DAILY DISCUSSION POINT: Building an Effective Shared Services Team at the World’s Largest Retailer

In February 2006, Wal-Mart’s finance executive leadership team began strategizing about transforming the numerous accounting processes for Wal-Mart Stores and Sam’s Clubs in the US and Puerto Rico into a shared services organization. The operation was to provide business solutions and value-added information allowing more focus on specific business initiatives.Can you give basic examples of how...