I used to work for a University and was in charge of helping put together various grant proposals. The grant proposals were often very large and I had to work with several different departments within the University to collect text, bios and financial data. Unfortunately, each department did things differently. I would have to take the data, reformat it, and then make sure it all fit together seamlessly. If the grant proposal was not put together well, the University might not get funded. If the University did not get funded, people could lose their jobs. Too bad I didn’t know that there was such a thing as consolidation software which helps take differently formatted financial data and consolidates it into a readable and usable package.
