FOCUS ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTER: HOW TO CREATE A FINANCIAL VISIBILITY CENTER WITH INTEGRATED SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE

This article discusses how affordable integrated spreadsheet software can be used by the small business owner to create and maintain a financial visibility center. It is explained how the problems owners encounter with traditional manual accounting systems can be overcome with a spreadsheet-based financial visibility center. The reader is shown how to create such a center. Examples of existing applications now in use are given. The advantages and disadvantages of using a spreadsheet approach are reviewed. Copies of the software discussed in this article are available to readers on a non-profit basis