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Time-Clip No. 70
1985 – 1990
A few notes regarding data processing and communication during this time:
| – | First home computer (Sinclair ZX-80)
purchased from Great Britain for less than 500 DM. |
| – | State-of-the-art memory chips were able
to store 64 000 bits of data. |
| – | Apple launched “Lisa”, the first computer
with a mouse in 1983. |
| – | The fax system was introduced to the
German-speaking world, Great Britain and Sweden in around 1982. |
A move to reorganise order processing
within the company was started in 1982
under the name of “New order processing”.
This approach was adopted in order
to shorten the throughput time of orders,
to cut costs in contract processing, design,
production and administration and to
increase the organisation's flexibility.
There were also plans to introduce greater
computer-assisted processing of commercial
quotations and orders and parts list/work
schedule administration.
In 1983 interactive screen-based accounting
was introduced
and materials management
was changed over to interactive processing.
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