CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
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By reducing manual bottlenecks and creating more streamlined workflows, organisations can focus on building stronger strategic relationships with their suppliers.
“ Procurement leaders tell us time and again – the biggest bottlenecks are fragmented systems and manual processes,” explains Gaurav.
Walmart and compliance Walmart’ s approach to compliance management is anchored in its comprehensive Code of Conduct, which serves as both an internal policy framework and a public commitment to its core values and ethical principles. This code applies universally across Walmart’ s global operations – including all associates, subsidiaries and Board members acting in their official capacities – ensuring a consistent standard of behaviour and legal compliance throughout the organisation.
Regular reviews and updates, with the most recent revision in 2023, keep the code relevant to evolving regulatory and industry expectations.
This compliance expectation extends beyond internal operations, demanding integrity from suppliers, vendors and business partners through its Standards for Suppliers.
This supplier code promotes responsible practices along the entire supply chain – including raw material providers and subcontractors – requiring these parties to cascade compliance requirements further downstream.
This comprehensive supply chain oversight underscores Walmart’ s
commitment to holistic compliance management, mitigating risks whilst strengthening trust with customers, investors and stakeholders.
In 2025, Walmart announced it was using AI in a crackdown against thirdparties who were undertaking bad behaviour while using its marketplace.
Walmart stated that it is employing artificial intelligence in its policy compliance efforts. However, it emphasised that such monitoring is overseen by“ human management” alongside machine learning and automation.
Sellers have raised concerns about marketplaces’ use of“ bots” to enforce policy, particularly when non-humans are involved in the appeals process.
154 September 2025