Replace the spreadsheet that's become the system.
When the real workflow lives in a spreadsheet one person understands, every report is copy-and-paste and every change is a risk. Ignitera Solutions designs and builds the system that replaces it, led from the first call to launch by the principal engineer who scoped it.
The first step is a 30-minute call with our principal engineer, at no charge.
- start
- We map the spreadsheet, who uses it, and what it's really doing
- scope
- Defined projects, scoped one phase at a time
- build
- Short increments you can see working, test environment first
- review
- Every change read by a senior engineer before it ships
- ownership
- Code, docs and infrastructure transfer to you on full payment
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- A 30-minute call, at no charge
Signs the spreadsheet has become the system.
- Month-end reporting takes days of copy-and-paste, and the number still gets questioned in the meeting.
- The real workflow lives in a spreadsheet one person understands, and that person is on leave.
- Several versions of the same file are in circulation, and nobody is sure which one is right.
- Customers or staff wait while someone updates the sheet by hand.
If any of that is familiar, the spreadsheet did its job. It's time for a system built for how you actually work. If it's your stock spreadsheet, see inventory systems →
Replaced one phase at a time.
You can stop after any phase and keep what you've paid for.
Frame the problem.
We map the existing spreadsheet, who uses it, and the constraint that's actually blocking the outcome you want. Where a project needs a detailed discovery, it's scoped and priced before it starts.
Decide the shape.
A written technical proposal: how the system fits together, the trade-offs, the cost envelope, and the smallest scope that delivers value. Once it's paid for, it's yours to keep, whoever builds it.
Build in stages.
Short increments you can see working, released to a test environment first. Regular demos as work lands. No big-bang launch.
Leave it documented.
Operating guides, a written record of the key technical decisions, and recorded walkthroughs for your team. Optional retainer for ongoing support and periodic architecture reviews.
What changes once it's built.
Reports come straight out of the system.
The numbers your team used to stitch together by hand are produced by the system, from one source.
The one-person dependency goes away.
The spreadsheet only one person understood gets retired, and everything about the new system is documented.
You own it. All of it.
On full payment, the code, the documentation and the infrastructure configuration transfer to you. It's written into the contract.
You talk to the people who built it.
When something needs to change, you're talking to the people who built it, not a support queue. Everything is documented, so you're never locked in to us.
Data-heavy systems with real users.
Modelling messy domain data, making it fast to query, and keeping it correct as it changes: the same problems as replacing a spreadsheet your operations depend on. Ask about any of them on a call.
Tell us which spreadsheet is holding the business together.
Send a few sentences: what the business does, what's being held together by hand, and what you'd want the system to do instead. We'll set up a 30-minute call with our principal engineer, at no charge. You'll get an honest read on whether Ignitera Solutions is a good fit, and how we'd start if we are.