Life-and-death spreadsheet errors
Life-and-death spreadsheet errors do occur. Two recent spreadsheet errors in the healthcare sector in Scotland and England had impacts beyond mere dollars and cents.
HR should be doing HR, not spreadsheets
John Pensom, CEO of PeopleInsight, talks about the urgent need for HR to get beyond spreadsheets, leverage new technologies, and make a transformative contribution to the business.
Are spreadsheets part of your IFRS conversion plan?
I bet more than a few of our readers use spreadsheets in their accounting, payroll and HR processes. You might even be thinking of (or currently) using them in your efforts to convert from GAAP to IFRS. And why wouldn't you? The CICA says, "Spreadsheets are dynamic tools that can provide a wide variety of functionality at minimal cost. Consequently, in an environment of stringent deadlines and temporary data processing needs, they are used to fill the gaps in functionality within the computing environment". But there are risks...
