One thing that became crushingly clear over the past five years is that if the old world ran on oil, this new world will run on chips. The tiny semiconductors that control everything from phones to cars brought supply chains to their knees as shortages caused delays, sales forecast adjustments, price increases due to disruptions in manufacturing.

I was an accountant, running a business, with accounting that was, well, less than ideal. Here's the story of how we survived, got it together, and how you can do the same.