Surviving a Single Point of Failure: Ten Tips on How to Get By When You’re Relying on Excel
Many companies rely on Excel to manage their critical product data like bills of materials (BOMs), supplier information and purchasing data. However, this decision that seemed like the right choice initially may now be limiting your company’s ability to thrive—or even survive.
In part two of our Excel series we outline 10 tips for using Excel in the best way possible to avoid risks. Hear one company’s experience, how they perfected the art of “Excel Wrangling” and how a single point of failure is limiting their growth.
Don’t miss the rest of the Excel series:
- Part 1, “The Wrong Job for a Great Tool: The Hidden Costs of Using Excel for BOM Management,” compares Excel with a modern system designed specifically for bill of materials (BOM) management.
- Part 3, “Exit Strategies: Ten Ways to Organize Your Data for Moving Out of Excel,” examines how Excel was holding them back one company and the steps they took to transition to a dedicated BOM management system.
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Learn more about how Arena solves bill of material (BOM) management challenges on our BOM Management page.
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