Taking Care of Business Software

Manual data entry

An unmistakable mark of past-its-prime production software, according to MagnaPlan's VP, Marketing Mark Spraggett, is the manual entry of report data into some other system. The human element is prone to creating mistakes, and time lost in manual entry also equals money lost. MagnaPlan's The Planner computer scheduling software operates like a planning board, but can automatically duplicate work (with amendments) or recall it from a library of templates or repeat orders.