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
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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
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Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy FIN/370 Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy The Huffman Trucking Company was founded by K. Huffman in Cleveland, Ohio in 1936 with one tractor-trailer. By 1945 the company grew to 16 tractors and 36 trailers. Some of the most important clients are the U.S. Government, automotive, electronic, and plastic industries. The company has four locations: Cleveland, OH, Los Angeles, CA, St. Louis, MO, Bayonne, NJ (Apollo Group
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Outsourcing Risks for Huffman Trucking Company Cliff Webb CMGT/442 July 11, 2011 Leroy Hurt Abstract The current analyses of the different types of opportunities at Huffman Trucking Company to be outsourced are great. The major issue is the risks that are involved with each of those tasks that may be outsourced to another company. Just to say we are going to send our work outside the company is not a risk that most companies are willing to take without the proper research that will ensure
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Industry or Business Type System Name Brief Description Target Departments Purpose Would Connect With Huffman Trucking Fleet Maintenance System This system is integrated to capture the Finance and Accounting data/information • Finance • Accounting Systems • Maintenance costing • Warranty Management • Materials inventory management • Fixed assets • Finance • Accounting Systems Huffman Trucking Enterprise Transportation This system is integrated to capture financial and accounting data/information
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Huffman Trucking Service Request Huffman Trucking is in need of addressing possible security requirements as well as security risks within their Benefit Elections System. Throughout the report the security requirements and security risks for the Benefits Electronic System will be documented and addressed. A few of the risks that are involved with the Benefits Electronic System are errors that cannot be controlled, taking too much time to complete, not having a correct plan and most importantly support
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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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Accounting Consultant Company | To: | Supervisor | From: | Accountant | CC: | Regional Trucking Company | Date: | 12/18/2011 | Re: | Lease and Lease Structures | According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), “the Boards defined a lease as a contract in which the right to use a specified asset (the underlying asset) is conveyed, for a period of time, in exchange for consideration.” There are a few different types of leases to look at, sales-type, direct financing, and
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Operating System Many companies are using their own dependable operating system to maintain and operate their businesses. For Huffman Trucking, they need an operating system that can handle their demand of trucks, orders, and growth. They decided to use a fleet tracking system that would allow them to produce and expand in a beneficial manner. Huffman Trucking has been around since 1936 and back then they only had a single tractor-trailer. Now, they have grown exponentially with over 800 trailers
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were so many from business to education, from healthcare to government there were so many choices but I finally came to my decision and the organization that I decided to use to create my Ethical Organization Profile will be Huffman Trucking. In picking Huffman Trucking I found during the research that this would be something that would interest me because my husband to be is off getting his CDL license and the story’s he tells after watching videos on how to operate the truck and knowing what is what
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