Walmart’s vendor-managed inventory has the benefit of minimizing delays in the movement of inventory across the supply chain. This benefit is achieved because suppliers can directly access data about the inventory of their goods at Walmart stores. Another beneficial effect of using the vendor-managed inventory model is the minimization of costs in inventory management activity. Walmart does not need to spend for extra personnel to manage each supplier’s goods. Instead, this financial and human resource expense is directly passed on to the suppliers.