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Home Depot is a popular home improvement supplies retail company across the United States and Canada. In Canada alone there are 182 stores and over 27,000 employees. The company stands on eight core values; Taking care of our people. Giving back to our communities. Doing the right thing. Excellent customer service. Creating shareholder value. Building strong relationships. Entrepreneurial spirit. Respect for all people.
Home Depot Warehouse always open

If you’re looking to get things done around your home or yard, many turn to the quintessential home improvement store – The Home Depot. The entire essence of their company is helping YOU, the customer, get things done. But they really have a knack for getting things done FOR you as well. Let’s take a step back. Supply chain management (SCM) and social media have a rather new connection. As Ranjan Sinha points out in his post on LinkedIn on the subject: “There was once a time when companies were adding policies that discouraged their employees from using social media while on the job. Over the course of the last few years, this notion has taken a turn for the opposite.” Of course, we already know this – there are jobs in all sorts of fields these days that completely revolve around social media. Managing a Twitter feed, Instagram account, or blog could be someone’s primary function in his or her employment. The marriage of SCM and social media is what has changed.
Home Depot Foundation’s Orange Door Project

Organization Name: Home Depot Canada Foundation Industry: Non-Profit References: Home Depot Foundation, Bitly, Google URL Shortener, Homelesshub.ca Home Depot Canada Foundation was established in 2008 and supports programs and agencies that help put an end to youth homelessness in Canada. Youth homelessness is a large Canadian social issue, with more than 6,000 vulnerable teens without a place to stay on any given night…. Read more »
Home Depot Makes You Shine *Limited Time Offer

Organisation Name: Home Depot Industry: Home Hardware, Construction, DIY Web Reference: Home Depot, HD Media Relations, Clickz Review, Social Success, AdAge What is the Home Depot Doing? In an effort to empower its cliental, the Home Depot has experimented with various points of attraction. Stuff the competition was slow to react on, in the business world its known that being pro-active will… Read more »
Home Depot: more social media, more doing

Organization Name: Home Depot Industry: Home Improvement Contact Name: Mark Holifield, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Product Development Web References: Supply Chain Digest Description of how social media is used for business performance: Social media can be embedded to the supply chain to gather information from various parties involved whether experts or participants. With the transparency of information across… Read more »
Social Media offers opportunities for Supply Chain Management
Organization Name: Home Depot Contact: Mark Holifield – Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Product Development. Industry: Home improvement and construction products and services. Home Depot History Home Depot is an American-based, International global leader in the fairly crowded retail home improvement and construction sector. With locations in 50 States, 10 Canadian Provinces and Mexico, Home Depot employs more than… Read more »
Home Depot Leads the Way Integrating Social Media into its Supply Chain Management
Organisation Name: Home Depot Industry: Home Improvement and Construction Retailer Name of contact if available: Frank Blake, Chairman and CEO Web references: www.homedepot.ca Description of how social media is used for business performance: One interesting fact has stood out to me right at the beginning of my research. Home Depot is an early adopter of using social media in their supply chain… Read more »
This Just In… Social Media in Supply Chain
Neha Barnawal’s Blog Post, “Social Media in Supply Chain….the new trend!” A company’s supply chain can be enhanced and improved through the use of social media platforms; such as, mobile apps, blog forums, and social networking sites. This integration of social media within supply chains has become an upcoming trend as it is intended and set to benefit the demand management,… Read more »
Don’t Fear, Social Supply Chain Management is…Almost…Here!
The supply chain is, by definition, a set of companies or individuals that work together to create and deliver a product along its many processes from the supplier to the customer. Social media increases the potential for collaboration vastly through a plethora of network tools.” -Steve Nicholls Traditionally, social media has been used for business-to-consumer (B2C) interaction and engagement, which… Read more »
The Home Depot’s “Warehouse”
In our modern society, most large and successful companies and corporations are made up of a web of interconnected networks that all work together to create a business. Each of these networks and connections are all valuable aspects of the business that help the raw product get from its beginning stage through its production, then to the retailer or store… Read more »