a system for keeping track of orders and compliance to orders. An executive will write an order, giving the original to the person being ordered and sending a carbon of the order to the time machine. The time machine itself consists of a series of baskets. For example, a one-week time machine would consist of seven baskets. When the carbon of the order is received, it is placed in the first basket. It is advanced one basket every day. When the original of the order comes in complied with, it is matched up with the carbon, clipped together and sent to the executive who issued the order. I f the original does not arrive at the time machine, the carbon will "fall off" after it has been advanced through all the baskets. When this happens, the order is returned to the executive who issued the order to let him know that the order was not complied with. —Staff Status I I Glossary, Approved late Sept. 1990