The Power of excel

We have just started storing all our factory records electronically and to have some feeble sort of supply chain management system. I had started with evaluating SAP.. then came down to C++/Java with Access database... and now I am amazed at the power of Excel. With a tad programming I am able to automate our entire factory management system in an excel. It looks damn neat too! My father in law is impressed - that says something... doesn't it. Little things in life matter!