We fix and modernize existing Excel spreadsheets
For most organizations, Microsoft Excel is so deeply embedded into their operations, it has been a fact of life for many years. In any given company at any given time there are a plethora of spreadsheets assisting employees at all levels in making critical business decisions. It’s safe to conclude that businesses depend on the availability and smooth operation of these spreadsheets, but from time to time things can become complicated and stop working the way you want them to work. Don't worry, we can help you.
When should you call on us to help you?
As professional career management consultants, we have been exposed to many different clients all over the world, from juggernaut corporate brands to smaller local businesses. Surprisingly, when one listens to the types of issues companies are dealing with, in respect to their data and information processing tools a few universal themes often emerge. Based on our experience, we have distilled these down to a few common categories:
Knowledge Loss From Staff Turnaround
We have seen this one happen time and time again: Someone used to manage and periodically run reports, the employee leaves your company and the whole thing grinds to a halt because nobody knows how these reports work. For non-technical users, trying to decode someone’s spreadsheet takes an obscene amount of effort during which time your business suffers.
Malfunctioning Macros
Macros can be very useful and powerful, but they are also very temperamental. Any unexpected change in the environment or structure of a spreadsheet will cause a macro to break. Very often when you get expert advice, you will be amazed to learn that 80% of the time the desired outcome can be achieved using native (non-macro) excel capability.
Whats The Magic Formula?
Ever been given a specific business problem that you needed to solve and solve quickly in Excel, and although things started well and you made good progress, eventually you got to a point in the project where you are just stuck and don’t know how to move forward? Often the solution just comes down to simplifying the logic and applying best practices.
Legacy Tools and Data Models
Legacy spreadsheets run a serious risk of breaking in the future, or they have been designed in a sub optimal way, leading to long processing times and delays. With the significant step change in Excel’s native capability, we typically see that using new methods and best practice can help upgrade these legacy tools and keep them running even better than before for another 10 years.
