The Huffman Trucking Company was founded in 1936 with only one tractor-trailer. The Company grew because of World War II; it boosted the need for carrier services between factories in the Midwest to ports on the East Coast. In 1945‚ the business had grown in size to 16 tractors and 36 trailers. They still have a business with the U.S. Government today. Huffman Tucking Company has been acknowledged as the first major freight carrier to subcontract 100% of its information systems support. The business
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Running Head: HUFFMAN TRUCKING COMPANY TELEPHONY PAPER Huffman Trucking Company Telephony Paper NTC 500 Networking Concepts University of Phoenix July 31‚ 2006 Huffman Trucking Company Telephony Paper Communication in a business is the key to success. Interpersonal communication is very important in today ’s often technologically anonymous society. An assessment as to the current Telephone Communication Systems configurations at all four state area locations was made. Recommendations
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Huffman Trucking GPS Tracking System BSA/310 August 20th‚ 2011 Huffman Trucking GPS Tracking System Background Huffman Trucking has mobile assets that include 800 road tractors‚ over 2100 trailers‚ and 260 roll-on/roll-off units. Huffman employees 925 drives and 425 support staff across several states. The lifeblood and backbone of Huffman is the efficient and timely pickup/delivery of goods‚ and keeping their trucks rolling on the road fully loaded for the outbound/return leg of the trip
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Huffman Benefits IT Plan CGMT – 410 Shaun vanBergen University of Phoenix February 20‚ 2012 WBS Task Flow Network and Critical Path Project Schedule Project Reporting Communication is the key factor in determining if any project is a success or not. In order for the communication to be as effective as possible there are certain chains that it must follow so that the proper information gets to the right people. Listed below is the way that all information will flow for the
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Huffman Trucking ERD Explanation Alvin Calahan‚ Adam Morgan University of Phoenix Database Concepts DBM/380 Michael James November 19‚ 2011 Huffman Trucking ERD Explanation Huffman Trucking‚ founded in 1936 with a single tractor trailer has grown tremendously over the years. Huffman Trucking now has 800 road trailers‚ 2100 45 ft. trailers‚ 260 roll-on and roll-off units‚ 925 drivers‚ and 425 support personnel. With facilities in Cleveland‚ OH‚ Los Angeles‚ CA‚ St. Louis‚ MO‚ and Bayonne
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Huffman Trucking Data Warehouse Jason Raines DBM/502 06/26/2014 Anup Majumder Huffman Trucking Data Warehouse Huffman trucking was founded by K Huffman in 1936 with a single tractor trailer. The massive and fast growth of the company was a direct result of WWII because of the increase in carrier services east to west. “By 1945‚ the fleet had increased in size to 16 tractors and 36 trailers. The business relationship forged with the U.S. Government continues today” (Apollo Group‚ 2012).This growth
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Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking‚ a major national freight carrier has encountered tremendous growth over the past few years. The company now has over 1300 employees‚ 800 road tractors and 2100 trailers. The company has a diverse customer base and shipping ability. Management has realized that the company’s automated information systems infrastructure is lagging. To solve this problem management has decided to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Customer sales‚ orders‚
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Huffman Trucking Paper Huffman trucking is a national transportation company that employs 1‚400 people to work in its logistical hubs in Los Angeles‚ California‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Bayonne‚ New Jersey‚ with its central maintenance facility located in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Huffman Trucking currently employs running multiple Windows operating system platforms ranging from 3.X and 9.X to Windows 2000 Server and Pro and Windows XP Pro operating system. These multiple operating systems do not seem
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Team B Huffman Trucking Project Paper Project Overview Huffman Trucking is a large organization that provides transportation of goods and services to its customers. In order to better serve these customers and to compete and stay at a high level above other suppliers‚ Huffman Trucking management enlisted the assistance of Team B to upgrade their companies systems to be able to create‚ maintain‚ and report on a database‚ which tracks the servicing of Huffman Trucking vehicles. Huffman Trucking
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Change Request 3 Huffman Trucking is a large company and has been around since the early 1900’s. When the company started there was one tractor trailer and now the corporation has seen quite an extensive progression throughout the years. With several types of trailers and large employee base the company has spread out and has facilities located all across the country from New Jersey to California. Huffman Trucking Company consulted with another company known as Smith Systems Consulting to develop
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