Inventing the 21st century purchasing organisation
Purchasing is a very ancient activity, Harold Ward, an American searcher, reports that a cuneiform clay tablet excavated at El-Rash Shamra and dated about 2800 BC, carries an inscription which roughly translated reads : HST is to deliver 50 jars of fragrant smooth oil each fifteen days after (a starting date) and during the reign of AS. In return he will be paid 600 small weights in grain. This order will continue indefinitely until the purchaser or his son removes his consent.