
Introduction to XML • 1
We shall notice that this system has several undesirable features, as described below.
1. There are too many clerical people from too many departments (such as purchase, sales, inventory
controls, accounts payable and receivable, cash, etc.) involved in this process. This is true for both
the purchasing as well as the selling organisation.
2. The process is time consuming. Since there is scope for plenty of paperwork and manual interventions,
this is unavoidable.
3. The scope for errors is also high. At every stage, each document needs to be manually examined,
and certified.
Since organisations felt the need for ...