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Walmart graduates first class from first in-DC supply chain`academy’

Mark Solomon
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Retailing titan Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) said it has launched its first supply chain “academy” to train workers in the nuances of supply chain management.

The first academy, located at the company’s distribution center in Sanger, Texas, about 55 miles from Dallas, was created to provide the company’s supply chain staff with a “clear path to advancement” in the field, Walmart said. The first class graduated in late September.

The supply chain academy is modeled upon the 200 company academies that train all store employees nationwide. The center serves more than 140 Walmart stores and Sam’s Club warehouses in north-central Texas. The Sanger Academy’s area of study will include leadership, safety, supply chain foundations and area-specific training, Walmart said.

Walmart said it plans to expand the Academy program over the next two years. Each academy will serve about 15 distribution centers.


Mark Solomon

Formerly the Executive Editor at DC Velocity, Mark Solomon joined FreightWaves as Managing Editor of Freight Markets. Solomon began his journalistic career in 1982 at Traffic World magazine, ran his own public relations firm (Media Based Solutions) from 1994 to 2008, and has been at DC Velocity since then. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment.