I have experienced a case where the price for a shopping cart item was calculated in an Enterprise Resource Planning (erp) system, item by item.

我曾经历过这样一个情况，在企业资源计划(ERP)系统中，购物车里条目的价钱逐个地计算。

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Mr. McDonald also called for reforms in the member item system and a ban on contributions to housekeeping accounts by candidates up to 18 months before a primary, among other measures.

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The data capture system only stores one item of information on your computer -- a random number.

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The second item the political system prefers to target as a bill-payer in defense downturns is the actual production of weapons, because political impacts tend to be localized even when the programs employ thousands of workers.

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