Steve

Already Have a Dashboard? Here’s Why It Might Still Need Some TLC Got a dashboard already, but it’s not the awesome tool it should be? You’re not alone. While most of what we do is building fresh dashboards from scratch,…

Why this matters for you Ever feel like your business software is holding your data hostage? You know the information is in there somewhere, but it’s just buried so deep in the database that getting it out feels like trying…

Dashboards don’t exactly scream “exciting” at first glance. But in a warehouse, they can be absolute game-changers. They keep the team on track, make the invisible visible, and (most importantly) show exactly where all the hard work is paying off….

Over the years, we’ve worked with many businesses in the construction and project management space, and one common theme stands out.  Many of our construction clients care just as much (if not more) about lead measures: the activities that create…

We hear this question all the time: “We’re thinking of changing systems, should we wait until that’s done before getting a dashboard?” And our answer (almost always) is: Don’t wait. Get the dashboard now. Unless you’re right at the very…

Let’s talk dashboards. Or specifically, why your warehouse dashboard shouldn’t be a carbon copy of your sales dashboard. On the surface, it might seem like a good idea to keep things uniform. Same layout, same numbers, same format across the board….

Putting your numbers up on the wall is what we do! Our dashboards are designed to go on a TV screen, and in this article, we’ll discuss best practices for designing dashboards for displaying on a TV, and how to…

One of our clients operates in both Australia and New Zealand. They had well thought out KPIs, but they only reviewed them once a month. To get their KPIs they had to download CSV files, paste the data into Excel…

How can you measure a KPI when it doesn’t come from a piece of software? We usually get the KPIs on our dashboards from software that updates automatically. This can be Sales from your ERP, Phone calls from your CRM,…

You can have a snapshot of your dashboard(s) emailed to you on a schedule. This can be daily, weekly, monthly, or on the first or last day of a month. Some examples of how our customers use it are: *…

We can now make the text size on graphs larger, perfect for graphs displayed on large screens on your office or warehouse. The only option before now was Small. Now we can make it Medium or Large depending on your…

What is a data warehouse, and when do you need one? There’s many uses for data warehouses but I’m gonna talk about when we need to use them for dashboards 📊. Usually it’s when the software you want to connect…

It’s either expected, or unexpected, I can’t decide which, but this is one of the most common questions I get asked!. My dashboard partner, Klipfolio, addressed this question in a good post recently. I’ve pulled out the summary below, you…

When using Power BI or Klipfolio as a business dashboard these are biggest differences: Klipfolio refreshes your data more often, starting at 1 hour, with 30 minutes, 15 minute and up to the minute data options also available. Power BI…