Minimize costs? Create a conference schedule with fewest early-morning sessions? In this excerpt from the book Data Smart, find out how to use Excel's free Solver add-in to do some data science ...

A good inventory management system is a key part of efficient and responsible running of any business. With the help of Microsoft Excel, you can solve this problem and simplify your inventory system.

Excel can solve for unknown variables, either for a single cell with Goal Seek or multiple cells with Solver.