{"id":6645,"date":"2014-11-28T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=6645"},"modified":"2014-11-28T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:19:48","slug":"to-succeed-make-your-excel-vb-software-complement-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/to-succeed-make-your-excel-vb-software-complement-others\/","title":{"rendered":"To Succeed, Make Your Excel-VB Software Complement Others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I am sometimes asked the foregoing\u00a0question in various forms, by prospective clients\u00a0trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus\u00a0my custom Excel-VB application development service).<\/p>\n

Here's a typical example of the answer I normally give them...<\/h3>\n

I have helped clients (in different professions\/industries) develop 100% custom Excel-VB<\/a> Driven Software to overcome peculiar limitations of traditional software (or manual\/paper-based) systems that they use for their financial and operational data handling\/analysis and report generation .<\/p>\n

Accountants\/Finance Managers<\/strong> of large organisations in particular have so far made made the most demands for my services. Excel-VB afford you the advantage of being able to extend the capabilities of your existing software - or manual systems - using my 100% customisable Excel-based software that empower you to get more work done with LESS effort via efficient time\/cost-saving automation.<\/p>\n

In other words, my custom Excel Software COMPLEMENT rather than REPLACE<\/strong> your existing software and\/or\u00a0systems.<\/h3>\n

You therefore LOSE NOTHING since your prior investment in the latter is protected.<\/p>\n

All that I have already said above is effectively what I tell prospects\/clients in general. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

However, for those in my part of the world (i.e Africa), I emphasise that I DO NOT build Accounting software - except a clients specifically requests it.<\/p>\n

Instead my applications are custom Entreprise Information\u00a0Systems(EIS) which help their owners manage operations (e.g. materials usages) &\/or accounting data for more reliable business decision making:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The commerical accounting software work well<\/strong> for anyone whose needs are fully catered for by the various useful features and functions they offer.<\/p>\n

I have seen many organisations - including schools - that have found\u00a0this to be so. They confidently told me they did not have any unmet needs from using the programs they chose.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. However, the accounting applications are built to prepare\u00a0<\/strong>accounts in line with standard reporting formats used mainly in developed societies.<\/p>\n

As a result, they often cannot accomodate the business\/accounts data handling\/report generation needs\/peculiarities extant here. This is due to our <\/em>largely <\/em>unregulated\u00a0<\/em>environment in this regard. That's why many who use the programs still find themselves periodiocally\/repeatedly turning to programs like MS Excel to cater for areas not covered by their commercial software.<\/p>\n

It is the above type of situation that creates a need for the solutions I offer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words, if you have a software system in place and STILL find need to do some of your important work OUTSIDE of it, then a custom solutions development service like mine is likely to benefit you greatly.<\/p>\n

3. For prospects who indicate interest, <\/strong>I go further to refer them to a very insightful\/experience-based opinion expressed by a financial consultant which shows that MS Excel-based solutions can indeed help OVERCOME limitations that accounting software may have.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, this is why you will hardly find any\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>off-the-shelf\u00a0 accounting software which do not offer the user an option to export data stored in them into MS Excel!<\/p>\n

Final Words <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Like I always tell my clients and prospects, if there is an alternative that works satisfactorily and is cost-effective, it would make NO sense to hire me.<\/p>\n

It is when you have searched for one and found NONE, that my\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>custom Excel-VB solutions development becomes relevant - and potentially VALUE adding. At this point, it WOULD be justifiable to invest in it.<\/p>\n

Read this article: Use Custom Automation Of Your Spreadsheet Reports To Drive Down Costs And\u00a0Increase Your Profits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Need help?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Click here to send me a message or request<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?\" I am sometimes asked the foregoing\u00a0question in various forms, by prospective clients\u00a0trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus\u00a0my custom Excel-VB application development service). Here's a typical example of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,1375,266],"tags":[1400,973],"class_list":["post-6645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employeescareer-persons","category-entrepreneurs","category-excel-vb-solutions","category-my-dn-travel-news","tag-make-your-excel-vb-software-complement-others","tag-to-succeed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1244,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6646,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6645\/revisions\/6646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}