pointed out previously‚ Huffman Trucking has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years. Our huge trucking fleet and large number of employees exceed the usual numbers for a privately held trucking company. The growth of our company has become so significant that we must now face the issue of expanding our business. Even though our expansion can be done in many ways‚ our financial team has narrowed down our expansion options to becoming a publicly shared company (through an IPO)‚ acquiring
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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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Request SR-ht-003 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
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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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Sustaining Employee Performance HRM 300 Sustaining Employee Performance Huffman Trucking is constantly re-evaluations its employee policies and always looking for better ways to serve employees and customers alike. Re-evaluating key positions within the company such as the Operational Analyst‚ and Truck Driver positions in order to sustain employee performance in these areas‚ are just some examples on how the company constantly strives to continue to be successful now and in the future. The following
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Huffman Trucking Initial Risk Assessment Introduction Huffman Trucking is a national transportation company based in Cleveland‚ Ohio. (UOP‚ 2009) The organization has 1‚400 employees and 800 trucks on the road‚ with logistical hubs in California‚ New Jersey and Missouri. The company’s mission reads: “our mission is to be a profitable‚ growing‚ adaptive company in an intensively competitive logistical services benefit environment.” The focus of Huffman’s mission is on stockholders‚ customers‚ regulatory
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Running head: HUFFMAN TRUCKING Huffman Trucking: Database Design and Development Huffman Trucking started out as a single owner‚ single truck and trailer‚ operating in the Cleveland Ohio area back in 1936 doing local contract hauls. Today‚ Huffman Trucking is a National carrier with 1‚400 employees‚ 800 tractors‚ 2‚100 trailers‚ and 260 roll-on/roll-off units‚ operating from 3 logistical hubs located in Los Angeles‚ California‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Bayonne‚ New Jersey
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In the file ACC 291 Week 5 Huffman Trucking you will find overview of the following parts: Memo Huffman Trucking Liquidity Ratios Huffman Trucking Profitability Ratios Huffman Trucking Solvency Ratios Business - Accounting ACC 291 Week 5 Huffman Trucking Project Paper Week Five Assignment 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
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Proposal: SR-ht-003 for Huffman Trucking Proposal: SR-ht-003 for Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking ’s central maintenance facility in Cleveland‚ Ohio and presently has hubs in Los Angeles‚ California‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Bayonne‚ New Jersey. To effectively manage their business‚ it is critical that Huffman Trucking can share information regarding vehicles maintenance with each of its hubs‚ including parts inventory and vendor data. Huffman Trucking needs a solution that would allow them
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Service Request SR-ht-003 Documentation DBA 380 April 30‚ 2012 Kurt Jost Service Request SR-ht-003 Documentation Huffman Trucking Background Huffman trucking is a national transportation company with 1‚400 employees working in various logistical hubs located in Los Angeles‚ California‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Bayonne‚ New Jersey. The central maintenance facility located in Cleveland‚ Ohio has an immediate requirement for a Fleet Truck Maintenance database to ensure the prompt and efficient
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