The Home Depot Opens Processing Center Direct Orders To Support The Online Business

Atlanta, GA /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ - The Home Depot ®, the largest home improvement retailer in the world, today announced the opening of its new center for processing direct orders (DFC for short English) in Locust Grove, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

It is the first of three new DFCs that the company will open in the United States over the next two years, adding more than three million square feet and about 1,000 jobs to its supply chain.

The new distribution centers will increase the number of orders the company can ship the day they are received, increasing the speed of delivery for orders HomeDepot.com.

The company is also allowing selection and sent faster through new warehouse management systems and material handling.

"It is a significant investment in our ability to say 'yes' to customers with confidence," said Mark Holifield, senior vice president, supply chain. "Yes, you have access to our entire inventory to fulfill your request. Yeah, you can expect a prompt delivery. And yes, you can expect updates to shipping information".

The DFCs will have about 100,000 products, extending the aisle of The Home Depot more than 35,000 products generally available in regular physical store.

The DFC of Locust Grove will initially employ approximately 125 associates, and eventually employ approximately 300 associates. DFCs future opening is expected in Perris, California and Troy, Ohio.

The Home Depot is the world's largest retailer of products and services specializing in home improvement, with 2,263 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. In fiscal 2012, The Home Depot had sales of $ 74.8 billion and profit of million $ 4.5 thousand million. The company employs more than 300,000 associates. Shares of The Home Depot is listed on the Stock Exchange of New York (NYSE: HD) and are reflected in the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index.