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by bsn54 3432 days ago
I have seen a company with $30 million turnover(wholesale distribution) being run with all data in just 10 to 15 excel books within a folder.

The fascinating aspect is that it was being maintained by the owner himself who also happened to be a CA...

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Yeah, I'm keen to avoid that :)

While it no doubt works, it wouldn't integrate robustly with other systems. I guess the integration factor is what interests me. I'm unlikely to be able to afford an all-singing all-dancing monolithic solution, so I'd prefer plug-and-play components.