As a spreadsheet software program, Microsoft Excel has many useful features for a small business's productivity. Chief among these is the ability to use formulas to make various calculations with the ...

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Commercial off-the-shelf software such as Microsoft Excel lets you automate engineering functions (references 1 through 3). This Design Idea explains how you can use Excel to calculate the values of ...

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Learn how to calculate payback and discounted payback in Excel with formulas, SCAN, XMATCH, LET, and SWITCH, plus ...

A TechRepublic member wrote for advice on calculating the years, months, and days elapsed between two dates. This tutorial explains the solution provided by TechRepublic contributor Jeff Davis. A ...

Q. I have prepared projections for a proposed project, and I want to calculate the internal rate of return. Instead of using Excel’s IRR function, should I use simple math formulas so others can ...

This guide was reviewed by a Business News Daily editor to ensure it provides comprehensive and accurate information to aid your buying decision. Creating a running total (or a cumulative sum, as it ...

The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) is used in corporate finance to measure the amount of a company’s cash flow available to pay its current debt payments or obligations. The DSCR compares a ...