It’s just one of 6,000 apps that New Zealand thinks might be best tamed with ERP

  • LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    You could run empires on the back of a spreadsheet.

    You absolutely shouldn’t, it’s nearly the worst option you have available, but you could.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      It’s not the worst option available, it might not be the cleanest solution, but it does offer a level of flexibility if you have an in-depth understanding of key operational (or financial) business processes.

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        8 days ago

        This is why I specified “nearly” the worst. It can absolutely get the job done and has basically every tool you’d need to do the job, but it’s pretty much the worst amongst the “this will do everything you need” options.

        My thought process was abacus < pen & paper < text file < spreadsheet < database solutions