Huffman Trucking Operating Systems
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Huffman Trucking Operating Systems
Ñ Huffman trucking is a national transportation company with logistical hubs around Ñthe nation strategically located in Bayonne, New Jersey, St. Louis, Missouri, and Los ÑAngeles, California; with a centrally located maintenance facility and marketing Ñheadquarters in Cleveland Ohio (Huffman Trucking, 2005). The company maintains Ñdatabase records of important information, which include driver information, driving logs, Ñdriver-moving violations, parts inventory purchases, parts inventory used, parts Ñcatalogues, parts purchasing history, vendors, vehicle maintenance, tire maintenance, Ñmaintenance descriptions, vehicle types, vehicle details, and maintenance work orders ÑÑ(Huffman Trucking, 2005). The overall operating systems architecture does not have Ñstandardization between the sites. The company has two main operating systems at the ÑMissouri and Ohio locations and the operating systems at the New Jersey and California Ñlocations are significantly smaller in scope, which indicates that the company does less Ñbusiness at the sites with the smaller infrastructure. The operating software and network Ñdevices are antiquated with a vintage from the mid-eighties to the early nineties with little Ñsupport available from the companies that produced the products.Ñ
Major Logistical Hubs
Ñ The two main locations of the company located in Missouri and Ohio use a Token ÑRing Network Admin/OPS, IPX/SPX Protocol, Cisco router, Cisco 10mb Hub, Cisco ÑSwitch, CAT five wiring, Novel 4.11 (NOS), Novel Border Manager, Apple-TAK ÑÑ(Graphics & Design), Lotus Notes RS, Netscape Corporate Browers, Norton Antivirus ÑCorporate Edition, and ArcServe Backup Software in the office area (Huffman Trucking, ÑÑ2005). The plant areas use a Token Ring Network, TCP/IP Protocol, Cisco 10 mb Hub, ÑCAT 3 wiring, Wyse Terminals, and Wireless Barcode Scanners in the facilities. Both Ñlocations also use a firewall and an Avaya Digital Phone Systems with a T1 line for the Ñconnection to the Internet (Huffman Trucking, 2005). Individual workstations throughout Ñthe different work areas have Win 2K Pro or Win XP Pro as the terminal operating Ñsoftware.Ñ
Small Logistical Hubs
Ñ The two smaller locations in California and New Jersey have similar operating Ñsystems in the office areas, but have different operating systems architecture in the plants. ÑBoth office locations use a Bus Topology, TCP/IP, no router, switches or hubs, PBX ÑTelephone system with intercom, no voice mail, no caller ID, CAT 3 wiring, Windows ÑÑ3.X and 9.X Environment, NS Web Server (Stand-Alone), no firewall, AOL mail service, Ñand a 28.8 modem Internet connection (Huffman Trucking, 2005). The various individual Ñworkstations use Win 98, Win 95, and Win 3. The California plant uses an Ethernet ÑNetwork Admin/Ops, TCP/IP protocol, Bay Network router, Bay Network 100 mb Hub, ÑCAT 5 wiring, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Exchange 5, and Windows Proxy Server ÑÑ2 (Huffman Trucking, 2005). The individual workstations use Win 2K, Win XP Pro, Mac ÑWorkstations, and an outsourced human resource service connected with a T1 line. The Ñnetwork connection to the other locations is with a Frame Relay to the Internet. The New ÑJersey