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“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.”
Peter Drucker, management guru, educator, and author
Reliable Data Begins with Common Sense
Many small to lower middle market companies and family-owned businesses rely heavily on spreadsheets for a range of critical data management functions. Some consider it their default “system of record”.
While CRMs such as Microsoft Dynamics, Zoho, Hubspot and others may be used in these companies, the high-risk practice of managing operations through spreadsheets is more prevalent than one may assume.
Spreadsheets also produce less informed insights and limit what data a team can act upon. All of this keeps legacy knowledge in the minds of only a few individuals.
This outdated approach is by any definition today worrisome, yet avoidable. It can be a financial and legal liability. Especially when companies are expecting to transition leadership through a succession plan. Essential proprietary or historical information may be lost due to a parting employee, a retiring executive, or IP innovator.
With Amlin Analytics, we recognize that as companies grow and scale they naturally become more dynamic. They create functional domains with dedicated leadership and specialized roles (controller, operators, sales, etc.).
Trusting your common-sense instincts is how your business earned the success you now enjoy. If you want a data engine that drives competitive advantage, you need accessibility, agility, and interdependency without bureaucracy.
Amlin Analytics will help you get to the ideal state of data reliability by gleaning meaningful insights that tell the right story.
In today’s environment, where new operational risks appear with greater frequency, spreadsheet reliance is not a smart strategy.
Their usage enables formulas to be manipulated without documentation, proper tracking becomes impossible, accurate change orders and records are problematic, and data silos proliferate.
