...Wide-Area Network Design – ACME Manufacturing Axia College of the University of Phoenix August 7th, 2011 ACME Manufacturing Company Overview One of the biggest challenges in technology today is creating a solution based upon a company’s needs while trying to be economical. ACME Manufacturing is a growing company that has 5 different locations throughout the world. Company headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Three distribution centers are located in Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; and New York City, New York; with a recent plant coming online in China. The challenge comes by identifying what the company needs. Beyond the obvious networking requirement the company also wants a diverse set of services available at all locations. The company requires the following services to be available: * Network - Local and Wide-area * Voice Communications (VoIP or PBX) * Video Conferencing * Remote Access * Department connectivity over WAN (VLAN) The plan will be to interconnect all locations stateside and connect China into the Atlanta office allowing further contact with all other satellite offices. Atlanta will be the center location due to the headquarters being at this location. All departments will be interconnected via the network to include three distribution locations, Chicago, Phoenix, and New York. Engineering in Atlanta office will be connected to HQ, manufacturing plant in China, and the three distribution locations...
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...Running head: WAN DESIGN WAN Design for Acme Manufacturing UoP Student Axia College of University of Phoenix WAN Design for Acme Manufacturing Acme Manufacturing is a rapidly expanding company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The headquarters building houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting. Across the street from headquarters are the engineering and sales offices. Acme also has distribution offices in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York. Having just acquired a manufacturing facility in China, the company is now in need of a WAN that will allow each office to securely communicate with one another. Acme will also need a telecommunications system that facilitates communication in the most efficient manner. In order to achieve the desired connectivity, an array of products and services will be necessary. Logical Network Design The network topology used for Acme’s WAN should be a star topology with each site having only a direct connection to headquarters; the benefit is that network administration is centralized. The engineering and sales offices will connect to headquarters over the public WAN through a VPN configured with L2TP and IPSec for security. The manufacturing facility in China can be linked to headquarters through a leased satellite connection. Acme should lease three fractional T1 leased lines that extend from the headquarters in Atlanta to the distribution centers, one line each to Phoenix, Chicago, and New...
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...WAN Design Jason Johnson University of Phoenix: IT/242 October 1, 2014 Acme’s WAN Design With Acme’s headquarter located in Atlanta, Georgia and quickly expanding to China and then across the United States, Acme Manufacturing is a top tier company that in turn needs a top tier WAN network to help tie together it’s various locations. Along with Acme’s many other needs they also want to install a telecommunications technology like PBX or VoIP to facilitate interoffice communication. Acme Manufacturing wants to build its network on the principles of security and usability. The following is an outline of the recommendations for their WAN implementation for this company. Network Design 1. Topology The first consideration for Acme’s new network is the topology to be used. The Atlanta office serves as Acme’s headquarters and because the company is quickly expanding across the globe I believe that the star topology is the most suited for their needs. Star networks are easily expanded upon and doing so does not interrupt the other locations. Centralized administration is a strong selling point for this topology as well. A powerful mainframe computer and an array of Cisco Catalyst switches will serve as the network’s hub. Figure 1 below represents the proposed WAN topology: Figure 1- Proposed Acme WAN topology Figure 1- Proposed Acme WAN topology ATL (HQ) T1 T1 T1 PHX CHI CHINA NY ATL (HQ) T1 T1 T1 PHX CHI CHINA NY 2. Connection Types Acme...
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...April 4th 2011 ACME Network Design Anthony G, Buddy W, Anthony P, & Ryan O University of Phoenix Mike Kanfer Introduction As a network consultant hired by Acme Manufacturing, the company has asked Team A to develop a new networking design for Acme’s expanding business. The description below describes the key steps involved in developing a WAN for Acme Manufacturing. The company has six different buildings in six different locations throughout the world that needs to be networked collectively. All the remote locations need to communicate effectively with the main headquarters that is in Atlanta, Georgia. The two buildings that house the headquarters are located across from each other. One building is used solely for corporate operations whereas the other building is for staffing the sales and engineering department. PBX vs VOIP PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is a system that has been around for a while. This allows users to communicate to other users in an office, even without an outside line connected. In a normal environment, the user would have to dial a specific number (or code) to access an outside line. In this way an end user could dial a number that would stay internally. A PBX also allows the users to share the lines that are accessible to the company. If a customer were to call the company on the main line, the receptionist could transfer that call to the salesperson. PBX systems also allow for many other features such as: Voice mail, Caller ID, Programmable...
