...Huffman Trucking Paper Upon reviewing Huffman Trucking’s networking model, it appears that most of their IT components—software and hardware—are outdated. But I digress. The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think these operating systems were chosen? 2. What are the implications of the operating systems that are in use by Huffman Trucking? That said, I will not expound on why a company like Huffman Trucking should update their IT infrastructure as soon as possible, except to say that—for security reasons alone—the investment would far outweigh the costs. Rather, I will attempt to explain why Huffman chose a Windows operating system back in the late 90s when (it appears) their network was first implemented. Operating Systems (OS) are, of course, nothing more than a series of computer programs. But unlike your typical word processing application or favorite Tetris game, an operating system is the first piece of code that a computer executes when it is turned on. The operating system loads itself into available memory and then begins managing all of the resources inside the computer. Once up and running, it then provides a User Interface (UI) for other applications that any user can execute. At the time Huffman incorporated an OS into their business model, the company had three major players to choose from: Microsoft, Mac OS and Unix. (Linux, of course, was also available, but it was—and still is—used primarily by computer...
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...Huffman Trucking An Ethical Business View Axia College April 18, 2010 Huffman Trucking: An Ethical Business View Introduction Are ethics important in a business? Do managers know how effectively to execute a company code of ethics? These are questions managers must ask themselves when making daily decisions. Huffman Trucking is one such company. This talk will explain who they are and what code of ethics are involved with this company. Also in this dialogue, a code of ethics Huffman Trucking could implement in solving ethical dilemmas will be listed. Huffman Trucking’s business ethics are only as strong as the people who support them, so do these people have the integrity to implement ethical decisions? Huffman Trucking Overview Huffman Trucking was introduced into the business world in 1936 by K. Huffman and was known then as “H. Huffman Trucking.” The company only consisted of one tractor-trailer enlisted to contract hauling in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The company grew to 16 tractors and 36 trailers by 1945 as a direct result of World War II and the need for carrier services between factories in the Midwest to various ports on the East Coast (Axia College, 2010). Since then, the company has acquired five other Eastern regional carriers. With the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 deregulating the trucking industry, Huffman Trucking was enabled to become a national carrier. The company currently has facilities in Cleveland, OH; Los Angeles, CA;...
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...Integrative Problems & Virtual Organization Strategy Paper There are mainly three options for expansion when a company is privately held and wants to expand their operation. This paper will discuss three specific options that a privately held company would have if they were to expand. First of those options would be to go public through an IPO or Initial Public Offerings. The second option would be to acquire another organization in the same industry in order to expand the business. The third and final option being to merge with another organization. With all three of these options having strengths and weaknesses, this paper will discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses of each and what opportunities may arise from each approach as well as the threats. Other things that this company may want to consider when looking to expand are the effects of globalization on the company's financial decision as well as the factors that contribute to exchange rate risks. Finally ending the paper with mitigating the exchange rate risk. Going Public through an IPO Taking a business public or better known as participating in an initial public offering is a process where the business is offered to the public by selling stock of the company. In turn, these stocks represent a partial ownership in the company to the individuals that purchase the stock. One common step in deciding whether or not to take a company public it is always best to speak with an IPO consultant to help determine the...
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... Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM NTC 360 COMPETE CLASS 1. NTC-360 ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENT SECURITY APPROACHES 2. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 3. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK PROTOCOLS 4. NTC-360 CURRENT TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OF HUFFMAN TRUCKING 5. NTC-360 HUFFMAN TRUCKING COMPANY SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS 6. NTC-360 NETWORK OUTLINE 7. NTC-360 NETWORKING CHANGES 8. NTC-360 RIORDAN MANUFACTURING 9. NTC-360 SECURITY DISADVANTAGES 10. NTC-360 Team Assignment Riordan Manufacturing - Rough Draft 11. NTC-360 Team B Service Request SR-rm-017 paper 12. NTC-360 WEEK 1 DQ 1 13. NTC-360 WEEK 1 DQ 2 14. NTC-360 Week 2 Assignment Telecommunications 15. NTC-360 WEEK 2 DQ 1 16. NTC-360 WEEK 2 DQ 2 17. NTC-360 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Network Topologies 18. NTC-360 Week 2 Team Paper - Network Protocols The Case of Huffman Trucking 19. NTC-360 WEEK 3 DQ 1 20. NTC-360 WEEK 3 DQ 2 21. NTC-360 week 3 individual part 1 22. NTC-360 week 3 individual part 2 23. NTC-360 Week 3 Team Assignment - Network Topologies 24. NTC-360 WEEK 4 DQ 1 25. NTC-360 WEEK 4 DQ 2 26. NTC-360 WEEK 5 DQ 1 27. NTC-360 WEEK 5 DQ 2 28. NTC-360 Week 5 Team Assignment Network Infrastructure Upgrading and the Case of Huffman Trucking 29. Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of NTC 360 COMPLETE CLASS in order to ace their studies. NTC 360 COMPLETE CLASS To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ntc-360-complete-class/ ...
