Wal Mart

1.Brief Description Sam Walton has established his company in the United States very successfully since it’s incorporation in 1969. The key aspects of success in his company have been derived from organizational culture, technology, company growth, merchandising styles, store operations, pricing, distribution, vendor relations, new store types, and insight about an international market. Competition in this market of discount stores is tough. Wal-Marts ideas, believes, and strategic planning has set them ahead of the rest. 2.…

…System to track sales, do forecasts, and communicate to all stores and suppliers, as well as many other functions. Technology appears to be a repeating key factor in the success of the companies in these case studies. Another factor in each of these three cases was the low price the products were sold for. Each company successfully implemented a plan to find the best fit and it included having the lowest price in the market.