CASE 1 UPS GLOBAL OPREATIONS WITH THE DIAD IV Q1: What are UPS “smart label”? What role do the play in UPS operations? A: The UPS “Smart Labels” are computer-generated shipping labels that you can create using your personal computer. The information that the smart labels contain on their barcodes provide the user with increased reliability, the ability to improve transit time since it connect with a GPS and access to the value-added services reserved for packages. This system plays a very
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the steps a package takes from pick-up by a UPS driver to delivery including the role of DIAD, the USP Data Center, and the UPS Package Center. Steps: * The process begins with the information of the package and its destination is add by the customer. * The information of the package is sent tothe main database system of UPS, the system automaticallycreates a“smart label” which is then attached to the package for shipment. * Package is picked up by a driver who has a DIAD which shows
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: MR NUNKOO MOONESWAR RISHI CASE STUDY UPS GLOBAL OPERATIONS WITH THE DIAD 21.05.2014 Questions 1: List the various ways that DIAD improves customer service. UPS, that is, United Parcel Service, was started in the year 1907 and expanded in the year 1930s. Today a multi-billion dollar investment in the technology drove the growth of UPS over the last twenty five years beginning in 1990. This investment enabled the development of the DIAD
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Unit 1 discussion 1: familiar protocols Q 1) What role does TCP/IP play for internet communications? TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages
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and mobile devices serve as sending and receiving devices in a communications system. False 2. On a client/server network, the client controls access to the resources on the network and provides a centralized storage area. (422) True 3. On a P2P network, each computer has equal responsibilities and capabilities. (422) False 4. Wi-Fi networks cannot be integrated with Ethernet networks. (427) False 5. Most current operating systems do not yet have built-in Bluetooth support. (427) False 6. UWB
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UPS Global Operations with the DIAD IV 1. What are UPS “Smart Labels?” What role do they play in UPS operations? UPS “Smart Labels” is a shipping label that you can create by using your personal computer. The role they play in UPS operations are informed costumer about shipping. The label is scanned at the begining and each part of the shipment and delivery so that the customer can follow their packages from begining to delivery. 2. Write out the steps a package takes from pick-up by
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Management Information Systems 14e KENNETH C. LAUDON AND JANE P. LAUDON CHAPTER 1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY UPS Global Operations with the DIAD CASE 1 (a) Global Operations with the DIAD IV URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTIsQSodCFg; L=3:07 Systems (b) UPS’s Next-Generation Mobile Devices Are Here URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0B2-o6BKMM; L=3:22 SUMMARY Using smart people and smart technology, UPS delivers over 16
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Information Systems 13e KENNETH C. LAUDON AND JANE P. LAUDON CHAPTER 1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY UPS Global Operations with the DIAD CASE 1 (a) Global Operations with the DIAD IV VIDEO CASE Systems URL http://careertv.com/video.php?mediaid=5Kb0tr9e-mNWk3iIvp3GZQ; L=3:07 (b) UPS’s Next-Generation Mobile Devices Are Here VIDEO CASE URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0B2-o6BKMM; L=3:22 continued Chapter 1, Case 1 UPS Global
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1. What are UPS “Smart Labels?” What role do they play in UPS operations? a. “Smart Labels” are simply bar code labels that have been generated by a computer. They have been designed to give the customer more flexibility when it comes to shipping i.e. increased reliability and better transit time due to its direct access to both the customer’s and UPS’s systems. 2. Write out the steps a package takes from pick-up by a UPS driver to delivery including the role of DIAD, the UPS Data Center
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Current trends in business communication Sharon D. Ledford COM/285 September 20, 2011 Daniel Smith Current trends in business communication “As technology is advancing, so is the world of business communication. A long time ago, businesspeople wrote letters to their clients and meetings held in person. Today’s world of business communication has a much different look. Devices such as personal digital -assistant, and teleconferences are meant to increase productivity and means of communicating
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