Title :
Inventing systems engineering [LEO]
Abstract :
The J. Lyons food and catering company in 1949 undertook an ambitious project known as LEO (Lyons Electronic Office). This created, for the first time anywhere, computer hardware and software for business applications. The author describes the history and applications legacy of this successful endeavor, using personal reminiscences and letters from one of LEO´s founding participants
Keywords :
business data processing; catering industry; food processing industry; history; systems engineering; J. Lyons & Co.; LEO; Lyons Electronic Office; applications legacy; business applications; catering company; computer hardware; computer software; food company; history; personal reminiscences; systems engineering; Application software; Companies; Delay effects; Design engineering; Hardware; History; Low earth orbit satellites; Military computing; System analysis and design; Systems engineering and theory;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
