But defenders of the model answer that a silo, with its straight-through processing, brings greater efficiencies.
The full automation is known as straight-through processing (STP).
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In addition to security and speed, SWIFT offers a standard interface to reach pretty much any bank in the world with a standard message format to provide completely automated processing of payments, straight-through processing (STP) in industry terminology.
In finance, standards can take years to define as working groups from banks, securities firms and depositories meet repeatedly to hash out what needs to be in a message and ways to make it machine-readable so the communication can be handled by computers with straight-through processing (STP) and not require any expensive, time-consuming and error-inducing human intervention.
First the Erie Canal--built straight through town in the 1820s--and then the railroads gave Syracuse the ability to make things and ship them out cheaply to faraway markets.
Johnson maintained his ramrod-straight bearing through it all, and keeps a grin on his face.
Amla in particular looked assured, caressing anything straight through mid-wicket while De Villiers used his feet intelligently to disrupt the rhythm of the Australian attack.
The most direct land route would take the pair straight through some of the region's most dangerous areas, including the Iraqi capital Baghdad, into war-torn Syria and straight through the embattled city of Aleppo to the Turkish border and on to Europe.
The Knicks led 18-14 after one, then scored 10 straight midway through the second to take a 38-27 lead.
Some corporate boards ought to at least consider a return to what was once the norm in both America and Europe (and still is in Japan) and largely ditch pay-for-performance and instead pay largely through a straight salary (most lower-level employees are paid this way).
As a child, he read straight through the sixteen-volume encyclopedia his parents gave him.
When captain Steve Borthwick was caught offside running straight through a line-out, Giteau duly doubled the visitors' lead.
Nigeria took the lead just before halftime when Emmanuel Emenike's free-kick went straight through Ivory Coast goalkeeper Boubacar Barry for his third goal of the tournament in South Africa.
When a patient calls 111, an operator - who is trained in the same way as a 999 operator - can send out an ambulance, put someone straight through to a nurse, book an out-of-hours GP appointment, or direct the caller to a pharmacist or dentist.
Now the big chains are getting kicked around, thanks to video-on-demand technology, online-delivery services like Netflix and "sell-through" pricing straight to consumers.
Ojo completed his hat-trick, running straight through the middle of the pitch with ease, before Joseph got a second, courtesy of an interception.
Her clear, unequivocal vision cut straight through political correctness, self-importance, status, and fame.
Tony Duggan added another straight from kick-off as he ran through the defence like butter while they increased the lead to 18-0 in as many minutes when Mark Dalle Cort broke through.
Schlupp's fine 88th-minute turn and finish and Dyer's low injury-time shot which went straight through Frank Fielding was perhaps harsh on a Derby side who controlled possession for large spells of the second period.
They might have scored straight from the kick-off as Kaka ghosted through only to see his low shot kept out by Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris.
The young woman had parked her sled at the precise point I would hit if I lost control of my own and slid straight--instead of skidding racecar-style through the curve.
Dale Steyn opened up from the other end, but Kieswetter struck a glorious drive past extra cover and Pietersen got off the mark with a straight drive followed by an exquisitely-timed stroke through the covers as 13 came from the over.
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Break down his body and spirit -- through brutal training or prolonged combat -- until he can't think straight.
The Knicks scored seven straight points midway through the first quarter and led 29-20 at the end of the period.
The hornbill cackles, and white Xs on the faces of oryx, with their three-foot long straight spike horns, can be glimpsed through the acacia branches.
The left-hander played some remarkable shots, none more so than when chipping a virtual yorker from Flintoff straight down the ground for six, with no follow-through at all.
The film's main characters include Tarek Khalil, an immigrant from Syria whose big passions in life are his girlfriend and his drumming, and Walter Vale, a straight-laced, older American who learns to let go through music.
Joe Johnson missed his third straight game with a sore left heel after going through warm-ups with the hope of coming back.
More importantly, 140-unit Ignite has been adding units and raking in money straight through the downturn.
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We should expect that the strong trend moving through the beginning of 2012 is eventually revised into a straight-ish line probably adding another half a million or so jobs to our 2012 estimates.
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