Combine PDF-files using Indesign?

Hi,
Is it possible to combine, lets say 15, PDF-files using Indesign and some scripting magic?
I know it's easily done in Acrobat Pro, but I'd like to skip that step and make it even easier for my colleagues.
Any hints, tips or links are much appreciated.
Thanks,
Thomas

All you have to do in Acrobat is drag one file after another onto the same window, correct? Then save?
You can combine PDF files with InDesign, but then you'd get an InDesign file, so you have to export as a new PDF again. Sure, a script can do that for you, but it still sounds like it would take more time, and *definitely* not as easy as the straightforward drag-drop-save steps in Acrobat Pro.

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