Well, to bring this chapter to it's conclusion, I'm going to say that automation is an avenue that may be your saving grace. There are all sorts of solutions out there. The key will be in finding one that is first and foremost, compatible with the data that your company stores in their databases. In fact, you may not even know it, that your company already subscribes to such a service. Secondly, you're going to need to see if the right 'fit' is there. Meaning, is it a monster enterprise engine that requires an outsider vendor certified in that technology such as SAP? Or is it something that is readily available 'off the shelf' so to speak? Maybe it's something in between. What ever the case may be, this engine will need to hook into your database, you or your data head, will invariably need to be able to run queries, such as sql queries. Or if you're lucky the vendor will have pre established hooks that readily tie into your database and pull the relevant information for you. In all likelihood, you're going to find yourself somewhere in between. If all goes well, you'll have yourself a communications vehicle that will satisfy all the above requirements that we talked about earlier. And if you're really lucky, perhaps you get all your reporting done before everyone in the office has left.