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OUR STRENGTH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN BASED LARGELY ON HAVING AN EFFICIENT OPERATION. THIS
PREMISE DEMANDS HAVING LOW COSTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE RIGHT PRICES, WHICH IS
ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES, WHICH IN TURN ENSURES EFFICIENT
EXECUTION AND OPERATION. THEREFORE, IN 2013 WE CREATED AN AREA THAT FORMALLY OVERSEES
EFFICIENCY-RELATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATES PRODUCTIVITY INITIATIVES FOR ALL
FORMATS AND AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SIX COUNTRIES, AND ALL IN A CENTRALIZED MANNER.
PROGRESS IN PRODUCTIVITY, STORES,
CLUBS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS
The productivity of our associates in stores and clubs in Mexico posted a comp unit
improvement of 3.0%. This was accomplished the sale of items per hour worked.
Our logistics operation, which is an essential pillar in supporting the profitable
growth of the business, consists of a broad distribution network with distribution
centers throughout Mexico and Central America. With this infrastructure we are
able to ensure efficient handling and timely delivery of the merchandise our
customers want to find on the shelves of all our formats. Our distribution centers
located in six cities in Mexico operate at a volume of over 1.8 billion cases, and
we were able to improve our productivity by 12.2%, as compared to 2012. We
traveled over 200 million kilometers and made almost 700,000 trips to deliver
merchandise to our units and to other distribution centers.
Our distribution centers located in Central America were fully integrated to Walmart
systems, thereby improving inventory and data management and achieving greater
productivity. Likewise, we enhanced the efficiency of merchandise handling, moving
more cases per man-hour.
2013 Financial and
Social Responsibility Report
Our distribution centers located in six cities in Mexico
operate at a volume of over 1.8 billion cases, and we
were able to improve our productivity by 12.2%, as
compared to 2012.
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