A Well Known Secret

Everyone in business knows about this secret. It is employee theft.  According to a study conducted by Michael G. Kessler & Assoc. as high as 79% of employees consider stealing from their employer.  I don’t need to explain the problem because if you have...

Inspect what you Expect

Chances are you have heard this phrase before.  There are certain industries that live by that motto.  Fire departments regularly inspect fire extinguishers, hydrants, etc to make sure they are in working order in case required.  Your business may not have the...

Mobile should be seamless with your enterprise software

Right from day one we at AccountAbility have had an on-line integrated mobile app that allows our users to do the simple transactions on their phones or tablets.  I didn’t realize that we were ahead of the curve 3 years ago, but I was shocked to learn that in...

Perils of Spreadsheets

A lot has been written about using spreadsheets and the dangers lurking inside some of those sheets.  In a previous company of mine we had a spreadsheet that was part of our quoting mechanism, it was so complex we had to get assistance from some of our development...

The downfalls of using Excel for business systems

I can appreciate that Excel or rather spreadsheets are popular.  They offer some amazing capabilities packaged in a useable (mostly) application.  There are however several issues with using spreadsheets for some of the more serious business problems. In this series...