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KPIs, Dashboards, and Balanced Scorecards
Just give me a dashboard.” That’s what a lot of managers ask for. They ask for a couple of key measurements that help to make the right decisions. There is nothing wrong with that. However, creating a dashboard is not an easy task. The problem is not only the data provision. The typical reporting and dashboarding capabilities are also not sufficient.
•  What are the objectives behind the numbers?
•  How are the KPIs linked together? What is the overall (strategic) story?
•  What do we have to do improve? Who should do what?
You see, there are a lot of questions to answer. We want to provide ...

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