Five signs your business has outgrown spreadsheets

Spreadsheets are a good start. Here is how to tell when they have started costing you more than they save.

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Signs to look for

Several people edit the same file, versions multiply, and nobody trusts the totals. Orders or requests arrive in chats and get copied in by hand. Month-end reporting takes days.

What it costs you

The cost is rarely the software. It is staff time spent re-typing, mistakes that reach customers, and decisions made on numbers that are a week old.

What to do next

List the three processes that touch the most spreadsheets, write down who does what in each, and start with the one that causes the most errors.

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