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	<title>Metrics, Scorecard, KPIs &#187; business intelligence metrics</title>
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		<title>Design kpi for your business to measure it with Balanced Scorecard System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As known there is a tough competition in the market nowadays. No wonder! Customers are unwilling to buy, so companies have to be very creative to attract new customers and keep existing ones. It is not easy to run business if you have so many competitors ready to take advantages of your slightest mistake. Moreover, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As known there is a tough competition in the market nowadays. No wonder! Customers are unwilling to buy, so companies have to be very creative to attract new customers and keep existing ones. It is not easy to run business if you have so many competitors ready to take advantages of your slightest mistake. Moreover, even if you do everything right but do not developed you smarter and quicker competitors will “eat” your business. You cannot stop in business. If you choose to stop your business or company will not survive for long.</p>
<p>Thus, to expand and develop a company you should certainly evaluate its current performance. It is not easy, taking into account the fact that a company may have a dozen of departments and hundreds of mechanisms in its complex structure. What should you start with? Is net revenue the only thing you need to pay attention? What factors influence business performance?</p>
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<p>With Balanced Scorecard System you will find answers to all or most of your questions. First, and foremost you need to choose the right indicators. If you are focused on the average time employee spends for lunch, instead of analyzing more important figures, think about changing your approaches to business evaluation. Key performance indicators (or KPIs for short) represent overall performance of the company. But unlike general analysis, KPIs can point where to look for the root of the problem.</p>
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<p>Balanced Scorecard System is a tool that was specifically developed to measure business. But you may wonder if it supports your particular kind of business. Well, do not worry! In this age of information you can find ALL KPIs related to your business activity. It does not matter what kind of business you run (a call center or a logistics company), Balanced Scorecard System will measure performance of your firm. Moreover, you will be able to find out what hampers your business down.</p>
<p>Measurement with Balanced Scorecard System is not like traditional evaluation. Armed with graphs and figures you will be able to solve problems even before they emerge. If you regularly perform evaluation you may compare figures and track changes. Thus, you may take measures as soon as you noticed negative trend in certain KPIs.</p>
<p>Business metrics is widely used at all levels, from top management to ordinary employees who want to test their performance. By the way, use of Balanced Scorecard System positively affects employees since they learn about their problems and imperfections in work. Thus they know what needs to be improved.</p>
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		<title>Business scorecard system is the best performance evaluation tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business is a complex structure with hundreds and sometimes thousands of elements that are interconnected and interrelated. If something is going wrong the entire structure can collapse. It is certainly not easy to run a successful business. Any company, large or small, should always do something to improve performance. More sales, better service, improved call [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Business is a complex structure with hundreds and sometimes thousands of elements that are interconnected and interrelated. If something is going wrong the entire structure can collapse. It is certainly not easy to run a successful business. Any company, large or small, should always do something to improve performance. More sales, better service, improved call center features…these are just a few features that can be improved in thousands of companies all over the world.</p>
<p>But in order to evaluate performance you need to know what exactly should be measured. Should you pay attention to net profit only? Or should you take into account customer satisfaction? The answer is – you should pay attention to ALL factors that directly or indirectly influence business performance. Of course, some of them are primary while others are less important.</p>
<p>Business evaluation is also necessary to plans business activity for future. A company with great problems cannot afford investing money in development. The money will be lost and the company will turn bankrupt. What happens to a person whose illness is untimely cured? He fells pretty sick or dies. The same principle works for business. If business problems are not time solved, they turn into really big troubles for the company.</p>
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<p>With Balanced Scorecard System you can feel sure that the problem of business evaluation is solved. The program is designed in such a way so that it is possible to evaluate individual indicators that show real company performance. For instance, your net profit may directly depend on customer satisfaction or quality of logistics. With business Balanced Scorecard System you will get answers to many of your questions regarding performance of your company.</p>
<p>The abovementioned indicators are known as key performance indicators of KPIs. It is a fact that different businesses have different KPIs. For instance a sales company should pa a special attention to such KPI as revenue per call (if products are sold via phone), while logistics department will try to reduce freight cost per unit or transit time. Everything depends on the business and its specific character.</p>
<p>KPIs may concern any aspect of business. Balanced Scorecard System will present you r evaluation result in such a form so that you will be able to see all weak and strong points in the work of a company.</p>
<p>With Balanced Scorecard System you will be able to measure such things as organization climate and employees loyalty, which at a first glance cannot be evaluated at all.</p>
