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Taming the File Maintenance Monster: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Holstein Jim
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 0094-8594
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1987.tb00182.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , monster , computer science , task (project management) , computer security , overhead (engineering) , database , business , operating system , marketing , management , economics , physics , quantum mechanics
Although computer systems provide real benefits for a purchasing department, they also have a major limitation. Maintaining the accuracy and the timeliness of updates to the various data files can be a time‐consuming task for the buyer. This article discusses one solution to the problem, in which the computer file “almost” maintains itself–with very little effort by the buyer or by systems personnel.