Steelwedge Software

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Excel, S&OP and the Comfortable Old Chair

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:32 PM PDT

I have an old recliner chair that's so comfortable, I refuse to let it go. It's various shades of green (much lighter in the seat area) and worn in the usual spots after 20 years of service. Excel is a lot like that old chair. I'm often impressed by the creativity found in home-grown Excel planning spreadsheets. Typically, an individual has spent months or years to model the company's forecasting and planning intricacies producing a complex set of worksheets with never-ending links and calculations. The net effect is that this individual is the only one who really understands the model. Obviously, if this wise individual were to leave the organization, the planning tool and process would break down or cease to function at all.I have an old recliner chair that's so comfortable, I refuse to let it go. It's various shades of green (much lighter in the seat area) and worn in the usual spots after 20 years of service. Excel is a lot like that old chair. I'm often impressed by the creativity found in home-grown Excel planning spreadsheets. Typically, an individual has spent months or years to model the company's forecasting and planning intricacies producing a complex set of worksheets with never-ending links and calculations. The net effect is that this individual is the only one who really understands the model. Obviously, if this wise individual were to leave the organization, the planning tool and process would break down or cease to function at all.

Release 5.1 with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Dashboards

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:09 AM PDT

Steelwedge Software, the leading innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions, today announced a new product release for its Cloud-based Sales Planning & Performance Management (SPPM) solution featuring configurable Executive S&OP Dashboards, enhanced best-practice based Executive S&OP workflow capabilities, and expanded scalability. Steelwedge SPPM Release 5.1 represents a significant milestone in the product's maturity and development life cycle. The primary focus of Release 5.1 was to further enhance usability, scalability, elevate a business user orientation and extend the supportability of the platform. In particular, enhancements and new capabilities have been developed for Release 5.1 in the following areas: User Interface, Dashboards, Workflow Scheduling, Configuration and Platform.

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