2. Presented By:
• Background and Business Introduction.
• Description of the given business,
• By Hussan Duran( Slide # 3,4)
• Identification of a key problem or issue,
• Steps taken to address the issue.
• By Jawad Ahmed( Slide # 5,6,7)
• Assessment to adopt new system,
• Suggestions for better business strategy.
• By Mursleen Ahmed Azeemi (Slide # 8 to end)
3. Introduction and Back ground:
• •Jack Neift Trucking was a family-
owned company, founded in1937.
Jack Neift, had started a trucking
company with one truck and one
client. With the passage of time
number of trucks increased to five
hundred. The company control
remained within the family
generation after generation down to
its present president , Bea Stove
Burdon. The company mostly
serviced states east of the Mississippi
but also had corridors into Texas and
Oklahoma. The major portion of the
company’s Income is generated from
the routes of New York City. The
company had seen weak financial
times but because of its ability it
remained one of the best companies
in the United States.
4. Business Description…
• The company has seen
both strong and weak
financial times, but
because of its ability to
adapt quickly to
marketing condition, it
remained one of the
strongest family-owned
company in U.S. The
company was medium-
sized, averaging just over
500 trailer units.
5. Key problem and Issue…
• Company was facing a problem
i.e. Deadheading. This is the
common term used in the
trucking industry. Deadheading
means operating a vehicle or
vessel without a load of cargo.
Term mostly used in trucking
company and refers either the
return trip from delivery a cargo
or driving empty to a location in
order to pickup cargo. It is
considered as a waste of
resources and avoided whenever
possible. Information and
communication system was not
good. Latest Technology (gadget)
was required to remove the
problem.
6. Continue…
• Return of company to a
healthy position
depends on adopting
the latest technology
related to
communication and
information.
•
7. Steps taken to address the issue
• Providing the latest IT
Network system that
helps the Company to
get up to date
information and
conversations and to
improve their profits
and better relations
with their customers.
8. Objective..
• Develop a secure and comprehensive
E-Commerce solution.
• Integrate E-Commerce with current
company’s data base.
• Implement new GPS system.
• Availability of real-time information.
• Integrate Sales force compensation to
reflect sales completed
• Training on system and legal and
ethical use of technology.
• Create plan to reduce risks of system
and software unreliability.
• System, Performance, Security and
automated Disaster recovery Tests.
9. Success Criteria..
• Web Base secured system is installed
which updates information in real
time and without any delay.
• Executives and Sales force all over
regions and time zones will have
access to real time information to
make sales.
• Input through laptops would be
posted on server that can either push
information down the line or store it.
• All departments including sales,
operations will get the information in
real time.
• Information is reintegrated into salary
and compensation structure, tracked
by president, over secure web site
GPS system Provides information
about loads for the company.
10. Assumption ..
• All truck equipped with
Mobile radios and antenna
which will work with
satellite link.
• All communication will take
place over satellite link.
• All the systems will
integrate flawlessly.
• Migration of current data
will be easy
• All the security issues will
be addressed
11. Risk ..
• High Cost of
Information System,
• slow ROI(Return on
investment)
• Breaking down of
system. In House
Development.
