What is Fragmented stack?
Category-defining vocabulary. A plain-English definition for Australian business owners.
A fragmented stack is the default Australian SME back-office structure: separate providers for each function (bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, HR, IT, marketing) with no integration between them.
The SME owner becomes the de facto integration layer. The hidden cost of the fragmented stack — the owner's coordination time, duplicated work, and the errors that fall between providers — sits on top of the visible provider invoices and is rarely measured.
In a connected back office this sits with the Finance hub, where Valont runs bookkeeping, managed payroll and bas & tax compliance for Australian SMEs as one team. The full definition set is on the glossary.
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