Women In Technology

Girls Get IT Event
Company:	The Home Depot www.homedepot.com
Date:	Saturday, May 6, 2006
Time:	6:30am - 7:00am (Registration) 7:00am - 9:00am (Event)
Location:	6400 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Map
Cost:	NO CHARGE
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The Home Depot and Women in Technology’s Girls Get IT program teamed up for our first event at the Peachtree Dunwoody location on Saturday morning, May 6th, 2006 - and what a phenomenal event it was!

The management team from The Home Depot was ready, willing and able to showcase the technology tools that are in use every day by each staff member in every store, tools that enable The Home Depot to provide state-of-the-art service to their customers, service that makes The Home Depot stand out from the competition.

We began the morning with a round of introductions for the management team, where women from all areas of the Home Depot organization provided valuable insight on their background and how technology led them to where they are today.
Next, we split up into groups and toured the facilities to watch as the Home Depot personnel demonstrated the technology they used to improve their ability to not only meet, but exceed the expectations of their customers.

We saw first hand how technology simplifies the checkout process for both the customers and Home Depot personnel.

We learned all about SKUs and how Home Depot uses bar-coded labels to track and price inventory on the shelves.

And we were amazed by the technology used to duplicate a paint color from a small speck of paint that customers brought into the store!

By the end of the tour, we all had a new appreciation for the importance of technology in every aspect of business and how computers are so intertwined with daily operations.

"This was a great opportunity for her to see the many jobs that a business so many people rely on can offer (...) She was amazed that people who have so much responsibility and authority would actually dedicate her time to such an event (as well as helping customers push materials out to their vehicles)."

Clara Dunn Betterson

"(The Home Depot event) was great! My daughter (...) was amazed at the amount of behind the scenes technology in a Home Depot store. This event offered a great opportunity for her to see first hand the impact of technology on our lives. Better yet, she was presented this information by very successful women in this field."

Karin Lemieux

Thank you to all of the personnel at Home Depot who made this experience possible for our next generation of future technology leaders!