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...Benefits and Drivers Paper Name OI/356 August 19th, 2014 Huffman Trucking Company K. Huffman had founded Huffman Trucking in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. At the start of the company, it had only a single tractor-trailer. At the time, World War II had started to pickup steam. The companies growth was a direct result of this. The increasing demand for carrier services stemming from the Midwest to the ports on the east coast was in high demand. By the end of World War II, Huffman Trucking had grown in size to be sixteen tractors and 36 trailers. Huffman Trucking later acquired five different Eastern regional carrier companies. Through acquisition and internal sales, Huffman is still continuing to be a privately held company. With recent sales and the firm acquisition of other successful carrier companies. Huffman Trucking needs to be spruced up. What we are going to be looking at is how the internal and external drivers of innovation can be re evaluated. We will be looking at the organizational objectives and how innovation, design, and creativity may benefit Huffman Trucking Company. Organizational Objectives With recent changes in the economy, more competition, and no economic growth Huffman trucking will be going through some major changes. At the annual strategic planning session the board of directors decided to take a look at other companies like UPS and will mirror some of the qualities and will go a step further. Huffman will not only service customers logistic...
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...Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Finance for Business/FIN 370 March 18, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review a hypothetical organization and outline the options the organization may be faced with when debating the idea of expansion. The organization in question is Huffman Trucking, which is a trucking firm based in Ohio that has established a presence by acquiring five Eastern regional carriers. The company is privately held. The analysis of this organization includes expansion options of an Initial Public Offering, acquiring an organization in the same industry, and merging with another organization. The positive and negative aspects of each option above are reviewed and a conclusion will be drawn as to the next step for that business to take. Virtual Organization Strategy Paper The concept of business expansion offers both promise and peril. The desire of growth for a business must be tempered with the fact of additional uncertainty and risk. Business under normal operating circumstances is perilous. The additional layering of risk in any type of expansion or capital generation cannot only serve to fail in its objective, but also has the possibility to bring the organization to financial ruin. An effective executive must weigh the chance of success with the absolute possibility of failure. Going Public through an IPO An option for Huffman Trucking to consider for expansion of its operations is going public through an initial...
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...Huffman Trucking: Benefits Election System Security Lisa M. Gardner CMGT442: Information Systems Risk Management March 19, 2012 Craig McCormick Huffman Trucking: Benefits Election System Huffman Trucking Company has requested a new Benefits Election System to be implemented within the organization. The current benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision plans for employees. For the Benefit Election System, employee information and the benefit package they choose are stored and managed on a database system. This can either be a hardcopy paper file or an electronic file. Regardless of the storage method, security measures need to be implemented to protect employee’s privacy and information as well as preserve company assets from theft and/or litigation. Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking has implemented such a system called the Benefits Election System, which assists management in tracking and reporting employee benefits (University of Phoenix, 2005). This paper will examine the security risks and requirements of the Benefits Election System of the organization. Security Requirements Ensuring the security of organizational and employee information is vital for any organization. Security misfortune can be damaging to the organization and the affected employees. In the case of Huffman Trucking information stored in the database includes...
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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 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 has a number of business needs that should be met. The system should not require more than a few days of supervision to learn. It should be usable on modestly priced computer systems. Most of all, it should be simple and convenient for the users. The current system is not meeting business objectives because they are not able to tracks the servicing of the vehicles at Huffman Trucking. Huffman employees usually scan alphabeticly for vehicles . This is a fairly simple procedure if the exact name of the vechilce is available. However, many new employes may only know the few words of the vechile type. A tracked vehicle could possibly be misfiled, which requires a full stock review to find it. With the...
