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by ZeroGravitas 4874 days ago
Reminds me of one of the first computer systems ever used in business, back in the early 1950s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)

"One of its early tasks was the elaboration of daily orders which were phoned in every afternoon by the shops and used to calculate the overnight production requirements, assembly instructions, delivery schedules, invoices, costings, and management reports"