It is possible to manually use MS Excel (i.e. without automation) to formulate balanced least cost rations to be fed to livestock. Indeed many Farm CEOs do it.
In the spreadsheet table shown in this screenshot image, Online Sales Value Entries from Monday to Sunday in Columns 1 & 2 are ALL the same!
So why are the TOTALS different?!
Although they look exactly the same as those in Column 1, one of the entries in Column 2 is wrong. Many people who believe they know Excel make errors that cause WRONG OUTPUTS like this to be generated in their spreadsheets which they may NOT even discover!
Click http://www.tayosolagbade.com/ffsdangervid to listen as I narrate the true story about HOW THIS KIND OF ERROR was – made by a young accountant in the massive data entry spreadsheet of a custom app I built for a Manufacturing client – and what I did to detect and correct it.
NB: This video trailer offers interested persons access to download my FREE PDF report titled “Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy – But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)”
Watch the video to learn more…
Livestock feeding generally account for 60 to 70% or more of the cost of running a Livestock farm business.
Livestock Feed formulation is a means to an end i.e. you use it to produce balanced rations for feeding your livestock so they can produce optimal performances that yield profits for you.
If you make mistakes in formulating rations for your animals, it could cost you via serious drops in performance and profits.
It is possible to use MS Excel to formulate balanced least cost rations to be fed to livestock. Indeed many Farm CEOs do it.
However, from working with users for over 2 decades as a Custom Spreadsheet Solutions Developer, I’ve discovered that many who know Excel assume they cannot go wrong using it…and THAT is a truly dangerous mindset indeed!
Listen to this podcast as I narrate one true story about a serious – and potentially costly – DATA ENTRY error made by an accountant in a Manufacturing client using a custom app I built for them in 2009.
You will also learn how to get a FREE copy of my PDF report titled “Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy – But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)”.
In it, I share my experienced based insights, a true client story in addition to previews and links to two viral stories about Excel errors made by experienced expert users that caused massive losses for large numbers of people in a developed country.
These stories were serious enough to be reported by media like BBC and Forbes.
Farm industry stakeholders unable/unwilling to purchase my automated Excel apps (which I build to help prevent occurrence of this potentially devastating problem) often get told, by me, to try using MS Excel to achieve their goals.
To Protect Yourself from YOURSELF(!), I suggest in the PDF report, four (4) practical steps you can take while using Excel manually.