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...Huffman Trucking was founded by K Huffman of Cleveland, Ohio in 1936. The company growth was a result of the increased demand for carrier services between factories in the midwest to ports on the East Coast during World War II. Today Huffman Trucking is growing from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers, which has enabled Huffman Trucking to continue to be privately held. Huffman trucking employees 1,400 workers in its logistical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, Bayonne and New Jersey. Kenneth Colbert the Director Human Resources has contacted the Vice President of Industrial Relations, Graham Grove concerning recent decisions regarding an alternate health care benefit program. According to the memo the plan will be a flex plan for union and nonunion employees with health and dental insurance options. Mr. Colbert and Mr. Graham have hired S. Caldwell IT Consulting Firm to develop and install a benefit election system to support the tracking and reporting of Huffman Trucking employees. The consultant team will describe the consideration needed to address possible security requirements and describe possible risks associated with the requested benefits election system. The Consulting Team S Caldwell IT Consultants believe their role is to act as an adjunct for Huffman Trucking Human resource department, bringing benefits, knowledge, experience and skills. The team will Perform...
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...Benefit and Drivers Paper Creativity is the ability to bring or create a new idea that would bring something new to life. Without creativity a company is not able to make improvements to keep the organization competitive. The creativity of bringing new ideas will only support an organization with the goals and objectives of the organization. Creativity is a necessary skill in any workplace because it brings new ideas into the company. University of Phoenix can use and implement new ideas that can make learning more exciting and easier with online classes. Huffman Trucking is open to new ideas because they are a leader in transportation industry and has prospered with continual growth since they were founded in 1936. Allowing new ideas from staff, drivers, warehouse workers, and other key personnel will only help the reach the goals as stated in the company mission. Not all companies are willing to allow new ideas to be brought forward and other companies are always looking at ways to increase creativity. “One of the big concerns for many companies is therefore how to generate more and better ideas – how to become more creative” (Stamm, 2003, p. 2). Allowing and implementing new ideas has been an important step for Huffman Trucking. The most efficient way a company can bring new ideas to help achieve the objectives of the organization is to hire creative team members who bring different thinking to the table. Using a creative team can bring new ideas to the organization...
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...2. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 3. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK PROTOCOLS 4. NTC-360 CURRENT TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OF HUFFMAN TRUCKING 5. NTC-360 HUFFMAN TRUCKING COMPANY SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS 6. NTC-360 NETWORK OUTLINE 7. NTC-360 NETWORKING CHANGES 8. NTC-360 RIORDAN MANUFACTURING 9. NTC-360 SECURITY DISADVANTAGES 10. NTC-360 Team Assignment Riordan Manufacturing – Rough Draft 11. NTC-360 Team B Service Request SR-rm-017 paper 12. NTC-360 WEEK 1 DQ 1 13. NTC-360 WEEK 1 DQ 2 14. NTC-360 Week 2 Assignment Telecommunications 15. NTC-360 WEEK 2 DQ 1 16. NTC-360 WEEK 2 DQ 2 17. NTC-360 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Network Topologies 18. NTC-360 Week 2 Team Paper – Network Protocols The Case of Huffman Trucking 19. NTC-360 WEEK 3 DQ 1 20. NTC-360 WEEK 3 DQ 2 21. NTC-360 week 3 individual part 1 22. NTC-360 week 3 individual part 2 23. NTC-360 Week 3 Team Assignment – Network Topologies 24. NTC-360 WEEK 4 DQ 1 25. NTC-360 WEEK 4 DQ 2 26. NTC-360 WEEK 5 DQ 1 27. NTC-360 WEEK 5 DQ 2 28. NTC-360 Week 5 Team Assignment Network Infrastructure Upgrading and the Case of Huffman Trucking NTC 360 COMPETE CLASS 1. NTC-360 ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENT SECURITY APPROACHES 2. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 3. NTC-360 ASSIGNMENT NETWORK PROTOCOLS 4. NTC-360 CURRENT TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OF HUFFMAN TRUCKING 5. NTC-360 HUFFMAN TRUCKING COMPANY SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS 6. NTC-360 NETWORK OUTLINE 7. NTC-360 NETWORKING CHANGES 8. NTC-360 RIORDAN MANUFACTURING ...
