Mechanisation of Order Handling (MOH)
MOH
Newbury printers were an essential part of the MOH system for contract and advice note production.



Photo: A typical MOH set-up in a BT Sales Office © Light Straw circa 1986.
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Intro

The introduction of MOH into the Sales Offices (circa 1981) was planned as four stages:

Stage 1 was 'a clean banda' system for typing Advice Notes, which were printed locally.
Stage 2 included interrogation of Advice Notes on-line via a remote mainframe computer.
Stage 3 allowed electronic closing of ANs on-line, upon receipt of a paper copy.
Stage 4 provided MOH in Installation Offices and TECs for a paperless system!

Offices which were later in the roll-out schedule had all of the agreed stages implemented at once.

Mechanisation of Order Handling (MOH) PT7s
MOH PT7s
In the early 1980s, British Telecom's Sales Office staff had stopped writing ANs (Advice Notes) by hand and had moved onto 'the clean banda system' of typing orders into MOH Stage 1.


 For many staff, this was the first introduction of computers into an office.



Photo: Ferranti PT7s in a BT Sales Office © Light Straw circa 1986.
   

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