I worked six years in the IT department of a small domestic manufacturer, and deciding when a model had outgrown Excel and needed to be created as a tool (somet

I worked six years in the IT department of a small domestic manufacturer, and deciding when a model had outgrown Excel and needed to be created as a tool (sometimes just a pretty interface for our ERP system) was one of our main tasks. I hate the hell that users can bring on a company when they misuse Excel but it will never go away.