Supporting reference
1979 Walmart annual report
, subject: Savings from Walmart's computer center, 1979
Walmart's 1979 annual report records Walton tying the company's computer system to savings.
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About this work
The report states the center linked 229 stores through terminals installed in each new building and handled weekly item transactions, payroll for more than 17,500 associates, and warehouse inventory, calling the resulting financial and labor savings too large to calculate.
Why explore it
Best if you want to see how Walton connected Walmart's computer system to savings in the company's 1979 annual report.
Key themes
- Technology measured in savings
- The founder states the savings
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 1 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Sam Walton — David uses Walton's annual-report statement to illustrate savings from Walmart's computer system.