As 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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Huffman Trucking Network Systems (Your name) Network and Telecommunications Concepts Teacher Name Your date Telephone and Data Networks The corporate main office is in Ohio. The office at this location uses Avaya Digital Phone System and is connected to a Cisco 10 MB Hub. All equipments in this location get access to the Avaya Digital Phone System through the 10 MB Hub. The plant at the Ohio location has set up different workstations; each workstation has a wireless bar code‚
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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 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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Fleet Truck Maintenance Database for Huffman Trucking Entities and Attributes Summary When using a database‚ the most important step is knowing how to use the table elements. The table defines the structure of the database based on its entities and Attributes. The entity is the object being stored and the Attributes describe information about the entity and its reason being documented. When using this table‚ one needs to first know how to access the database‚ table and
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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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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 maintenance of the 800 road tractors currently in operation. Create Fleet Truck Maintenance Database (CR2)
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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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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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