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...WAN Design Company Overview The plan under displays the main procedures involved in developing a WAN for Acme Production. The company’s six different buildings in six different places need to be networked jointly. There is a necessity of communication between all the distant places and the head office building. Two of the headquarters are situated in Atlanta, Georgia. In these two building located across the street from one another, one of these is the head office building and the other is the engineering building. Logical Network Setup and Locations Interconnection A LAN setup having routers and Ethernet wires will be the selection. This is a sensible selection since the speeds of the network will be significantly greater and consequently will lead to a reduced amount of expense. Other three places are the distribution offices that are situated in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York. Satellite communication will be the selected form of link with the head office building. The final division is the plant facility that is situated in China. For this, developing satellite as well will be utilized to interact to the headquarters network. On an overall note, all places must be interconnected that allows function flow between each other. This lets simple interaction to be achieved for specific requirements, for orders and manufacturing. Moreover, it reduces substandard interaction that happens in delivering messages. The network topology utilized for Acme’s WAN must be a star topology...
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...Final Project: WAN Design Annmarie K. Stancliff IT/242 December 22, 2013 Dr. Barbara A. Lewis Final Project: WAN Design This WAN design is being created for Acme Manufacturing. Acme Manufacturing is in need of a new WAN design that is capable of managing their day to day business functions as well as having the ability to expand as the company grows. They are requesting the use of all new equipment. Other specifications that they wish to include are a system capable of grouping multiple departments logically on the network. They presently have their headquarters located in Atlanta Georgia along with their Engineering plant. They have distribution offices in Chicago, Phoenix and New York and have recently acquired a facility in China. The primary connection to headquarters from the various sites will be done through an intranet, except for China which will have to use a satellite link via the internet. Each facility will have access to the other facilities, with the exception of China, in order to be able to communicate distribution center needs as well as any manufacturing and engineering issues that may come up. Headquarters and the engineering plant will be the only ones that will have a need to be able to connect with China. The type of lines used for connection will also vary depending on the location. Within each location Ethernet wiring can handle the amount of data flow with reasonable integrity within the building structure. The lines that are used to...
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...Axia College Material Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview In the final project, you play the role of a network consultant hired to design a new network for a company called Acme Manufacturing. Acme expects a network design document that includes your recommendations. The organization is growing and expanding their operations with the acquisition of a plant in China as well as several other offices throughout the United States. The following are the requirements for the new wide area network. • The network should be designed using all new equipment. • The design document must recommend the types of lines that should be used for each location (i.e. Ethernet, fiber, satellite, and so forth). • There are multiple departments that must be grouped logically to address security. Locations: o Headquarters—Atlanta, Georgia • Houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting o Engineering—Atlanta, Georgia (across the street from the headquarters building office) • Houses sales and engineering o Distribution offices—Chicago, Phoenix, and New York • Each distribution office has a small sales staff as well as administrative staff. o Plant facility—China • Weekly meetings are held in the corporate conference room at headquarters, with people attending from multiple locations, including China, New York, Chicago, and Phoenix. Final Project Timeline You should budget your time wisely and work on your...
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...Axia College Material Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview In the final project, you play the role of a network consultant hired to design a new network for a company called Acme Manufacturing. Acme expects a network design document that includes your recommendations. The organization is growing and expanding their operations with the acquisition of a plant in China as well as several other offices throughout the United States. The following are the requirements for the new wide area network. • The network should be designed using all new equipment. • The design document must recommend the types of lines that should be used for each location (i.e. Ethernet, fiber, satellite, and so forth). • There are multiple departments that must be grouped logically to address security. Locations: o Headquarters—Atlanta, Georgia • Houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting o Engineering—Atlanta, Georgia (across the street from the headquarters building office) • Houses sales and engineering o Distribution offices—Chicago, Phoenix, and New York • Each distribution office has a small sales staff as well as administrative staff. o Plant facility—China • Weekly meetings are held in the corporate conference room at headquarters, with people attending from multiple locations, including China, New York, Chicago, and Phoenix. Final Project Timeline ...
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...Acme Manufacturing Network Plan Ann Johnson IT/242 October 23, 2011 David Edwards Acme Manufacturing Network Plan Acme Manufacturing needs a new network plan implemented for corporate, three distribution centers in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York, and is expecting to expand with a new facility in China. A successful network design provides future growth within the organization. Meetings are scheduled weekly in the main Atlanta Headquarters conference room with the facilities from Phoenix, New York, Chicago, and China attending via telecommunications. The network plan will include the type of cabling needed for each facility, the equipment used to connect the different facilities, and the installation of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). Security measures are needed including firewalls and a backup plan. The lines required to carry the traffic on the network are leased T1 lines and a satellite connected overseas. T1 leased lines are used for the Atlanta, Phoenix, New York, and Chicago offices. China connects through a satellite service. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) connects wireless users to their designated department through mobile devices. Routers are used to direct communication between LANs and are needed at each department. Voice over IP (VoIP) has opened possibilities for more interactive communication across WAN networks. VoIP bypasses the need of conventional telephone hardware by transmitting voice over the existing data line...
