This is an individual project. Each student must complete a Case Study that provides the requirements analysis and a proposed solution for a converged network solution. The target audience will be the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). The Case Study deliverable is an MS Word document.\tThe completed Case Study deliverable is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the due date shown in the Course Schedule. See the Additional Information section of the syllabus for the penalty for late or missed assignments and projects.\tThe Case Study is valued at 12% of the course grade\t\u00a0\tCompany Overview\tUniversal Transport, Inc. (UTI) is a global logistics provider that offers fully integrated\tfreight and supply chain services through managed warehousing and domestic and\tinternational freight forwarding. Services range from door-to-door domestic and\tinternational delivery services to total supply chain management. With branches across\tthe United States and Europe and partners worldwide, UTI continues to expand, and it\thas experienced rapid growth through acquisitions\tNote: The term supply chain refers to all the elements involved in bringing an\torganization’s products from the raw-goods stage to the customer.\tThe Association for Operations Management (APICS) dictionary\t((http:\/\/www.apics.org\/Resources\/APICSDictionary.htm) defines “supply chain\tmanagement (SCM)”\ufffd as the design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of\tsupply chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive\tinfrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and\tmeasuring performance globally.\tThe Business Challenge\tUTI is competing in an environment where freight transport is as much about keeping\tcustomers informed as it is about on-time delivery. The company has adopted webbased\ttechnologies for tracking freight, differentiating its services, keeping customers\tinformed, and ensuring the on-time delivery that is UTI’s hallmark. As a result, UTI\tenjoys a very high level of customer satisfaction.\t\tIts mobile workforce has rapidly increased, with drivers using PDAs to scan\tconsignments, which are then synced in real time via GPRS links to headquarters\tapplications that track the consignments. Customers use UTI’s web services to view the\tprogress of orders, from dispatch to warehousing to final delivery. Customers also use\tUTI’s web-based systems to create freight documentation and generate reports. With\tthe EDI interface, invoices and payments are transferred directly between the\tcustomers’ systems and UTI, saving both time and money.\t\tAs the company has expanded, the data flowing in the system have increased as well.\tNow, with more than 5,000 employees and thousands of customers worldwide, UTI is\tsuffering from the effects of explosive growth. Demands on its wide area network\t(WAN) are exceeding capacity. The main data center has experienced several network\toutages and unscheduled downtime. The aging ISDN telephone system is failing, as the\tcompany has avoided the costly upgrades necessary to keep it operating at optimal\tperformance. Telephone bills have increased without warning, and the voice mail\tsystem is overloaded.\tThe Opportunity\tUTI wants to provide increased bandwidth between all 47 of its US offices and the main\tdata center located in Chicago. There are three regional business centers that have four\tto eight satellite locations that need to able communicate and exchange data daily.\tThese are located in Chicago, Kansas City, and Tampa. The company desires a reliable\tand secure network to accommodate its planned growth without exceeding 85% of\tcapacity.\tThe company does not want to spend any more on telephone services than it does\ttoday, and its goal is to upgrade the services while protecting against escalating costs\tfrom its ISDN service provider.\tEfficiency and productivity goals for this rapidly growing company are of paramount\timportance, and there is a desire to provide capabilities and services that incorporate\ttechnology solutions to improve in those areas as well as retain the high level of\tcustomer satisfaction. UTI is also interested in reducing travel between its sites by\timplementing video conferencing.\tIn addition, UTI wants to be able to monitor and manage data and voice services, and\tensure that capacity and performance is consistent with its business needs.\tThe Deliverable\tUsing this case study, you are to identify a minimum of five requirements, analyze them,\tand offer a proposal that provides UTI with an converged network solution and explains\thow the components of the solution, and the solution as a whole, meet the identified\trequirements. The proposed solution must address each of the requirements identified.\tAt least one (1) diagram or illustration must be incorporated to illustrate your proposed\tsolution. You should do some research to address the cost issues and defend the\tproposed solution from a cost-benefit perspective. This is to be a general analysis of the\tbenefits versus the cost of a converged network, not a full cost-benefit analysis with\tcost data.\tYour deliverable is one MS Word document that is 3 “\ufffd 4 pages long. The page\trequirement includes illustrations or diagrams, but does not count the cover page and\treferences page. At least three (3) external sources (other than the materials provided\tin the course) must be used, and citations and references must be in APA format. Your\tpaper will be scored according to the scoring rubric below. Successful documents use\tthe bolded rubric attributes as major section headings. Be sure you have\tincorporated all required aspects of the assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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