Spreadsheets are more powerful than many may think. With a little creativity and know how, amazing solutions can be generated that save time, save money, reduce IT investment, or increase quality and comfort level of decision making. The advantage of an excel solution versus other IT investment include:
Low learning curve - Many already familiar with tool
Transferability – Spreadsheet tools widely in use
Speed – Tool can be developed and deployed quickly
Cost – Software purchase generally not required, just time to develop
Adaptability – Tool / training to allow users to customize over time
Fool Proofing – Limit what can be modified to avoid errors
Custom – Generally built from scratch based on your needs versus standardized template
The key lead in this venture has experience in diverse industries from high tech to energy and diverse business models ranging from mom and pop business to non-profits to a fortune five company. The lead holds both a BBA and MBA from top public institutions. Subject area experience includes business case development, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, optimization modeling, strategic sourcing, forecasting, IT implementations, datamining, business continuity, spend analysis, decision support, metric development, and financial modeling.
The key tenants of operation for this venture:
1. Teach as much as possible on project engagements to transfer knowledge
2. Use creativity and capacity for complexity to forge simplicity in solutions
3. “Fool proofing” tools so they are less likely to need additional support
4. Quality decision support that increase comfort levels
5. Automate where possible to save time (The less time spent in excel, the better)
I hope that you will consider us to help you with your business needs.
