Describe any interactions you would have with the regional managers at Walmart Finance, Marketing, and HR as you get ready for the introduction of those items in your store.

INTEGRATED SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT
INFO 300,
INSTRUCTIONS:
The objective of the integrated semester is to help you extend your knowledge of how the
Finance, Operations, Management, and
functioning in the real world of business. This assignment is an assessment of how well you
understand this integration. It is worth 10% of your course grade in each of the four disciplines.
Please read all the instructions carefully before beginning to answer the questions. Contact your
instructor if you don’t understand the assignment’s requirements. You will lose points if you fail
to follow the instructions or if the submission is formatted incorrectly.
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discipline separately.
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separately.
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Semester courses
uploaded to your
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and articles, Bloomberg terminals, your Integrated Semester textbooks, PowerPoint slides,
and other sources your professor assigns.
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sourcing of information. Do your own work.

OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENT
Please read the Walmart case study
the Walmart case study. However, you are strongly encouraged to do some research about
Walmart’s operations to answer the questions. Please refresh your understanding of the six key
operations management (OM) functions (listed below for your convenience) discussed in the
course:
Forecasting
Quality Management
Inventory Management
Question 1:
Walmart is known for offering “Every Day Low Prices” to its customers. One way it is able to do
this is by focusing on efficiency and automation in its supply chain operations. How does
Walmart’s focus on efficiency and automation in their supply chain operations allow them to
offer everyday low prices while still hitting their financial targets? (100-
Question 2:
“Walmart delegated the pricing and merchandising decisions to store managers who reacted
quickly to changes in local market conditions.”
Assume that you are the store manager of a Walmart, and you would like to introduce multiple
new high
Describe any interactions you would have with the regional managers at Walmart Finance,
Marketing, and HR as you get ready for the introduction of those items in your store. For what
issues would you need their help and support? (200
Question 3:
Assume that you are now the advisor to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer for Walmart U.S., Chris Nicholas. In this role, you are responsible for providing
recommendations in all aspects of Walmart’s U.S. Store Operations and Supply Chain. This
includes but is not limited to strategy, innovation, automation, store operations, inventory
management, distribution center and fulfillment center operations, and last-
capability. Your objective is to assist in boosting in
years. Pick two out of six OM functions and provide operational recommendations to Chris
Nicholas for those functions.

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Question 4:
Background:
Monitoring daily sales is a critical aspect of retail operations for Walmart. As one of the largest
retail chains in the world, Walmart places significant emphasis on this practice for several
reasons:
By monitoring sales, the store can identify fast
inventory levels accordingly. Furthermore, tracking daily sales allows each store to evaluate its
performance on a daily basis. This data helps the store management identify trends, patterns, and
potential issues in sales and customer behavior. Finally, analyzing daily sales data helps in
generating sales forecasts for future periods. Accurate sales forecasts are vital for planning
promotions, setting staffing levels, and making inventory purchase decisions.
Question:
You are given the daily sales of a Walmart store from May 26 to June 29 in Sales_Data.xlsx
dataset. Forecast the daily sales from June 30 to July 6. Make sure your forecasts include any
adjustments for trend and seasonality.
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seasonality from June 30 to July 6.
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week of June 30th? (100
Note:
keyboard or when you reopen the file. Please copy the entire dataset, paste it as “Values” on a
separate sheet, and work on the data on the new sheet. This will allow you to

Integrated Semester AoL Rubric (5)
Integrated Semester AoL Rubric (5)
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntegrated Semester AoL (does not count toward assignment grade)
threshold: 3.0 pts
5 pts
(Highest score) Student demonstrates clear and deep understanding of the interconnectedness of the four business disciplines, through appropriate, case-related examples and thorough explanation/discussion
4 pts
Student demonstrates clear and broad understanding of functional business integration and/or only offers evidence of how three of the disciplines interrelate
3 pts
Student demonstrates adequate understanding of functional business integration and/or only offers clear evidence of how two of the disciplines interrelate
2 pts
Student demonstrates limited or uneven understanding of functional business integration or offers minimal evidence of how the individual disciplines interrelate
1 pts
(Lowest score) Student demonstrates inadequate or poor understanding of functional business integration and/or fails to present clear evidence of how the individual disciplines interrelate
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Total Points: 0

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