Q? How much time do you spend copy/pasting or re-keying data into your spreadsheets?

Built-in routines make it easy to connect to external sources and import data. This may be a direct link or text file import. Most importantly, data collected in different formats from subsidiaries can be mapped to common definitions.

Benefit: Planning and monthly reporting cycles are speeded up which means that management can respond quicker.

Benefit: There's no need to force all contributors to conform to a single template which means less effort for them to supply the data you need.