David Glass
David Glass was an American executive who joined Walmart as chief financial officer in 1976 and served as its president and CEO from 1988 to 2000, expanding its distribution and information systems.
What they did and why it matters
Glass led Walmart through the years when it turned distribution and data into its main advantage, setting expectations suppliers still have to meet. He oversaw growth of the distribution center network, wider use of cross-docking, and investment in information systems, including the Retail Link data platform launched in 1991 that gave suppliers point-of-sale data. Walmart's on-time-in-full targets, routing guides, and EDI requirements for vendors reflect the operational discipline built under him.
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- David D. Glass (Arkansas Business Hall of Fame) walton.uark.edu
- David Glass, former Walmart CEO, has died (Talk Business and Politics) talkbusiness.net