This assignment requires the submission of a “reaction paper” by each individual student. After reviewing the reading materials relating to The Home Depot Supply Chain Innovation provided in Module 1 Lesson 3, please address the assignment questions below in the order in which they appear.
Assignment Questions
1. In what ways have innovation and transformation of The Home Depot’s supply chains impacted and enhanced customer/consumer experience?
2. As the supply chains at The Home Depot have evolved and transformed over time, what types of supply chain technology do you feel have been needed to facilitate these changes? A helpful way to respond to this question is to first identify examples of relevant supply chain technologies and then to comment on how they have impacted THD’s supply chains. Also, please feel free to consider technologies in addition to those that may have been discussed in the readings for this lesson.
3. What do you think is next for the future of The Home Depot’s supply chains? In the interest of focusing on end-to-end supply chain performance, what do you feel would be some of the relevant expectations for the supplier networks that serve The Home Depot?
Read these articles first . APA style citations.
- Langley, C. John Jr., “Home Depot’s Supply Chain Innovation,” Case PSU #007, revised 5/1/23.
- Home Depot, Inc., 2023 10-K filing to the SEC (excerpted material).
- Hockett, Mike, “Home Depot to Spend $1.2B on 170 Distribution Facilities by 2023,” Industrial Distribution, www.inddist.com, June 12, 2018.
- Team Trefis and Great Speculations, “Why is Home Depot Making a Considerable Investment in Its Supply Chain?, Forbes.com, June 13, 2018.
- Repco, Melissa, “Home Depot Wants to Speed Up Deliveries with New Distribution Centers as Pandemic Fuels Home Projects,” cnbc.com, August 4, 2020.
