#163: The Need for Quality and Version Control in Spreadsheets with Josh McKenty of Delving

Hosted by Santosh Sankar on June 7, 2023

Summary

During this episode, Santosh is joined by Josh McKenty, CEO at Delving, a platform to help reconcile or consolidate your workbooks, safely collect proposed changes in parallel, and make audits and compliance a breeze. During this conversation, Santosh and Josh discuss the importance of quality and version control for Excel, why businesses should be looking at more secure technology than spreadsheets, how technology is more powerful when less visible, and more.

Show Notes

Highlights from their conversation include:

  • What is the Delving story? (0:26)
  • Josh’s journey into software and supply chain (1:12)
  • Why Excel has become the default for some in supply chain (5:28)
  • The importance of quality and version control for Excel (9:06)
  • How small errors can cause death (12:44)
  • Devling’s solution to version control (15:49)
  • Why businesses should consider moving from spreadsheets (21:52)
  • Technology is more power the less visible it gets (24:40)
  • Josh’s daily ritual that keeps him grounded and focused (30:47)

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