Huffman Trucking Muneer Abualroub, Devon Hynson, Kisha Jones, Amanda McMillan MKT571 12/17/2012 Michael Wilson Introduction With a mission statement “to be a profitable, growing, adaptive company in an intensively competitive logistical services business environment” and a vision statement “to be a model company to our stockholders, employees, customers and all stakeholders” Huffman Trucking founded by K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman Trucking began in 1936 with a single
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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
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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
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management in today’s highly competitive business environment plays a large role in organizational success. Business owners and managers must develop an action plan that includes collaboration among its partners to achieve organizational goals. Huffman Trucking is a thriving business that employs a fully functional organizational structure by having different departments that coincide with one another. During this analysis, we will determine the use of lateral collaboration and vertical collaboration
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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
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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
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Running Heading: Huffman Trucking Operating System ANTHONY MEREDITH HUFFMAN TRUCKING OPERATING SYSTEM CSS/561 January 17, 2011 Introduction Huffman trucking is a national transportation company. The company's 1,400 employees work in its logistical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey; its central maintenance facility is in Cleveland, Ohio (University of Phoenix, 2005). Since Huffman Trucking has so many different location their network is
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Unlike acquisitions, Mergers usually involve two equal companies who merge to improve long-term shareholder value and overall company performance. If Huffman Trucking Company merged with another trucking company it could reduce many of its expenses. Merging with another trucking company will also decrease the amount of competitors in the trucking market and allow Huffman to grow through the merger of both companies. Merging with another company will also help restructure and share strategies to strengthen
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Haston XMGT/216 March 17, 2013 Sonny Hudson Current Ethical Issues Huffman Trucking is a company that has been serving the country since 1936. Huffman Trucking was a carrier during World War II for the Government from factories in the Midwest to factories on the East Coast. The business that Huffman Trucking acquired during this time was enough to help the trucking company grow. At the end of the war the trucking company was able to retain the relationship with the Government and continue carrying
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consumers. We at Huffman Trucking would like to take time to address the direction that the company is heading in. Our company is continuing to grow from great logistics and acquisitions. Five eastern regional carriers were acquired by Huffman trucking and this has enabled the company to become more diverse and better serve its clients. Moving forward is our goal to become a more profitable, adaptive company in an intensively competitive logistical services business. Huffman Trucking has put in place
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