A. Walmart company and explain the following based on Transportation:

1. Explain in detail with examples company's transportation rationale in maintaining seasonal stocks, anticipatory stocks and safety stocks.

2. Explain in detail strategic value-adding role transportation plays in the company's overall supply chain and detailing its global fulfillment strategies and distribution methods.

3. Explain in detail the various modes of transportation opted by the company to move goods across borders and make distribution plan to optimize costs and implements strategies to mitigate global risks.

4. Explain in detail the role of productivity and quality metrics for improving transportation performance.

5. Explain in detail company's challenges in maintaining transportation solutions globally especially during pandemic - COVID - 19 and how collaboration among transportation providers and trading partners will help the overall inventory management processes.

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