Question

Elena is starting a new nonprofit organization that provides professional-looking clothes for women who need to go on job interviews but who can’t currently afford high-end clothing. The clothing is donated by a relatively small, but reliable, group of businesspeople who give away their old clothes as they grow tired of their older styles. Elena says she won’t need Excel because she doesn’t have a payroll and only has three employees. Make the case to Elena that she should at least consider using Excel by explaining any two common ways that she could use the program to help her organization.

Answer 1

Excel is a multipurpose program that is useful in many different ways and not just in payroll. It has uses from Accounting to scientific research and everything in-between.

Elena might not need it for payroll but there are other ways to use Excel such as:

• Database of Donor details - Elena can use Excel to keep a list of the businesspeople who donate their old clothes to the organization. She can also add details to these names such as when they donated, the frequency at which they have donated, what they donated and the like. The donor details will therefore be organized such that information on donors can be easy to acquire for whatever reason it is needed for.
• Inventory - Excel can be used to keep an inventory list of the clothes that the organization has in stock. This will enable them better serve those they want to help as well as ensuring accountability in the workplace. A well kept inventory list will enable all sorts of analysis to be carried out such as which types of clothes are most in stock, which clothes are needed, which clothes are preferred and the like.