For example, until last year all payroll processing was done manually.

During the past year, payroll processing companies' profits have come under pressure because of a slower economy and low interest rates.

The end goal was to build a new system to support all payroll processing for 87,000 employees by 1999.

While companies that specialize in payroll processing could adapt to the change quickly, smaller companies that do their own payrolls could take longer.

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