Founded in 1936, Huffman Trucking is in the shipping business. The company has maintained a growth strategy from 1948 through 1976. After 1976, “Huffman continued to experience significant growth from internally generated sales and acquisitions” (University of Phoenix, 2013) of five other trucking firms. The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 deregulating, the trucking industry, enabled the company to become a national carrier. The company maintains operations and accounting computer systems. Strategically, the company has a desire to use the best practices of UPS as a model for future business system implementations (University of Phoenix, 2013). This paper’s theme is the assessment of the current state of the knowledge worker information infrastructure and future opportunities for supporting knowledge workers.
Current Systems
The current system supports the business functions of accounting, customer relationship management, inventory management, and human resources. The company has additional systems to management the operation of the truck fleet, maintain the truck fleet, and provide warehouse management. The company’s systems have a level of survivability, which provides the system’s ability to continuously deliver services in the presence of failures and other undesired events (Heegaard & Trivedi, 2009). This survivability includes the computer hardware, applications, databases, and networking.
A key business computing resource is the ERP system. Typically, an ERP system provides the integrated functions of purchasing, production, marketing, finance, administration, human resources, public relations and general management. Marketing knowledge workers use the ERP system to research; advertising and sales to enhance the offering throug...
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Lowe’s is a home improvement warehouse that was founded in 1946 as a single store and since has grown to become the second largest in the world. As technology has evolved, Lowe’s has made many advances incorporating new systems and devices to stay competitive. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the information technology management systems used at Lowe’s. It will look at Porter’s Five Force Model, supply chain management; data base management system, five agent-based technologies, e-commerce and system development lifecycle. Furthermore, it will look at business continuity planning, emerging trends and security vulnerabilities relates to the organization to remain competitive.
...to deal with inbound and outbound logistics, one that is made up mostly of the personnel from outbound logistics. These professionals deal with the second core competency of Deere, logistics, separate from the manufacturing of tractors and lawnmowers. The creation of this team helps eliminate the risk Fedex’s poor performance (managers were not pleased with Fedex’s centralized transportation management service) and need to measure performance of a 3rd part continuously. As a result, performance is self-managed. We expect as the IT system is used to optimize and plan transportation routes amongst inbound and outbound trucks, cost savings will increase more rapidly. We believe internal continuous improvement, leaner logistics operations and synergies amongst all logistics activities will lead to the $69 million goal being met by the third year after implementation.
Both man-made and natural disasters are often devastating, resource draining and disruptive. Having a basic plan ready for these types of disaster events is key to the success of executing and implementing, as well as assessing the aftermath. There are many different ways to create an emergency operations plan (EOP) to encompass a natural and/or man-made disaster, including following the six stage planning process, collection of information, and identification of threats and hazards. The most important aspect of the US emergency management system in preparing for, mitigating, and responding to man-made and natural disasters is the creation, implementation and assessment of a community’s EOP.
The United States trucking industry is a very thriving industry and has continued to grow since the beginning of the 1900’s. The motor carrier act of 1935 allowed regulations to be set for the growing trucking industry. These standards made trucking safer for the driver and others as well. With the growing of mass production of products, transporting these goods was not efficient using trains or other types of shipping, so large trucks and trailers became the most popular method for shipping. This created a huge market for truck producers to supply trucks for the new form of freight transportation. Brother’s Jack and Augustus Mack saw the perfect opportunity to use their mechanical abilities.
First of all, the ransom for Hectors’ defaced body shows the compassion in The Iliad. Hector is portrayed as the “hero of sacred Troy” (24.213) so instead of defacing his body even more, Achilles demonstrates compassion and returns his sacred body back to Troy. Moreover, loyalty is
The subject of Homer’s epic poem, the Iliad, is very clearly stated--it is “the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles.” The reader remains continually aware of the extent of Achilles’ rage, yet is never told the reason why Achilles remains angry and unreconciled. There is no definitive answer to this question. Achilles is not a static character. He is constantly changing; thus the question of why he remains angry solicits different answers at various stages throughout the poem. To find an answer, the reader must carefully examine Achilles’ ever-changing dilemma involving the concepts of mortality and honor. At its simplest, Achilles’ dilemma is that if he goes to war, he will die. But he will die with glory.
Founded in 1936 with a single tractor-trailer, Huffman Trucking (Huffman), a national transportation company, is located in Cleveland OH. Today, Huffman has over 1,400 employees, 800 tractors, expected revenue to surpass $600,000,000 and is still privately held. Huffman has hubs located in Los Angeles, CA, St. Louis, MO, Bayonne, NJ with the central maintenance facility located in Cleveland OH. Their working contracts are primarily with the US Government, automotive parts industry, electronic consumer products, raw materials, and any special customer accommodations.
The reason why this page is important in The Iliad Book XXII is because this page is to show the final time before Hector’s death. Homer states, “Athena tricked me. Death is closing in and there’s no escape”. He also says, “My fate is here, but I will not perish without some great deed that future generations will remember”. This page also demonstrates the velocity of the fight between Hector and Achilles. The main point of this page is, “ As Hector charged. The heavy bronze apex pierced the soft neck but did not slit the windpipe, so that Hector could speak still”. This quote shows the vigorious description of Hector’s death. In the next part of this page Achilles begins to question Hector, “ So you thought you could get away with it didn’t
The trucking industry over the years have changed the type of services and the quality that it has provides to its customers. In today’s industry the focus is on efficiency with the overall beneficiary being the American consumer. Majority of today’s freight is being transported by truck during sometime in the distribution chain. Some of factors the trucking industry is facing today include hours and earnings and safety issues.
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UPS’ core competency is efficient and reliable package delivery. However, over the last two decades, UPS invested heavily in Information Technology to develop its capabilities. With this new technology driven approach UPS managed to integrate UPS and client’s info systems. This business process integration benefitted both by exponentially increasing the business value, also these collaborative Info systems unlocked tremendous potential making UPS the world’s most admired company in the year 2000.
The Iliad focuses its narrative on the glories of heroes in the Trojan War, particular Achilles and Hector. Although both are heroes for their side, they have complex personalities that explain their actions. Indeed, as one reads through the poem, it seems that they have nothing in common. They do not share motives for fighting, similar views concerning the immortals, or perspective concerning relationships of those around them, yet they are united by characteristics that constitute a hero as we understand one. Despite their differences, Achilles and Hector both place value on bravery, fight on behalf of others, and see the humanity in those they are fighting with and against.
“An Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are software systems for business management, supporting areas such as planning, manufacturing, sales, marketing, distribution, accounting, finance, human resource management, project management, inventory management, service and maintenance, transportation, and e-business”.( Haag, Cummings, Phillips, S, M, A (2007). Mangement Information Systems. New Yory, NY: The McGraw-Hill Company Inc..)
It is more than a scholastically studied work; it expresses the individual as a hero; something that is still examined and edifies humanity today. In the Iliad, readers glean the most transcultural ideologies from the character Achilles. Prophecies say that Troy will fall, but it isn’t until Achilles, the strongest of the Achaeans reenters the war and engages in combat that this begins to take shape. Without his return, the Greeks would have continued to struggle in the war against Troy. His first heroic battle is with Hector, the strongest of the Trojans. The bravery Achilles displays for fighting such a mighty warrior is admirable and is the keystone in developing the theme of the individual as a hero both in the book and in
Over the next few decades, the number of automobiles grew exponentially. But in essence there has been no paradigm shift in personal transportation since Henry Ford’s model T. Today’s cars are better versions of what Ford had built almost a century ago. The future, however, looks more interesting. Rapid industrialization and unchecked growth in population has brought to the front a myriad of problems that were unheard of