"All it was was internal accountability and a daily reporting mechanism," he said.

That was the problem with the reporting mechanism.

"A central reporting mechanism is a good thing, and we want to make it work, but it really should not be punitive."

"A supplier agreement could lapse and the internal reporting mechanisms could not catch it fast enough."

"Mandatory reporting mechanisms," they wrote, "inevitably give providers the incentive to decline to treat more difficult and complicated patients."

Price quotations are rough, since cars typically trade one at a time and there is no organized reporting mechanism.

And of course, the ISP's reporting mechanism should be trusted.

We need a better reporting mechanism to parliamentary committees, to the spending committees, so that we know what information it is going to give us.

Additionally, no reporting mechanism or other systems existed at the time to identify nurses with mental health issues or employment problems.

It doesn't surprise me that such a large bureaucratic organization whose origins are older than the electronic spreadsheet would have poor reporting mechanisms.