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Cool is an Expensive Word for Engineers
Not long ago I made a video about Excel-based reporting. You can read it or just watch the video. The best part, the sexy “Only 3-steps required to update the dashboard”, starts at 5:00, and the updated report is shown at 06:15. This is a data-rich, comprehensive report, I call it a Dashboard, and once …
Stop Monthly Reporting Madness
Is this you? Every month you scramble madly to produce your standard reports. There’s so much to do: data collection; the tedious and error-prone poking data into specific cells; tweak the charts to include the new data; check that none of those awful “#####” errors display; then hurry up, Boss wants the reports by the …
Tracking Cost Containment Progress
I hope you have enjoyed my earlier writings about Cost Containment. If you have started working to be recognized in your organization as a Cost Containment leader you should also consider how to track and present your accomplishments. The chart shows concisely the EBITDA impact of Cost Containment efforts.