No Modular Mayhem!!!
While watching a YouTube video about the trials and tribulations of an accounting software conversion, I was stunned by the use, and perhaps overuse, of the term “module.” The conversation went something like this, and I am paraphrasing:
Now, suppose you want to add budgeting to your financials.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Which respectable accounting software company doesn’t include budgeting in its programs? The answer, it seems, is a lot of accounting software companies make you pay extra for a BUDGETING program. And not only must you pay extra for it, but you must also pay extra to have an “implementation consultant” install this program and attach it to the other module which I presume is your general ledger. Have you ever heard of an accounting software program that doesn’t have a budget program included? How do you do accounting without a budget?
Suppose you want to add inventory to your general ledger, asks the YouTube host.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Which respectable accounting software company doesn’t include inventory with its programs? What do you mean by having to “bolt” the inventory program to the general ledger? How archaic! What troglodytes! Isn’t the inventory program just a part of the general ledger? Don’t all transactions end up in the general ledger? Yes, both the dollar and units of measure go directly to the general ledger with each transaction. And you shouldn’t need a “bolt” to make certain the transaction gets into the general ledger.
We at Plus & Minus call the above situations Modular Mayhem. Modules always result in data silos, which like the corn in silos, aren’t ready for consumption without some work to make it edible. Say “BE GONE” to Modular Mayhem and the data silos. Say “Give me a demo, Plus & Minus” instead, and save your “implementation consultant” fees for a healthier bottom line.
– “The Professor”
