Chapter 12. USMTMC Overhauls Small Package Shipping with SunPS

As part of a continuing quest to align its operations with twenty-first century business practices, the Freight Systems Division (FSD) of the U.S. Army's Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) is adopting the latest advances in Internet technology to improve user productivity and responsiveness, reduce operational costs, and streamline application development and maintenance. Working with the Java Center of Sun Professional Services, the FSD used Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), technology to develop a new application to manage the shipment of small packages using multiple domestic and international carriers. Development of the first phase of the application was completed ...

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