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Why do 60- 80 percent of organisations still use spreadsheets for planning and forecasting?
28th April 2008
Give up your spreadsheet – not likely!! A recent Oracle webcast poll provided a salutary reminder of the power of spreadsheets. Not power in the sense of processing performance (although it is undeniably astonishing) but power from the point of view of the vice-like grip that spreadsheets have on the accounting mind set. After two decades of specialist applications, spreadsheets stubbornly remain the accountants planning tool of choice. Gary Simon, FSN's managing editor looks at the reasons. (more) |
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