Need simple software for basic thing (but I don't know where to start)

Hey guys! I come to you with what might be an easy question for you to answer.

I work for a manufacturer's rep agency, and every month I input totals onto an Excel spreadsheet. This report shows the monthly total sales for each of the manufacturers we represent, and compares it with the same months of last year. (2011 columns are full, but 2012 only has January, so total column only compares Jan '11 with Jan '12). We do this for probably about 70 manufacturer's, showing current year as it progresses and last year. It shows totals in dollars and percentage increase/decrease.

Excel spreadsheets are becoming a problem for this, because the equations are so fragile (one inserted row can ruin everything), and they don't allow you to easily export data to any decent-looking report.

Basically, I need a simple software that does this. The only information that I need to be able to enter into the system is the sales rep that manages the line and the monthly total. I need it to show at least the prior year, and only compare the months entered in the current year with corresponding months for last year, so as to get an accurate dollar total and percentage increase/decrease. I would like to be able to export reports that show different data, such as only one salesperson's numbers, only one month, a rainbow of charts and graphs, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas for a simple and preferably free software to do this?

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