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by JamesBell 4051 days ago
I've participated in several assessments of a companies and departments. An inevitable question in the interview process for department heads is: "tell me about your Excel addiction". This is a sign that their BI tools have failed them and frequently that they have neglected to invest in reporting. The next level down is that they are performing operations necessities with Excel. The last level is that they have no operations software and it's all done in Excel.