Minimizing IF statements

[nms2130]

I am working with a lot of data and I am using tons of IF statements. I imagine these are eating up a lot of calculation time. What are some ways around this? I have an IF statement in nearly every formula, so a quick fix would be helpful, but I am also willing to start over...any suggestions would be great.
I am also using a lot of VLOOKUPs which I think might be sapping a lot of calculation time.

[Gratis]

It's easy for the use of multiple IF statements to eventually involve some unneeded redundancy. It's hard to know where that might exist without seeing the example.

Ultimately the big way to reduce calculation time (if you don't need to recalc things often - ie. if the relevant data doesn't change much) is to either:
1) Create a macro that executes what the IF statements are designed to do, and just run it as needed
2) Simply copy what isn't going to change and paste it 'as value' (of course saving this as a new workbook so you don't look any work).
But again this all depends on your situation (ie. how often data involved in the IF statements are actually subject to change).

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