Like you, I have read many articles about human errors: how often they occur, the types of errors people create, etc. Basically, we thoughtfully design processes and systems, then mess them up with these humans inserted into the process. But the simple truth is that humans are also superior to automation in some forms ofContinue reading “Simple Strategies to Reduce Human Errors”
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Depressed By Spreadsheets
If you have not read some of Professor Ray Panko’s work, you are missing out. Some fellow GAMPers told me about him several years ago, while working on the GAMP Good Practice Guide for Computerized Lab Systems (1). His specialty is human errors in spreadsheets, mostly focused on Sarbanes-Oxley and “material errors” But his workContinue reading “Depressed By Spreadsheets”