While focusing on importance of sustainable and long-term solution, it is also essential to provide quick and reliable solutions in the meantime and get the ball rolling. Things can be fine-tuned and improved at the next iteration.
Depending on the nature of activities, these tactical solutions can be developed and implemented behind the scenes to support some co-sourcing services. Otherwise, we can develop and share these tools for your perusal.
It is always great to have proper systems and functionality in place. However, sometimes this is practically not feasible or the costs will be excessive and without any clear business rationale. Tactical end-user tools are helpful and cost-effective ways to get around these obstacles, and if these are designed with clear logic and minimum control discipline – they can be helpful companions for as long as needed.
Not necessarily these tools will be complex or include some fancy scripts. From experience, even a well organised spreadsheet with clear logical structure and overview of its purpose may be seen as a breakthrough in sorting out some tricky issues.