 AM to 4:30 PM EST.
Cost: $1,750.
Day 1: Retail Link® 1: Basics
- How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
- How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
- Important DOCS and APPS
- How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
- Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
- The Elements of Building a Query
- How to Create and Retrieve A Quick Item Information Report
Retail Link® 2: Decision Support
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- Meaning of All Links Rollup and All Links Detail
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Day 3: Retail Link® 3: Analysis
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
The Retail Link® Suite is a 3-day class, from 9 AM to 4:30 PM EST.
Cost: $1,750.
How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
Important DOCS:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- DSS Help/Column Definitions
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Supplier Replenishment Information
- On Time In Full (OTIF)
15 Valuable APPS, including:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- OTIF and Its Scorecard
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Online Item File (OIF)
- Decision Support
How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
The Elements of Building a Query
How to Do Quick Reports:
- Quick Item Information
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
Why take this class?
A Canadian supplier to Walmart Canada must know Retail Link®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart Canada. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
Important DOCS:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- DSS Help/Column Definitions
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Supplier Replenishment Information
- On Time In Full (OTIF)
15 Valuable APPS, including:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- OTIF and Its Scorecard
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Online Item File (OIF)
- Decision Support
How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
The Elements of Building a Query
How to Do Quick Reports:
- Quick Item Information
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
Why take this class?
A Canadian supplier to Walmart Canada must know Retail Link®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart Canada. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
Important DOCS:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- DSS Help/Column Definitions
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Supplier Replenishment Information
- On Time In Full (OTIF)
15 Valuable APPS, including:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- OTIF and Its Scorecard
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Online Item File (OIF)
- Decision Support
How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
The Elements of Building a Query
How to Do Quick Reports:
- Quick Item Information
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
Why take this class?
A Canadian supplier to Walmart Canada must know Retail Link®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart Canada. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
How to Navigate the New Retail Link® Home Page
How to Customize Your Own Dashboard
Important DOCS:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- DSS Help/Column Definitions
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Supplier Replenishment Information
- On Time In Full (OTIF)
15 Valuable APPS, including:
- How to Search, Filter, Favorite, Sort, Domain, Category
- OTIF and Its Scorecard
- Store/Club/DC GLN List
- Online Item File (OIF)
- Decision Support
How to Build Out Your Business at a Glance
Introduction to the Decision Support Home Page
The Elements of Building a Query
How to Do Quick Reports:
- Quick Item Information
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
Why take this class?
A Canadian supplier to Walmart Canada must know Retail Link®, and this class is its well-organized primer. Retail Link® is a rich, enormous, complex storehouse of data. Knowing how it functions, what it provides, and how best to use it is required for ongoing success with Walmart Canada. Retail Link® holds the key to the kingdom, and this class gets you through the castle door.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to greater confidence in your work.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to greater confidence in your work.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to greater confidence in your work.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Create and Retrieve A Company Summary Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Store Detail Report
- The Difference Between All Links Rollup VS All Links Detail
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Sales & Inventory Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Basic Replenishment Report
- How to Create and Retrieve A Forecast
- How to Create and Retrieve A POS
- How to Compare Forecast and POS Side-by-Side
- How to Create and Retrieve A Markdowns Report
Why take this class?
DSS mastery. Your queries will be accurate as well as prepared more quickly. Your DSS toolbox will be enhanced with additional reports which will provide more and richer insights. Your deeper knowledge of Retail Link® data will lead to greater confidence in your work.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your Walmart Canada buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your Walmart Canada buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your Walmart Canada buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to Fine Tune Seasonality and Forecast
- How to Make a Case for Adjusting Your Forecast
- How to Know When a Trend Offers an Opportunity
- How to Know if Your Items Are in the Right Stores
- How to Recommend a New Store Count
- How to Build a Story About Your Customer
Why take this class?
Creativity. You’ll see familiar data explored in new and exciting ways, revealing new insights and inspiring you to develop new approaches for your Walmart Canada buyer. The class content is stimulating and refreshing, and the teacher’s observations and comments are spot-on.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Cost: $650
What to review in your current business to assist with planning
How to plan for new items
Why innovation is important to your buyer (category manager)
How the forecast is created
Why forecast accuracy is so important
How to create, run, and retrieve the reports below and when to use them:
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
- Demand Forecast Review - POS
- Demand Forecast Review - Forecast
- Demand Forecast Review - Instock (RL)
- Replenishment Instock
- Corporate POS Forecast
- Store Level Forecast
- Corporate Level Forecast
- Exception Based Reports
Why take this class?
