1. What is their business and why is package tracking important to UPS’s customers? [list] 2. What...

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1. What is their business and why is package tracking important to UPS’s customers? [list]  2. What information needs to be collected, how/when/where does it get collected and with whom is it shared to support the tracking of UPS shipments? [table]  3. Draw a detailed diagram of the various networks that are linked together by UPS to solve this problem. In each instance, identify the type of network option chosen and its key IT components. Your drawing should embrace the entire process from package pick-up at the customer’s location to its ultimate delivery. [Use a table along with the drawing to organize your information.]
	
Document Preview: Founded in 1907 as a messenger company in the United States, Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has grown into a $49.7 billion corporation (in 2008) by focusing on the goal of enabling commerce around the globe.  Today UPS is a global company with one of the most recognized and admired brands in the world and has become the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services.  Every day, UPS manage the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.  To ensure the ongoing success of the enterprise, UPS has invested heavily in information management systems and enabling information technologies to support its core business processes.For example, UPS recently invested over $100 million in an ambitious project that installed advanced wireless LANs, next-generation scanners, and short-range wireless Bluetooth throughout its 2,000 worldwide distribution centers. The project allows package sorters to move freely with cordless optical scanners to capture data from packages. Then, this data is sent to the package-tracking system via Bluetooth and retransmitted to the wireless LAN.  The data generated within each distribution center is then integrated with the rest of UPS’ packager tracking data worldwide.  To further automate this process, the organization has enabled each of its individual delivery personnel to capture package-level information at each pick-up and delivery.  Here the organization has employed geographical position systems and cellular “WiFi” technologies to integrate trucking, airplane, and ship-based data with that coming from its many distribution centers.Two advanced wireless technologies are currently used in these project: Bluetooth and the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard. The 802.11g standard (also known as “WiFi” for wireless fidelity”) defines the rules used by a local area network to transmit data over the air.  In a...

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United Parcel Service (UPS) Case Study
United Parcel Service (UPS) Case Study
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LIST UPS business and why package tracking is important to UPS’s customers? [
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To enable the package delivery system 
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To provide the specialized transportation system
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To provide logistics services
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To enable the movement of goods in many countries.
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To enable movement of funds in many countries
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To maintain information effectively and distributive
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