A portmanteau of manual + hydraulic, which, despite the etymology, is a
hybrid process where despite automation in all other parts one vital
link is filled by a human action rather than
machine.
Mandraulic: "
Computer Application "A" produces a table of data, which is converted into a payment run to a vendor in
Computer Application "B" once the Accounts Payable clerk has loaded that table into
Computer Application B, rather than it being exported automatically from Computer Application A into Computer Application B.
Dave is the mandraulic piece of the process as he has to load the batch coming out of the enterprise resource planning system onto the payment platform.