A roadmap to sales increases. This class takes your understanding of Retail LInk® into a new height as you develop practical ways to put your knowledge to work building your Walmart business.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
What to review in your current business to assist with planning
How to plan for new items
Why innovation is important to your buyer (category manager)
How the forecast is created
Why forecast accuracy is so important
How to create, run, and retrieve the reports below and when to use them:
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
- Demand Forecast Review - POS
- Demand Forecast Review - Forecast
- Demand Forecast Review - Instock (RL)
- Replenishment Instock
- Corporate POS Forecast
- Store Level Forecast
- Corporate Level Forecast
- Exception Based Reports
Why take this class?
A roadmap to sales increases. This class takes your understanding of Retail LInk® into a new height as you develop practical ways to put your knowledge to work building your Walmart business.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
What to review in your current business to assist with planning
How to plan for new items
Why innovation is important to your buyer (category manager)
How the forecast is created
Why forecast accuracy is so important
How to create, run, and retrieve the reports below and when to use them:
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
- Demand Forecast Review - POS
- Demand Forecast Review - Forecast
- Demand Forecast Review - Instock (RL)
- Replenishment Instock
- Corporate POS Forecast
- Store Level Forecast
- Corporate Level Forecast
- Exception Based Reports
Why take this class?
A roadmap to sales increases. This class takes your understanding of Retail LInk® into a new height as you develop practical ways to put your knowledge to work building your Walmart business.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- Basic Retail Link® overview
- Supplier Invoice Inquiry screen
- Utilization of the Accounting Scorecard
- How the Walmart Payables system works
- Purchase order best practices
- Invoicing best practices
- How to avoid deductions
- Deduction reduction: research and resolution
- Deduction pay back
- Invoice inquiry and Retail Link®
- Dispute portal
- High Radius
- OTIF Basics - How it ties to accounting
- Post Audit - How it works and how to avoid it
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
Day 1: GRS Demand From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
- How to address forecasting challenges
- The GRS components of demand: mean, trends and seasonality, reconciliation, promotions considerations, new locations
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Item Information, 104 Week Sales, Corporate Item Forecast by Store, Demand Template by Warehouse
- And more...
Day 2: GRS Fulfillment From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
- How to turn demand into fulfillment
- The GRS components of fulfillment: plan analysis, safety stock, allocation calendars, lead times
- The impact of fulfillment of new items on modulars
- Truckload optimization
- And more...
Day 3: (half-day): OTIF Basics and Reports From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
- OTIF key concepts
- The components of the OTIF International Scorecard 2.0, including both the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- How to complete the OTIF Scorecard: Vendor Summary, Trend, and Performance reports
- The various OTIF roles and responsibilities
- Solutions to common OTIF problems
- And more...
Why take this class?
Mastery. Confidence. Conviction.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
Cost:$1,440.
Day 1: GRS Demand From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
- How to address forecasting challenges
- The GRS components of demand: mean, trends and seasonality, reconciliation, promotions considerations, new locations
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Item Information, 104 Week Sales, Corporate Item Forecast by Store, Demand Template by Warehouse
- And more...
Day 2: GRS Fulfillment From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
- How to turn demand into fulfillment
- The GRS components of fulfillment: plan analysis, safety stock, allocation calendars, lead times
- The impact of fulfillment of new items on modulars
- Truckload optimization
- And more...
Day 3: (half-day): OTIF Basics and Reports From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
- OTIF key concepts
- The components of the OTIF International Scorecard 2.0, including both the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- How to complete the OTIF Scorecard: Vendor Summary, Trend, and Performance reports
- The various OTIF roles and responsibilities
- Solutions to common OTIF problems
- And more...
Why take this class?
Mastery. Confidence. Conviction.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
Cost:$1,440.
- Replenishment key concepts
- The elements of the Replenishment Pyramid
- How to address forecasting challenges
- GRS overview, key concepts, terminology
- The GRS components of demand: mean, trends and seasonality, reconciliation, promotions considerations, new locations
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Item Information, 104 Week Sales, Corporate Item Forecast by Store, Demand Template by Warehouse
Why take this class?
