The main reason we describe resources so we can organize them, refer to them, and interact with them. Burberry, British luxury goods maker, describes resources so it can reverse declining revenue trends and return to earlier levels of growth despite cooling in the lucrative Asian markets. Angela Ahrendts, the company’s CEO, is dedicated to a strategy of innovation and technology integration into Burberry’s sales and marketing model.
A thoughtfully designed dashboard is an exceptional tool for keeping pulse on business performance, but a poorly designed conglomerate of charts and tables can be a distraction. The article “3 reasons to hate BI dashboards” by Joe McKendrick posted on the business technology news website ZDNet criticizes the current state of corporate dashboards for being poorly organized, not actionable, and not much more useful than they were 20 years ago even with technological advances.