Custom Excel and Access software application solutions for your business
"WOW! Can you do this for us in other parts of our business?"
-Executive Director of Finance
It's not uncommon for clients to get excited about what we do. That's because we are able to make Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and Access database applications more powerful tools for your business. Some clients suspect it might be a kind of magic that we work on their processes. But we know there is nothing magical about producing good results. Knowledge, experience and a passion for excellence are at the heart of everything we do. The fact is we just love tinkering with the mechanics until a system hums.
For example, a telecom company had an Excel-based invoicing system that required three days and two people every month to complete. And, the results were only 75% accurate. We turned that complex process into a 90-minute one-person job, raising accuracy to 100%. (OK. Maybe it really is magic.)
What we do
Our work focuses on increasing the efficiency and productivity of Microsoft Office applications used for reporting and tracking results and managing complex databases. Custom tailored to meet each client's specific situation, the following are types of systems and processes that can be enhanced through our services. See our Client Case Studies for a look at how we worked our magic in recent client engagements. We also offer Custom On-site Training and Pre-acquisition/Start-up System Analysis.
About Barbara Shortridge, Principal
Barbara Shortridge is an accomplished business professional with extensive hands-on experience working with complex software systems. Her passion and her strength is transforming those systems into simple, easy to use tools that produce efficient and cost-effective results.
Before starting BLS Business Solutions in 2008, Barbara spent more than twenty years leading accounting, asset management and IT functions for companies that included Coldwell Banker, FMI Holdings and AT&T.
A graduate of Georgia State University, Barbara is highly skilled in Excel, SQL and Visual Basic. She is Microsoft certified in Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook and experienced in Oracle, Oracle Discoverer, SQL server, Share Point, Business Objects, Lotus, JD Edwards, QuickBooks and Peachtree Accounting.
