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SMU Assistant Professor of Information Systems (Education) Lee Wee Leong observed that most spreadsheet users failed to recognise the untapped potential of spreadsheets for other applications beyond crunching numbers. Many SMEs also lacked business application tools that keep track of their daily business transactions. He said that demand forecasting would be an area where SMEs could harness the power of spreadsheets and experienced Excel users could learn how to use the macro function to automate tasks that were frequently performed by recording the steps taken to execute a series of commands.