Understanding the Dashboard

As mentioned in previous articles, the above definition of Business Intelligence, Dashboard is one of the areas contained in the Business Intelligence. Dashboard is basically useless for a decision contained in the company's organization. One example in this case study, namely the Assistant Regional Sales Manager PT.Xyz. Dashboard will give you a page containing the key information required for the Manager to be monitored, so that the manager can find problems quickly, and provide action or to capture decisions in order to help improve the performance of his company.

This is confirmed by the statement of Shadan Malik in his book entitled Enterprise Dashboard. He stated that "The dashboard is the new face of the emerging information management field. Dashboards have Become the vehicle of execution for Several key initiatives being Implemented Among Organizations worldwide "(Malik, 2005). Dashboard become the new face of the unification of information management. Dashboard has also become a vehicle in running some of the key initiatives implemented by many organizations in the world.

There are several types of Dashboard, according to Rasmussen argues in his book Business Intelligence Dashboard. Dashboard 3 fruit types, namely: Strategical Dashboard which serves as a support line with the organization's strategic goals. Tactical Dashboard serves as a support measure progress in key projects or initiatives. Operational Dashboard that support the monitoring of the activities of specific business processes. sample dashboard many organizations in the world.

Sample dashboard:

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Introduction to Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Overview
According to Richard Coombs Business Intelligence is an alternative terminology for Competitive Intelligence. Definition is monitoring the activities of the external environment of a company to obtain information relevant to the policy-making process of the company. (Richard Coombs, Competitive intelligence handbook. University Press of America, Chapter I).

Edward David (2000) argued that the evolution of Executive Information Systems and DSS has evolved into the concept of Business Intelligence (Business Intelligence), which is a way to collect, store, organize, reshaping, summarize the data and provide information, either in the form of internal company business activity data , as well as external business activity data including competitors business activities that are easily accessible and analyzed for a wide range of management activities.

The term "Business Intelligence" connotes conduct investigations in the business world by using the concepts and methods of world military intelligence applied systematically in the business world and is based on scientific principles, and openly carried, in contrast to the term "business espionage" which investigation activities conducted in secret, illegal and closed, such as theft of important data in a certain company.

With Business Intelligence management will get quality information from its business activities in a timely, accurate and reliable data communication through the channel, making it easier for the leadership of the company in the process of decision making and strategic importance, such as the company's long-term goals, the development of the company as well as special purpose which will be achieved by the company, the higher level of competition among companies, the role of Business Intelligence is becoming increasingly important.

Activity Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence  variety of activities including: Study of a competitor of similar products and strategies to win the competition. Managing information on the statistics of potential customers, potential areas, economic conditions, socio-cultural and political environment of business world. Observation of business operations for the company's strategic interest to anticipate changes in the external environment of the company. Market Analysis of the number and distribution of the product areas of interest by customers, threats and opportunities, future products, the tendency of the market etc.. See also Business Intelligence in the world education.

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Business intelligence software products

Business intelligence software products is very useful as a solution to improve the efficiency of the company's business. For example, if a retailer wants to know how their market penetration in an area of the business intelligence software products can help to analyze it quickly and accurately. This solution can formulate a company's internal data with external information, including news about the market conditions in the area.

As another example, if a salesperson (salesman) wants to sell the goods to the customer without a business intelligence software product, the seller may not know the complete information about customers, such as how the track records or payment history. With business intelligence software product he came to know whether the consumer always pays on time or not.

By adopting this intelligence tools, the company is expected to get an explanation of what is going on so they can quickly build its strategies can be reviewed at any time. Indeed, at this time to adopt business intelligence, companies still need employees with knowledge of information technology (information technology / IT) that is sufficient to operate it.


That's why experts intelligence software business to develop newer versions that facilitate users. Users should be easier to operate intelligence software even users who do not understand IT though.

Business intelligence software products are designed with intelligence tools that facilitate or "casual user". Intelligence software business objects also provides tools so that users can create their own kind of information is needed.

One intelligence tool that facilitates the named Explorer. This intelligence tool has the shape and interface as the data on the Internet search engines. For example, the company wanted to find all the sales data of a products that occur in a given year. Just type the key word in the box, the data sought intelligence from the data intelligence warehouse that will appear in a few seconds. See also Introduction to Business Intelligence.

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