Why an Intuitive ERP Dashboard Is Essential?

Your ERP dashboard functions like the dashboard of your car. There are very complex processes taking place under the hood, but on the dashboard, you will see only simple graphical representations of those processes that are depicted in a visually intuitive way. The processes are represented by metrics and these metrics are displayed visually on the dashboard. You don’t have to understand every single process that is taking place. You only need to know the most important processes that affect the health of your car in the case of your car’s dashboard and the health of your company in the case of your ERP system.


  • What Will You See on the ERP Dashboard?
As already explained above, an ERP dashboard displays simple graphical representations of all processes that take place in your company’s ERP system. Their graphical representations include charts and graphs that summarize everything that happens in all departments in your company. To make these graphical representations visually intuitive, they are color-coded. This color-based coding allows the audience to understand immediately the summary without having to read anything. It is considered the most intuitive way to present graphical data because most people are innately visual learners.
  • Who Will Benefit the Most from an Intuitive ERP Dashboard?
Every stakeholder will reap a lot of benefits from using an intuitive ERP dashboard. The company’s managers and directors can monitor how the business is running and how healthy it is quickly and accurately. As a result, they can make business decisions more quickly and strategically. The staff of every department in the company will also benefit from an intuitive dashboard. When they can understand the ERP data easily and quickly, they can focus on improving their performance in carrying out their jobs. Ultimately, the company will benefit from an intuitive dashboard due to improved efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
  • How to Design an Intuitive ERP Dashboard?
A visually intuitive ERP dashboard doesn’t grow overnight. Despite its simplicity, its design actually develops from a long and comprehensive assessment of business activities. Remember that to maintain the brief, simple, and intuitive interface of the dashboard, all activities must be summarized so that the data that show on the dashboard are the most essential data that determine the business’s overall health.
Different businesses obviously work in a very different way. There are general activities that are considered essential for all businesses; however, there are also more specific activities that are considered essential only for some businesses. Certain activities might be important for particular businesses, but they may be not for others. Warehousing might be important for a shipping company, but for a retailer, sales which lead to profit might be considered more important. The design of an ERP dashboard should pay attention to the priority of tasks and activities that are essential for the business’s survival.
The design of the ERP dashboard should also help solve many problems that every department in a company faces. A discussion between the company executives, the staff of every department, and the ERP software developer should be able to reveal the most painful problems that every department faces so that the developer can get enough clues to determine the most important metrics to be included in the dashboard.

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