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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Phil,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>I cannot be sure of WalMart's corporate
intentions. However, a little of what you speak of has already occurred at
the present WalMart.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>When the Moscow WalMart first opened, they were
the price leaders on almost everything. </FONT><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>On certain items they still are, especially in pharmacy/ drugstore type
products. However, on many products there is no difference between their
prices and many Moscow businesses. For example, the WalMart price for many
cleaning supplies is the same price found at Tri-State. On certain
household items, WinCo prices are lower than WalMart's.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>In addition, do not think that the national brand
products bought at WalMart are the same as sold by other area retailers.
WalMart (and many other big box stores and chains) really puts the price squeeze
on manufacturers. Hence, the manufacturers value engineer* the products
they produce for WalMart and others. The George Foreman Grill that you
would buy at WalMart is likely not the same quality as the one you would buy at
Tri-State despite the sameness of model number.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>WalMart is not the only one to do this, however
they seem to be the most predatory in this regard.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>
<DIV><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>*Definitions of <B>Value Engineering</B> on the Web:
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<LI>An analysis of materials, processes, and products in which functions are
related to cost and from which a selection may be made so as to achieve the
desired function at the lowest overall cost consistent with performance.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&q=http://www.lancastercountyheritage.com/planning/cwp/view.asp%3Fa%3D3%26Q%3D388132%26planningNav%3D%257C"><FONT
color=#008000>www.lancastercountyheritage.com/planning/cwp/view.asp</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>A short formal project review, utilizing highly experienced experts in the
project field, to try to identify and recommend alternative solutions that
will add value to the project, by reducing costs or in other ways. The study
follows a formal set procedure for identifying and evaluating areas of value
savings, and usually takes place soon after a preferred design is identified
and estimated. For large projects, this process is required by most funding
sources.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/I5DesMoinesWaySouth188St/glossary.html"><FONT
color=#008000>www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/I5DesMoinesWaySouth188St/glossary.html</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>Value engineering is a functional analysis methodology that identifies and
selects the best value alternative for designs, materials, processes, systems,
and program documentation. VE applies to hardware and software; development,
production, and manufacturing; specifications, standards, contract
requirements, and other acquisition program documentation; facilities design
and construction; and management or organizational systems and processes to
improve the resulting product.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://strategicsourcing.navy.mil/reference_documents/defs.cfm%3Fltr%3DV"><FONT
color=#008000>strategicsourcing.navy.mil/reference_documents/defs.cfm</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>Value Engineering is a technique used to evaluate life cycle costs of
engineering projects. It is a standard activity undertaken by GDOT for major
design projects that recommends potential cost saving opportunities to the
project design team.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=3&oi=define&q=http://www.i16i75.com/index_files/main_files/faq.htm"><FONT
color=#008000>www.i16i75.com/index_files/main_files/faq.htm</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>An organized methodology that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle
cost options in design, materials and processes that achieves the desired
level of performance, reliability and customer satisfaction. It seeks to
eliminate unnecessary costs in the above areas and is often a joint effort
with cross-functional internal teams and relevant suppliers.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=4&oi=define&q=http://www.bridgefieldgroup.com/glos9.htm"><FONT
color=#008000>www.bridgefieldgroup.com/glos9.htm</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>Design proposal to lower the total project cost of construction.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=5&oi=define&q=http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/planning/prob/glossary.html"><FONT
color=#008000>www.fta.dot.gov/library/planning/prob/glossary.html</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>Currently defined by many government agencies as an organized effort
directed at analyzing the function of construction operations, systems,
equipment, facilities, procedures, methods, and supplies to determine if
anticipated costs are consistent with the requirements for performance,
quality, safety, and maintainability.<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=6&oi=define&q=http://www.ecostructure.com/res_glossary.html"><FONT
color=#008000>www.ecostructure.com/res_glossary.html</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>An organized effort concerned with the elimination or modification of
anything that contributes to the cost of a contract item or task but is not
necessary for needed performance, quality, maintainability, reliability or
interchangeability. 003<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=7&oi=define&q=http://appl.nasa.gov/resources/lexicon/terms_v.html"><FONT
color=#008000>appl.nasa.gov/resources/lexicon/terms_v.html</FONT></A></LI></FONT>
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<LI>Value engineering is a branch of industrial engineering in which the value
of a system’s outputs is optimized by crafting the optimum mix of performance
and costs. In most cases this practice identifies and removes unnecessary
expenditures, thereby increasing the value for the manufacturer and/or their
customers. <BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=8&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_engineering"><FONT
color=#008000>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_engineering</FONT></A></LI></FONT></UL></DIV></FONT>
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<A title=CJs@turbonet.com href="mailto:CJs@turbonet.com">Shelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 09, 2006 10:17
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Walmart</DIV>
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<DIV>FROM THE DESK OF PHIL:</DIV>
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<DIV>What short memories everybody has. Remember when Walmart and
Kmart came in? It was death and destruction amongst the business
community. Your neighbor and friends. I think the census data has a
major flaw in it. According to the census data more than a majority of
our population is well educated, but still thinks and acts like they are
13. The big box stores cause another reaction that you are not
paying attention to. It causes a population shift. People migrate to
live closer to those areas. I also understand that we are thinking of
filling in the corridor between Moscow and Pullman. What's left of our
country feel, will cease. Don't even talk about our precious water
that we do not have. We will become a new Los Angeles on a
microscopic scale. The rest of the businesses that are hanging on
because none of us are making any real money, will die along with the
tax base. </DIV>
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<DIV>Here is the grand scheme of things. Walmart plans on putting in two
huge stores in a population our size?????? Do not forget that the signs
entering Moscow. They include the entire student population in their
count. I was told about 12,000. Reason? <STRONG>Our community is
ignorant to the true business intentions of</STRONG> <STRONG>their
power.</STRONG> They put the two stores in and you gotta remember they
truly don't care if they both make a profit. Their goal is to "dominate"
our market. We will be losing businesses that currently supply us
with beds, oil changes, tires, gasoline, groceries, etc. We will have
numerous businesses join the bankruptcy line so Walmart can fleece
our community of it's core assets. So, you don't need to worry about
there ever being a downtown. Since, most of those businesses are
downtown.</DIV>
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<DIV>Then what they do after they have destroyed downtown on the Pullman
and Moscow side, they will "mothball" one of the stores. Notice nothing
is said about the current Moscow store they promised to keep open.
Right! Not born yesterday. You will notice they are not buying the land
that is so they can shut down one after they have killed all of us off
and force everybody to drive to the one that they leave open. </DIV>
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<DIV>Smart Growth? It is...... for a 13 year old. Let's not even talk
about the land owners surrounding the project. What a boondoggle. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Does anyone know why all of a sudden a full fledge Walmart is now
on the table? Did our representatives or newspaper let us down? Our
representatives should spend 1 hour talking to managers at Safeway
and Rosaurs along with a few others. Talk to some that died on the first
round. Many thought they would survive it. Ha! </DIV>
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<DIV>Remember ........ the students are only here 6 1/2 months out
of the year and they are counted as part of our community. You guys are
worried about taxes? Half the students live in housing supplied by the
University. More than half receive loans to go to schools. That is our
money once again.</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil Roderick</DIV>
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