Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The computer revolution began coming to supermarkets in the early '70s in the form of the UPC (Universal Product Code), the odd, stamp-size box of black bars and numbers printed on just about everything from soup cans to the covers of TIME magazines sold in the U.S. The...
...programming system that will enable a store manager to fine-tune his computer to print out exactly the data he needs most, such as which items are selling fastest and whether his customers are responding to sale prices on certain merchandise. National Semiconductor also is turning out a completely computerized system, and so far has sold 45. The other two rivals are Sweda and NCR, which enjoy the advantage of having made cash registers for years. Both companies are concentrating on automated check-out equipment that can be bought on a step-by-step basis: first the cash register...
Price has been the major deterrent. A computer system costs about $20,000 per check-out lane, or $150,000 for the average supermarket-a stiff investment for a chain commonly operating on profit margins of 2% or less. Still, most chains are now testing the systems and are pleased...
To take advantage of new computer technology the University switched two years ago from a 19th century cataloguing scheme to the standardized Library of Congress (L.C.) scheme.
Bryant has seen the library system change in three important ways: computer technology and its effects, new research programs such as the Russian Research Center, and an increasingly interdisciplinary approach to study and research.