{"id":2393,"date":"2020-11-03T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:14:02","slug":"what-are-business-dashboards-and-why-do-we-need-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/11\/03\/what-are-business-dashboards-and-why-do-we-need-them\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Business Dashboards and Why do we Need Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2393\" class=\"elementor elementor-2393\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b99133d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b99133d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-768b65b\" data-id=\"768b65b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19490fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19490fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Data inundates our lives in practically every aspect, especially on a business level and has been classified<br \/>as &#8216;The New Oil&#8217; of the Digital Economy. Therefore, knowing how to manage your company data is<br \/>becoming more and more important. Businesses may have tools with which to extract their data as well<br \/>as key performance indicators (KPI) they\u2019re striving to achieve. Internationally, organisations are<br \/>searching for simple ways to report on their KPI\u2019s and more importantly to communicate this in a<br \/>transparent manner that can best guide the business.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/>So then, how do we use data to drive the relevant actions that will help to achieve the business KPI\u2019s?<br \/>One of the most effective and well-known strategies is implementing business dashboards. Similarly, to<br \/>the dashboard in your vehicle, a business dashboard is a customisable information management tool<br \/>that visually tracks, analyses and displays KPI\u2019s, metrics and key data points in real time. A dashboard<br \/>enables one to monitor the health of a business, department or specific process.<br \/>A <a href=\"http:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/index.php\/services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business dashboard<\/a> places one in the driving seat of their business!<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"wp-image-2386 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-scaled-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bidashboards.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CarDashboard-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data inundates our lives in practically every aspect, especially on a business level and has been classifiedas &#8216;The New Oil&#8217; of the Digital Economy. 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