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		<title>Assessing Your Information System Using the Business Intelligence BSC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Intelligence is a key technology now used by many companies. While some companies still utilize the old and dependable transaction processing systems to gain business information, many companies now prefer the database and application design technology. A wide array of business information is beneficial to companies that cater to competitive markets. Business intelligence is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Business Intelligence is a key technology now used by many companies. While some companies still utilize the old and dependable transaction processing systems to gain business information, many companies now prefer the database and application design technology. A wide array of business information is beneficial to companies that cater to competitive markets. Business intelligence is not limited to gathering information. It includes proper channeling and dissemination of the information, and could even extend to analysis of the data gathered. The business intelligence BSC or balanced scorecard is an extensive guideline of evaluating your business intelligence capabilities and processes.</p>
<p>One of the most important aspects of business intelligence is data gathering. A scorecard will help you determine how effective the system you are employing is in gathering the necessary data for your business. Data gathered by means of the Internet and those coming from documentary research are of equal weight. The scorecard will not only determine how effective the methods you use are, but also how useful the data that you have gathered are.</p>
<p>How you manage the vast wealth of data you have accumulated is another story. Data management is a perspective included in the scorecard because it is important that information should be stored properly and is well protected. The data should be easily accessible by those authorized to view and use them but it should be secure from unauthorized people, too.</p>
<p>ETL is another important aspect graded by the scorecard. ETL is a series of processes in data warehousing. E stands for extracting information from outside sources. T is for transforming data to achieve certain quality that can be applied to your business needs. L is for loading the data into the warehouse which completes the whole cycle. These three processes are very vital in business intelligence.</p>
<p>Production Management and Support is another perspective graded by the scorecard. How your data will be used during production and how it will support management is an end product of business intelligence. Data is gathered for company use and production management and support should benefit from these data.</p>
<p>The scorecard also provides guidelines for rating organizational roles and responsibilities in the business intelligence. The whole process needs manpower. Every aspect is done by humans and those involved in gathering, transforming, loading and managing data should know their responsibilities. Each process should be assigned to different people to ensure efficiency and focus in their given organizational role.</p>
<p>The scorecard also gives premium on project management. Business intelligence is a whole company project in its own right and how the whole process and the staff involved are managed is an essential aspect of its success.</p>
<p>The business intelligence balance scorecard is designed in such a way that the results are easy to understand and interpret. The scorecard is unique in its structure because it will assess how a company’s business intelligence system and data warehousing compares with the best in the industry. It helps you establish IT standards, identifies what kind of data you need to gather, and evaluates the history of business intelligence within your company.</p>
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		<title>The Top Two Business Intelligence Metrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business is always entailed with risks. Not only because there is economic inflation, but also because there is almost no certainty in terms of sales. As everyone knows, there is a lot of competition in business, and one of the key strategies is to apply business intelligence metrics as part of the overall business management [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Business is always entailed with risks. Not only because there is economic inflation, but also because there is almost no certainty in terms of sales. As everyone knows, there is a lot of competition in business, and one of the key strategies is to apply business intelligence metrics as part of the overall business management approach. Business intelligence is not something like spying on competitors. It is a discipline that was founded in 1958.</p>
<p>Business intelligence is nothing more than analytics. People who run businesses should use numbers based on facts to be able to make good decisions. These decisions are actually what will take the business to the next level or advance in its field. Without numbers backing up a decision, everything will be based on assumption instead of objectivity. As such, there is a need to know through metrics if the business solutions and intelligence applied really fits the company. Otherwise, if the very method that is supposed to bring wise decisions is wrong, the entire business can collapse.</p>
<p>Other than analytics, business intelligence is also about technology. Many businesses seem to have been left behind because of poor technological applications. Every business has to keep up with the times. Services become faster with technology and this is a critical issue, especially with competitors around. All of these are translated into numerical data and from these data; the leader of the business can make a decision that is synonymous to success.</p>
<p>However, what data does one need? What metrics need to be measured to find out if the business intelligence approach of one company is right?</p>
<p>First off, there has to be an established baseline. A baseline is a calculation of numerical averages based on certain periods of time. In many Business Process-Outsourcing companies that take customer service calls, Forecasting Data is considered a baseline. People who are in the forecasting department know how many customers will calls (not precisely, but very close to it) based on historical data. Baseline is also a term used in determining the Process Capability of any business process. A process is an activity where inputs are converted into outputs for the end user or the customer. Without a baseline, the metrics of the business intelligence will not have a solid foundation.</p>
<p>The next metric is the business dashboard. This is a file that shows all important numerical figures to the leader—or even to the end users—that will make it easier for them to analyze data. This is as critical and important as the baseline. Just like in a car, a business dashboard is a report or a user interface system that will facilitate faster information dissemination and analysis. Many of this information may not come from the same source, but these numbers or figures will certainly help the user achieve what is desired.</p>
<p>There are many more business intelligence metrics that any company may use other than the ones mentioned earlier. Some may not actually be applicable for all since industries are different in several ways. However, the two mentioned are probably the most important of all.</p>
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