UWalton wayengumcebisi ngokukhula kwezoshishino, ukuthengiswa kwexabiso lokuthengiswa, ukulawula ukuthengiswa kwezinto kunye nokuxhasa ngemali.
Kulo mprofayili, siza kuhlolisisa iinkcukacha ezithakazelisayo malunga neWalton, imvelaphi yakhe yemfundo, kunye nokugxotha kwisigaba sokubuyisela isaphulelo.
Ozelwe
USam Walton wazalwa ngoMatshi 29, 1918, kubazali bakhe uTomas Gibson noNancy Lee Walton kufuphi neKingfisher, e-Oklahoma.
Wafa
USam Walton wadlulela ngo-Ephreli 5, 1992, kwiYunivesithi yase-Arkansas yezoNyango zeZonyango, i-Little Rock, e-Arkansas.
Imvelaphi yakho yemfundo
USam waya kwiYunivesithi yaseMissouri apho wakhethwa khona uMongameli weKlasi yeMatriki. Ukuhlawula umrhumo wesikhokelo wesikhokelo wasebenza njengomgcini wokulondoloza ubomi, umgcini wendawo yokugcina impahla kwaye wagcinwa kwindlela yokuhambisa iphephandaba yabathengi abangama-160. Emva kokugqiba iziqu, wayefuna ukuya kwiSikolo se-Wharton yezoBhishino kwiYunivesithi yasePennsylvania kodwa ngokukhawuleza wafumanisa ukuba akanako ukuyifumana. Kunoko wathatha umsebenzi njengomqeqeshi we-JC
Penney. Namhlanje, iKholeji yaseWam M. Walton yezoRhwebo kwiYunivesithi yaseArchansas ibizwa ngegama layo.
Iminyaka engaphambi kweWalmart
Emva kwesigxina sakhe kuJC Penney, uWalton wayesazi ukuba ufuna ukubuyela kwiindawo. Waqala ukufunda yonke into ayengayifunda kulo mbandela kunye nokutyelela izitolo ezahlukeneyo. Ngethuba esebenzela iBran Franklin franchises, uWalton waya kuHerbert Gibson, umseli wekhenketho eliye laphumelela elisezantsi, ukuxubusha amathuba okubambisana.
Ukubuyiselwa ngenxa yokuba nenkunzi encinci, uWalton wanquma ukuhamba yedwa ukusuka ekuqaleni.
Ukuqala iWalmart
IWalmart yokuqala yavulwa ngowe-1962 eRogers, eAnsansas. Ekuqaleni, iivenkile zazifumaneka kumgama wokuhamba umgama ukusuka kwisikhungo sokusabalalisa inkampani ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukubuyiswa kwangoko kwangoko. Ukuthengiswa kwenyuka ukusuka kwii-313 yezigidi ukuya kwii-1.2 zeebhiliyoni zee-biliyoni ngonyaka we-1970 ukuya ku-1980 ngelixa inani lezitolo liye landa. Uninzi lwale nyuselo luvela kwi-bhanki yebhanki ehlawulwa kakhulu kunye nemali yenkxaso yokuqala yoluntu kwinkampani.
Ngo-1991 iWalmart yagqithisa iilwandle, iRobuck & Inkampani ukuba ibe ngumthengisi omkhulu kwilizwe. Ngaloo nyaka, njengoko ilizwe lixakeke ekunyukeni kwezoqoqosho, iWalmart yandisa ukuthengisa nge-40%.
Uluhlu lweZibonelelo
Ukhenketho lwe-Walton lwaluyimpumelelo kangangokuthi wayenokuyalela umkhiqizo kwaye uthengise ngeentsuku ezintathu xa emele ahlawule umthengisi wakhe iintsuku ezingamashumi amathathu. Oku kuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwezinto eziqhubekayo kule nkampani namhlanje.
Technology kunye neWalmart
Ubulumko bukaSam Walton bubonakala ngendlela ayenayo inkampani yamkela ubuchwepheshe. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, ishishini lalingowokuqala ukusebenzisa ii-barcode ze-UPC ukuzenzekelayo inkqubo yokubala.
Ngowe-1983, ishishini lachitha imali eninzi yemali kwi-private system inkqubo ekwazi ukulandelela iilori zokuhambisa, ukuthengiswa kwekhadi lokuthenga ngetyala, nokuhambisa iimpawu zomsindo kunye nevidiyo, kunye nedatha yokuthengisa.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, i-Walmart iye yazisa ukulayishwa kwe-intanethi ngepayipi yamahhala kunye neefowuni zokusebenza. Namhlanje, i-Walmart yenye yeenkampani ezinkulu kwihlabathi, kunye neentengo zemarike ezingaphezu kwama-260 billion kwi-March 2018.
Iinkcukacha ezikhawulezayo
- UWalton wavula ivenkile yakhe yokuqala, i-franchise yaseBen Franklin, e-Newport, e-Arkansas ngoSeptemba 1, 1945, emva kokuba umfazi wakhe egxininisa ukuba akayi kuhlala edolophini labantu abangaphezu kwe-10,000. Ngaphantsi kweminyaka engamashumi amabini unama-15 evenkile yokuthengisa.
- Ngaphandle kokuba ube ngumgidi wezigidigidi, uWalton wagxotha iloli kwaye wayembatha iingubo kwisitolo sakhe sokuphuhlisa, iWalmart.
- Ngowe-1984 uWalton watheba abaphathi bakhe bezonkile ukuba abazange bakwazi ukufumana i- pretax margin emikhulu kuneepesenti ezisibhozo. Wathi xa wayilahlekile, wayegqoka ingca yeHula skirt kunye nekhati leentyatyambo. Benza. Waphulukana. Wenze.
UMnu Sam Legacy
KwiW website yeWalmart:
USam Walton wafa ngo-1992, kungekudala emva kokufumana iMedal of Freedom, kodwa ifa lakhe lihlala. Kulolu suku, i-Walmart isoloko inkokheli kwimboni yokuthengisa. Asizibophezeli nje ukukhulisa ishishini ukuba sikhonze ngakumbi abathengi bethu, kodwa nokuphucula uluntu esikusebenzisayo ngokuzama ukuphucula rhoqo into esenzayo nendlela esiyenzayo ngayo, kwaye ngenxa yeempembelelo esinako ukuzifezekisa Walmart Foundation. Ngokuzinikezela kwangoku kwi-shishini lethu kunye nabathengi bethu, siyabahlonela uMnu Sam.