Provides a solid foundation for replenishment work. Don’t build on a house of sand. Know the basics thoroughly so your plans are effective. Get your questions answered by experts.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- Replenishment key concepts
- The elements of the Replenishment Pyramid
- How to address forecasting challenges
- GRS overview, key concepts, terminology
- The GRS components of demand: mean, trends and seasonality, reconciliation, promotions considerations, new locations
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Item Information, 104 Week Sales, Corporate Item Forecast by Store, Demand Template by Warehouse
Why take this class?
Provides a solid foundation for replenishment work. Don’t build on a house of sand. Know the basics thoroughly so your plans are effective. Get your questions answered by experts.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to turn demand into fulfillment
- The GRS components of fulfillment: plan analysis, safety stock, allocation calendars, lead times
- The impact of fulfillment of new items on modulars
- How to create a supplemental order
- Truckload optimization
- Ins and outs of purchase orders
- Why mastering OTIF is critically important
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Lead Time by PO, PO Order Query, MABD and Fill Rate, Supply Plan, Sell Thru by Store
Why take this class?
Refines your replenishment knowledge and expands your skills. After working with our experts in this class, you will have a rich understanding of demand and fulfillment which will lead to a greater sense of confidence in the work you produce.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- How to turn demand into fulfillment
- The GRS components of fulfillment: plan analysis, safety stock, allocation calendars, lead times
- The impact of fulfillment of new items on modulars
- How to create a supplemental order
- Truckload optimization
- Ins and outs of purchase orders
- Why mastering OTIF is critically important
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Lead Time by PO, PO Order Query, MABD and Fill Rate, Supply Plan, Sell Thru by Store
Why take this class?
Refines your replenishment knowledge and expands your skills. After working with our experts in this class, you will have a rich understanding of demand and fulfillment which will lead to a greater sense of confidence in the work you produce.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is an all-day class. From 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Cost: $650
- OTIF key concepts
- The components of the OTIF International Scorecard 2.0, including both the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- How to complete the OTIF Scorecard: Vendor Summary, Trend, and Performance reports
- The various OTIF roles and responsibilities
- Solutions to common OTIF problems
- The components of lead time
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Lead Time by Warehouse by PO, Supply Plan, OTIF
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. You need to know this. OTIF is here to stay, and the sooner you learn how to use it properly, the better your life will be. You will leave this class with a fuller understanding of what OTIF is and how to use it — with instruction and guidance from experts.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is a 3-hour class, offered either in the morning from 9:00 AM to 12PM EST or 2:00 PM to 5 PM EST.
Cost: $300
- OTIF key concepts
- The components of the OTIF International Scorecard 2.0, including both the OTIF app and the OTIF doc
- How to complete the OTIF Scorecard: Vendor Summary, Trend, and Performance reports
- The various OTIF roles and responsibilities
- Solutions to common OTIF problems
- The components of lead time
- How to build an OTIF Action Plan
- How to create, run, and retrieve these reports and when to use them: Lead Time by Warehouse by PO, Supply Plan, OTIF
Why take this class?
Accuracy and profitability. You need to know this. OTIF is here to stay, and the sooner you learn how to use it properly, the better your life will be. You will leave this class with a fuller understanding of what OTIF is and how to use it — with instruction and guidance from experts.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of the Greater Toronto Area. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
Meet your teacher, Heather Reid
This is a 3-hour class, offered either in the morning from 9:00 AM to 12PM EST or 2:00 PM to 5 PM EST.
Cost: $300
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
- How to direct the focus of the meeting for all participants
- What tools are available as the host of a Zoom meeting
- What the host menu looks like
- Functions of the toolbars and how they can assist you
- Security and Participants settings; locking meetings
- The benefits of annotating
- What to do before you start your meeting
- Where to place the files you will be sharing
- How to share your PowerPoint presentation
- How to transition between applications
- How to display other applications (Excel, pdfs, browser)
Why take this class?
Zoom meetings are now the predominate way Walmart merchant teams are conducting supplier meetings, including line reviews. In order to get the maximum benefits out of your time with Walmart, it is important to know how to use Zoom and all if its benefits for hosting the best possible meetings.
This is a 90-Minute class.
Each class runs from 9 AM CST to 10.30 AM CST or from 1 PM to 2.30 PM CST.
Cost: $95
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