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Business Dashboard Article: Productivity by the Dashboard Light -or- How EDS Owes It All to a Simple Executive Dashboard

Getting back to the Dashboard Spy tradition of pointing out executive dashboard articles and stories that are timely and interesting, here is an article by WashingtonTechnology.com explaining how EDS pursues growth through innovation and simplification and the role of the executive dashboard.

EDS is really hot on productivity dashboards these days, it seems. The $20 billion company is focusing on innovative ways to increasing productivity both internally and for its clients. The innovation lies in the use of some very simple dashboards that measure the right metrics.

Unfortunately, this is yet another article that talks about dashboards but doesn’t illustrate the story with an actual screenshot. Why is that so common at The Dashboard Spy and so rare at other dashboard sites?

They do quote EDS President Rittenmeyer as saying “Life is Measurement”.  He has a three step approach to management and I suppose they extend to his executive dashboards and metrics: Interactive Visibility, Simplification and Automation.

He explains: ” There are metrics that are critical to success in any company. Unfortunately, most companies have pages and pages of tasks they measure, when only 5 or 6 are critical to the average company. If you can identify them and build around them, you can truly make a difference in terms of the business.”

Sounds good to me. I need to know what metrics EDS considers important. Time to put on the Dashboard Spy gear and snoop around. Stay tuned.

Tags: Productivity Dashboards, Company Metrics, EDS Dashboard Methodology, Dashboard Metrics, KPIs for Dashboards

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