The core of an executive cockpit is not flashy charts, but enabling the boss to understand the company in three minutes every morning.
The core of an executive cockpit is not flashy charts, but enabling the boss to understand the company in three minutes every morning. This article draws on our practical experience serving over 3,000 enterprise clients.
Metric design should be few and accurate: revenue, gross profit, collections, inventory, and workforce efficiency—these five core metrics are enough.
Cockpit data must be generated automatically. Any dashboard that requires manual reporting will not survive more than three months.
Beware of inconsistent metric definitions: if finance and business calculate revenue separately, the cockpit instead creates confusion.
There is no absolute right or wrong in technology selection; the best choice is the one that matches the business stage.