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  • Essay / Wal-Mart Changes the Push System - 574

    Wal-Mart is an organization that has been around since 1962. This organization did not start as a national foundation but started in small communities. To achieve Wal-Mart's goal, these stores want to provide as many products as possible to their consumers at low prices. There are currently over 100,000 products at Wal-Mart, which means they have an abundant supply of items for every consumer. Since these stores are not aimed at high-net-worth individuals, consumers want their products to be as cheap as possible for name-brand items. Most companies started by using a "push system" with their manufactured products, which meant that manufacturers would decide what they were going to make and companies would have to buy and sell that specific product. Under this system, manufacturers would have more control over companies. Wal-Mart recently replaced the “push system” with a “pull system”. A “pull system” means that companies decide what is sold and ask their manufacturers to make those specific products. When using a “pull system,” companies are now more in charge of manufacturing....