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3csoftware. com Why Companies Need A Robust, End-to-End Cost and Profitability System Spreadsheets Are Bad for Your Business Health

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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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