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Date: {Put Current Date Here}

Subject: Walmart 2022 vs. Target 2022 Days on Hand Inventory Analysis

From: {Put Your Name Here}

Company Summaries: {Summarize Walmart and Target, including their business, annual sales, number of stores, distribution centers, etc. Include any company strategy information such as target markets, price points, etc.}

Results:

· Substitute Company Name #1 with your first company name

· Substitute all of the 9s with actual data values

· Substitute Company Name #2 with your first company name

· Substitute all of the 9s with actual data values

Results Calculations:

Improvement opportunity: {In this section, provide your analysis concerning the cost impact of improving inventory management. First, determine which company performs inventory management better and discuss your findings supporting your answer with evidence from your calculations above. You can analyze the cost impact by deciding how much additional inventory holding a company incurs due to the different inventory carried. You are studying the implications if the company performing poorer in inventory management could achieve the same Days in Inventory as the company performing better (the same cost of sales but reduced inventory to support the sales). Assume a 25% carrying cost. In this section, discuss how cash flow can be impacted and assess the improvement opportunity. Perform the calculations below and provide your assessment}

To evaluate the improvement opportunity, you must calculate the following:

Reduction in inventory = 2022 Inventory – New Inventory Level calculated above

Annual savings = Inventory reduction calculated above x carrying cost rate (assuming a 25% carrying cost). Express the annual savings in terms of trillions. SHOW ALL CALCULATIONS IN THE TABLE BELOW}

Performance Savings Analysis

USE THIS FORMAT, BUT DO NOT INCLUDE ITEMS IN RED FONT

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Date: Current Date

Subject: Walmart 2022 vs. Target 2022 Days on Hand Inventory Analysis

From: Your Name

Company Summaries: Insert company summary information narrative here

Results:

Results Calculations:

Analysis: Insert analysis narrative here

Improvement opportunity: Insert your improvement opportunity analysis and conclusions here.

Performance Savings Analysis:

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