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...Acme WAN Design Bryan Kidder 9-1-2012 IT 242 Acme Manufacturing is an up-and-coming company that is now expanding to China, as well as other locations throughout the United States. The company will have the need for new equipment, a set-up appropriate for all locations to be able to communicate together on a weekly basis, and security is a priority. With the headquarters being located in Atlanta, GA, they house the corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting personnel. The engineering and sales departments are located across the street from the headquarters building. There are distribution offices in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York and the plant is in China. All of these places need the ability to communicate with each other so the company can run smoothly. Currently, each location sends people once a week to a weekly meeting the company has to stay on top of everything. Network Design The best network design for Acme Manufacturing would be a star topology, which would use CAT5 UTP. Using this cable would allow each location to have the ability to directly connect to headquarters and, with the implementation of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that is configured with Layer Two Technology Protocol (L2TP) and IPSec for security, the sales and engineering departments located across the street will be able to communicate with headquarters. The new plant in China will utilize satellite signals to communicate with headquarters. Acme should lease three...
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...Strategies of Pharmaceutical Company: A Study on The ACME Laboratories Ltd. Abstract In the modern world, Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role. For pharmaceutical company there are some limitations on product promotion through the mass media, such as radio, TV and/or News paper. Thus, the total marketing system depends on marketing team. This paper presents the findings of the study conducted on the ACME Laboratories Ltd. to examine the marketing system. This study reveals that the ACME Laboratories Ltd.’s products are consumed allover the country and also globally. Their motive is to maintain the quality of the product to cope up with the existing competition. Their objective is to treatment the disease, they also set a reasonable price by considering the middle class people to get some benefit from the ACME Laboratories Ltd. They follow all possible distribution channels to make their product available to the customers and at a comfortable place. The ACME Laboratories Ltd. has also endeared to strength its network in international marketing operation to export products abroad. The company provides some motivational tools to the internal sales team. The company provides fringe benefit to these people. It is the most successive tool for the company. From the study we find that the ACME Laboratories Ltd. is a socially responsible company, and practice ethical values. From the study it has appeared that the ACME Laboratories Ltd. is facing some minor marketing...
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...Chapter 2 Globalization of Markets and the Internationalization of the Firm 1) Globalization of production activities and services is a dimension of market globalization. Answer: TRUE 2) Companies strive to drive down prices through economies of scale, by standardizing what they sell. Answer: TRUE 3) Falling trade barriers are facilitated by the WTO. Answer: TRUE 4) Technological advances have helped make internationalization affordable for all sizes of firms. Answer: TRUE 5) The Internet has increased the cost of transmitting voices, data, and images. Answer: FALSE 6) Mobile phones are the most transformative technology in developing economies. Answer: TRUE 7) Today, the cost of transportation, as a proportion of the value of products shipped internationally, has increased dramatically. Answer: FALSE 8) Globalization results in more demanding buyers who shop for the best deals worldwide. Answer: TRUE 9) Which of the following is characteristic of globalization of markets? A) lack of skilled labor B) conservatism C) declining trade barriers D) diminishing gap between the rich and the poor Answer: C Global Operations Report (Scenario) As Vice President of Global Expansion for Pax Telecom, Deva Mikiri is tasked with preparing a comprehensive report on the company's global operations over the past twenty years. Deva assigns three strategists to collaborate on the History portion of the report, which details...
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...Key operations questions Chapter 1 Operations management ➤ What is operations management? ➤ Why is operations management important in all types of organization? ➤ What is the input–transformation– output process? ➤ What is the process hierarchy? ➤ How do operations processes have different characteristics? ➤ What are the activities of operations management? Chapter 2 Operations performance ➤ Why is operations performance important in any organization? ➤ How does the operations function incorporate all stakeholders’ objectives? ➤ What does top management expect from the operations function? ➤ What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal and external benefits which derive from excelling in each of them? ➤ How do operations performance objectives trade off against each other? Chapter 3 Operations strategy ➤ What is strategy and what is operations strategy? ➤ What is the difference between a ‘top-down’ and a ‘bottom-up’ view of operations strategy? ➤ What is the difference between a ‘market requirements’ and an ‘operations resources’ view of operations strategy? ➤ How can an operations strategy be put together? Part One INTRODUCTION This part of the book introduces the idea of the operations function in different types of organization. It identifies the common set of objectives to which operations managers aspire in order to serve their customers, and it explains how operations can have an important strategic role. Chapter 1 Operations...
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...Term Paper On Strategic Management Analysis for the ACME laboratories limited A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives. [pic] is the famous pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it has been continuously in the 2nd position among all national and multinational companies . The sales turnover of The ACME laboratories was more than US$ 60 million with about a large product line containing 272 products In this report, efforts have been made to analyze Acme’s strategy to maintain its leading position in the market and the difficulties it is facing while operating in the industry. This report starts with a company background and then proceeds with an analysis of the external and internal environment of the industry and the company, followed by its strategic practices at different levels, understanding the company mission, vision and objectives; it’s financial and marketing performance and current practices of various functional units. While analyzing the overall performance of Acme, few problems in the area of finance and operation have been found and suitable recommendations has also been suggested to address the problems. After these analyses, some new strategies are suggested in light of the future direction of the industry and the market to guide the company to maintain its leadership...
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