Excel as a database: when the spreadsheet is no longer enough

When a spreadsheet carries a whole process, an application with one shared status helps: everyone sees who changed what, and reports are automatically up to date.

What we often hear

"15 people edit our Excel list at the same time and it is always locked. What is the alternative?"

Today

  1. Excel by email
  2. Excel list
  3. gather figures
  4. Report

Afterwards

  1. Input form
  2. one data source
  3. report updates itself
  • dashed: by hand
  • pink: runs by itself
  • blue: a person decides here

What changes

One version for everyone.

No more copies going around by email, no locked file. Everyone works from the same basis.

Every change can be traced.

Who changed what and when? It is recorded alongside, without anyone having to maintain a "last changed" column.

Figures you can understand and check.

The report makes clear where each figure comes from and how it is derived. Reports are up to date without being pieced together before every meeting.

From our projects

An administration with hundreds of processes

The processes were maintained in a very wide Excel file. Today a tool assesses the potential, and for every process it is recorded who changed what.

A social organisation

Instead of one 33-page report a year, there are daily reports, with a dedicated page showing where each figure comes from.

How we get started with you

  1. 1 / 4

    Initial call

    30 minutes, free of charge

    You tell Matthias which process is costing you time right now. He listens, asks questions and tells you honestly whether we can help. No preparation needed, an example from your everyday work is enough.

    Result

    An honest assessment of whether a next step is worth it.

  2. 2 / 4

    Workshop

    2 to 3 hours

    We sit down with you and the colleagues who run the process every day. They show us how it really works, with all its exceptions. Then we work out together what the process costs today.

    Result

    An order of priorities, a calculation and material you can put in front of management.

  3. 3 / 4

    First project

    one process with noticeable relief

    We start with the process where the relief is felt fastest. Beforehand we agree how we will measure success. Your team tests with real cases and tells us what doesn't fit yet.

    Result

    A process that runs in everyday work.

  4. 4 / 4

    Expansion and operation

    the way you want it

    Once the first process runs, you decide how to continue. Further processes use the same connections and are added faster. We take care of operation, or we hand everything over to your IT with documentation.

    Result

    A documented solution that does not depend on us.

Book an initial call

30 minutes, free of charge. Afterwards you have a first honest assessment.

Do the maths yourself first, if you like

Who on your side is involved

You

You bring the process and champion the project internally. From us you get an order of priorities, a calculation and material for management.

The people in the process

They know the exceptions and where things get stuck. That is why they are involved from the start, not only at roll-out.

Your IT

They work out with us access, where it runs and which connection to your software is possible and sensible.