Archive January 31, 2023

Dashboards Don’t Replace Your Eyes

by Francisco A. Barillas, Principal, and Senior Consultant The store was selling 25% less than expected in defiance of the demand planning model so carefully implemented in the business. Executives and managers questioned the validity of their dashboards based on their apparent miscalculations. "How could this be?", "Is the data being fed correctly?", "Check the algorithms!!!". I am a strong advocate for data-based decision-making. That…

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