Data, data everywhere. We are living in a world inundated with data. Every business and organization creates and receives data, constantly. What do we do with these gazillion data?

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Well, a business or organization can transform these data into useful information. Leverage on the information to penetrate green fields, increase the margins, improve the customer’s experience and develop new technology to meet a need in the marketplace.

A linchpin to winning in the marketplace is speed. We are talking about communicating key pieces of information at lighting speed. Our human brains can process visuals 60,000 times faster than text. However, raw data and information are mostly in text form. How can we plug this gap? – Dashboard.

A well designed Dashboard communicates information visually in an accurate and expeditious fashion. Here’s the good news – it doesn’t need burn a hole in your pocket to construct a good Dashboard. Using the most accessible tool in business intelligence today – Microsoft Excel, you can build effective Dashboards!

Stay tuned for more posts on Dashboards. 😉