THE ROMANCE CONTINUES....
No, this is not a love story from the 18th century, but I should say it is the closest relationship (integration in computer terms) ever between 2 softwares in the 21th century.
I am referring to how much ERPs and other standard businesses applications rely on MS Excel to get things done. Whether its before, during or after the implementation of a system in business there is always a considerable amount of excel sheets being used and analyzed for various purposes from collecting data that is to be uploaded into the system as master records or to prepare templates, or even more to assign task and draw up a project plan.
It is arguable that project management tools such as MS Projects and MS Visio do get rid of the need to use excel for anything and everything, but come on, we don’t need to deny the fact that we all do go to ‘Start’ -> program - > MS Office -> MS Excel…. and voila, open up the software we all love but never say it aloud, at least not often enough.
Well, they say that MS Excel was voted as the best software of the century, rightly so to, I would say, imagine business without excel….and oopsss there goes all the hard worked analysis and tons and tons of financial data we had. If I asked you to imagine that MS Office Installations didn’t contain MS Excel and instead gave you something like notepad for analysis and stuff, would MS Office be as demanded as it is now.
Well just consider this, how many times have you seen those job ads on newspapers that say “General proficiency in MS Office is a must” well yes….MS EXCEL!!!!
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