Team WK5

Dr. Carol Locker

Organization and Project Plan Template Proposal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been one of the most top successful retailer stores in the history of the United States. The retail giant has even expanded its stores across the globe ranging from foreign territories, such as China, United Kingdom, India, and more.

The retail giant started from just a small discount retailer in Rogers, Arkansas and had opened thousands of stores in the U.S. expanding internationally. Through precise and successful innovation, Wal-Mart created job opportunities and at the same time, also brought consumers and communities value around the globe. With over 11,600retail units under 59 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries, the retail giant has currently over 2.3 million work associates around the world. With 1.5 million in the United States alone (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2017).

Focus for Project Proposal

Wal-Mart has branded its name as one of the world’s most top successful retailers. Throughout the course of its expansion history, the retailer continues to expand all of its smaller retail stores into a chain of Supercenters worldwide.

The focus of this project dwells on the process of how Wal-Mart transitions its smaller stores into a Supercenter. Plans for a Project Management Plan are underway to invent the design details and logistics that encompass the process of implementing a Supercenter.

Both, the organization and project are of interest to the author, because of the experience behind how the qualities of Project Management were embedded in the writer even before he started his educational journey to study Management and Information Technology. Having no prior knowledge of Project Management Concepts or expertise, the remodeling project for supporting the transition process of Wal-Mart into a Supercenter has given the author the experience needed to align himself with the business goals and strategies that entail Project Management practices.

The Wal-Mart Remodeling Project

The Wal-Mart Remodeling Project focuses on the path to establishing retail expansion while also providing job opportunities to those capable of becoming tomorrow’s successors in the job industry. Wal-Mart has a history of providing stepping stones for individuals to gain the experience and knowledge in various areas of its organization, creating a platform for its work associates to establish the experience for pursuing future goals. At the same time, the remodeling project supports both job opportunities and workforces to incorporate the retail giant’s expansion agenda of turning it smaller retail stores into a Supercenter. The success of the expansion transition of the store not only develops the smaller stores into Supercenters but also creates available job opportunities for potential candidates and temporary work hires who helped create the transition process for the expansion.

Jobs at Wal-Mart enable opportunities for work associates to build a career. About 75% of each stores’ management teams started as hourly associates, promoting more than 200,000 people to jobs with management responsibilities as well as higher salaries. One of the primary objectives behind its success relies on giving its workers a chance to be a part of its expansion process as well as profits.

Much of the remodeling project will focus on creating a grocery section for the store, A Deli section, a Bakery, a POS expansion and inventory management system upgrade to all of the smaller stores using legacy systems.

Availability of The Organization’s Data

Much of the organization’s data comes from its corporate website. The Wal-Mart websites have a complete history of all its resources available for viewers online. Majority of the data utilized will have a focus on more of the processes that incorporate the structure behind the work projects involved in the remodeling project. Such as interactions with various Vendors, Stakeholders, Supply Chain Managers, IT staff and more. With the expansion providing Wal-Mart a larger space for incorporating more products and services, this also means incorporating an entire supply chain management system in place as well.

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