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...Enterprise Security Plan University Of Phoenix CMGT 430 Carol Eichling March 26, 2014 Enterprise Security Plan Huffman trucking company is a national transportation company. The company’s 1,400 employee’s work in its logical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey; its central maintenance facility is in Cleveland, Ohio; and as drivers of its 800 road tractors. (University of Phoenix, 2005) Team A has been consulted to create an enterprise security plan that will identify the information security challenges within Huffman trucking company network and establish mitigation plans to offset those challenges. The enterprise security plan will address some of the top vulnerabilities and risks that Huffman trucking company has the potential of experiencing. The plan will also include a list of physical and logical vulnerabilities within the company, and a specific list of remediation or mitigation steps for those vulnerabilities or threat pairs. “Enterprise security planning (ESP) is the aligning of information security policies and practices and applicable security technologies with the business rules and the evolving information models and technical architectures being used by a government or business”. (Erutal, L., Braithwaite, T., Bellman, B., 2012 pg. 144) As we started our examination of Huffman trucking vulnerabilities and risk, we took a strategic look at their assets and the possible vulnerabilities that could have an...
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...Huffman Trucking Paper University of Phoenix POS/355 Richard Andrews July 17, 2012 Huffman Trucking is a national transportation company with over 1000 employees. The main hub for this company are located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey. The central facility of this company is located Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman Trucking currently runs the Windows 3.X and 9.X operating system. This operating system does not seem to be standardized between the current Huffman Trucking physical locations. Windows 3.X and 9.X are 16 bit OS that were originally designed for personal computers. Windows 3.X was released in the early 90's while Windows 9.X was released in the second part of that same decade. These OS became popular with companies when their ability to run virtual machines became evident. Windows 3.X and 9.X are out-of-date systems and no longer supported by any system. In November of 2008 Microsoft stopped selling licenses for these OS. These operating systems were commonly adopted by companies due to their complete compatibility with MSDOS applications. They offered extended memory that could attend to more than 640 kb and were praised for the improvements made to hardware support. When these operating systems were released they were considered top of the line and were indeed refined technology. Unfortunately, companies that are still using these OS are putting...
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...Huffman Trucking Robert Bennett POS/355 July 2, 2012 Ashok Rao Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking is a company founded in Cleveland, OH in 1936 with only a single truck. The company’s growth came as a direct result of World War II as it became a carrier for factories from the Midwest to the East Coast ports. Now Huffman Trucking employs over 1350 people and has facilities in Ohio, California, Missouri and New Jersey. Within the offices and plants in each state the company uses computers running both Mac OS X and Windows OS which varies from Windows 3.X and 98 through XP and XP Pro. The only computers that are using Mac OS X are ones used by the marketing department are most likely used for photo/video editing and artwork for company advertising. I believe that windows operating systems were chosen because of the ease of use and compatibility with windows corporate servers. The implications of using mostly Windows computers are that you have a variety of communication options between clients. Windows computers have features such as peer-to-peer networking support for users to be able to share resources such as folders, printers, and peripherals, strong security with built in Kerberos support which allows fast and secure single logon to Windows 2000 and future servers. The last major advantage of Windows computers is in regards to mobility, computers running Windows OS offer an amazing remote desktop capability for users traveling without...
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...Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy FIN/370 Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy In this paper, Team C will discuss Huffman Trucking Company and recommend a strategy that is best for this company and what will benefit the company the most. It will discuss the strategies such as undertaking IPOs, merging with other companies and ways to get other companies, as a way to help their company to branch out. Some of the other things that will be discussed are the benefits and risks, the advantages and disadvantages of all the approaches that should be taken into consideration for what is the best way to strategy for the business, the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, and the opportunities that each one has to give. Finally, the last thing discussed is the globalization on financial decisions, factors of the exchange rate risks, and the mitigation of exchange rate risk. The one thing that Huffman Trucking Company has is strength and they can use this if they decide to go public through the IPO. By doing this Huffman Trucking will be able to raise extra capital for the company. This will then increase the liquidity of the stocks and it will increase the revenue to invest or it could extend the business. This will give the Huffman Trucking Company an opportunity to market the company to the public to extend the company’s service. This strength is to be able to limit their competition. Therefore, this will increase the business’s...
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