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Why Companies Need A Robust, End-to-End Cost and Profitability System
Spreadsheets Are Bad for Your Business Health
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Spreadsheets are like chocolate
Everyone loves them.They come lots of shapes and sizes.You can get them everywhere.
But, just like chocolate… If you have too many , you’ll get sick.
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Cost Spreadsheet Syndrome
The condition of depending on spreadsheets to calculate costs, value inventories, estimate profits, analyze scenarios and report results.
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Most finance professionals spend an average of 18 hours a month updating, consolidating, revising, modifying and correcting spreadsheets.*
Notice that list doesn’t include valuable activities like analyzing, predicting, forecasting, or simulating.
* Source: Vendana Research
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35% of spreadsheet users admit they are fully aware that the spreadsheets used to manage their most important business processes have errors.*
And we contend that the remaining 65% are just unaware that the errors exist.
* Source: Deloitte
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72% of finance professionals confess that the most important spreadsheets are shared with their collegues.*
And because the contain errors, misinformation spreads through the organization.
* Source: Vendana Research
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As spreadsheets evolve, particularly Microsoft© Excel, and become more complex they become more difficult to manage.*
That means more time spent on “fixing” the spreadsheet and less time for benchmarking and analyzing results.
* Source: Beyond PLM
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One Version of the TruthCreate an environment where everyone works from the same data. Centralize data from ERP, finance, operations and database systems to establish a robust cost and profitability system.
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Eliminate Manual Processes and Improve Productivity
An integrated, end-to-end cost and profitability system reduces manual tasks by integrating data sources, creating workflows and automating tasks. The focus shifts to value-added analytics that can guide business decisions.
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See Clearly Into The Future
Spreadsheet analytics are only as good as the assumptions made and data included. An enterprise-wide cost and profitability system with a sandbox environment exposes the true impact of changing variables.
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Establish Controls and Track ChangesCorporate requirements and governmental regulations dictate how financial results are calculated, managed and reported. An integrated cost and profitability solution provides comprehensive
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Need Help?ImpactECS by 3C Software is a comprehensive and dynamic cost and profitability modeling platform. It combines the features and functionality of a robust financial system with the flexibility and end-user control of traditional spreadsheet tools.
Learn more about ImpactECS:
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