Excel is a powerhouse tool for collecting and analyzing data, which is why pretty much every company uses it. That's the reason we at eVSM have relied on Excel for so many of the lean tools we create: our users already know Excel and use it regularly (and we also require that it's installed on your PC).
So I just wanted to talk a little bit about how we've tried to make building maps faster and easier for you, taking advantage of Excel. In this part, I'll cover a simple tool for building process steps from Excel, but in subsequent posts I'll talk about how you can use process data for building maps, and how you can get eVSM map data out of Visio and into Excel.