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You need to Get it, Use it, Analyze it, Update it and Share it…in real-time, securely, with proper access and permission controls, and in many cases with automated workflow among your team.   If you are still managing and sharing your data via email and excel spreadsheets, there’s no way you are being productive as you can be, and are leaving a lot of money on the table.   According to [a McKinsey report](http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_social_economy), employees spend over 9 hours per week, on average, in unproductive searching and gathering through emails, local files, etc. for existing data. That’s more than 20% of a workweek!   Maybe the data revolves around Assets Management or Asset Requisition processes, Expense Reports or Time Sheets, Project Management or Document Management, Sales Leads pipelines or Product Development workflows, or maybe your entire business process.   And if your team is using email and spreadsheets to manage your data and processes, you know the inefficient “hell” all too well.   - Dealing with different spreadsheets and different versions. - Cobbling data into challenged and lame spreadsheet charts and analytics - Searching through old emails for critical and most relevant data.   No doubt it’s inefficient, time-consuming, and ultimately very, very expensive.   Everyone who’s done or is doing it this way has wished or does wish the spreadsheet would spring to life and magically become universally available– like a website.   ![image](https://31.media.tumblr.com/b02d0aff32f0ba4e4b454f7b00bcc0ee/tumblr_inline_ni8wp86q6v1sbg1ih.jpg)   ![image](https://31.media.tumblr.com/f077724d273d0ee4717325014344fbd9/tumblr_inline_ni8wpn2XcM1sbg1ih.jpg)   **Transform Your Spreadsheets into Online Collaborative Applications** Well, now you can. You can [upload your spreadsheet and convert it into a robust web-based application with Kintone](https://kintone.com/excel-spreadsheets/).   There are several benefits:             - **Workflow:** Add business process and automated workflow in a snap to move, track and audit the status of each sales lead, timesheet approval, procurement requisition approvals, product delivery, etc.   **The Kintone Difference** Business success or failure is often determined in the details. That being said, let’s see what makes Kintone different:         - **Workflows:** Sharing is one thing. With Kintone you can assign app workflows in minutes, assigning tasks and approvers at each step to maintain control and oversight of your processes, a centralized audit trail, and related communications history.   ![image](https://31.media.tumblr.com/bdb9707b5180416a3c8983d3b400ec19/tumblr_inline_ni8wnrn0Gd1sbg1ih.jpg)   ![image](https://31.media.tumblr.com/48524fbcdfbdd3fd4a04a7d99ef3eb69/tumblr_inline_ni8wojAsTd1sbg1ih.jpg)   **Make Collaboration Easy** To convert a spreadsheet into an app with **Kintone** you just **Add** a new app in your workspace, select **Create from Excel or CSV**, and import your spreadsheet. That’s it– new App done!   Then in **Settings**, you can add **a real-time graph or chart** with a click, making your data more digestible. You can also use powerful drag-and-drop tools to create **processes and workflows**, add fields, and much more. 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