Comments on: Situational Awareness Technology for Logistics Operations http://www.electronic-cash-news.com/2009/situational-awareness-technology-for-logistics-operations/ Your Source for IT Trends & Issues in B2B Commerce: Communications, Integration, Innovation, Supply Chain, Transportation Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mcislog http://www.electronic-cash-news.com/2009/situational-awareness-technology-for-logistics-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-20341 mcislog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:38:16 +0000 http://www.electronic-cash-news.com/2009/situational-awareness-technology-for-logistics-operations/#comment-20341 Roy,<br><br>Thanks for the comments. I'll have to remember the term "spinning baloney". I have always like Green, Yellow, and Red to represent the state against a given metric. The challenge is to identify a metric that really is actionable, and that the decision maker will actually make a decision based on the information. Roy,

Thanks for the comments. I'll have to remember the term “spinning baloney”. I have always like Green, Yellow, and Red to represent the state against a given metric. The challenge is to identify a metric that really is actionable, and that the decision maker will actually make a decision based on the information.

]]> By: royhayward http://www.electronic-cash-news.com/2009/situational-awareness-technology-for-logistics-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-20340 royhayward Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:55:03 +0000 http://www.electronic-cash-news.com/2009/situational-awareness-technology-for-logistics-operations/#comment-20340 The situation that comes about where time and money have been spent by IT to create an information gathering system that is not used by decision makers is all too common. One thing that IT needs to pay attention to is how people are going to use their data or dashboard.<br><br>I had a friend who introduced me to a term called "Spinning Baloney" This was representing progress or states with pretty graphics and animations. If your CFO can log into your invoicing system, and see a tiny plane fly up in the sky when things are good. Fly low in the sky when things get bad and crash when... well when things crash. I bet he is looking every day.<br><br>Not everyone is excited by a spread sheet of numbers. The situation that comes about where time and money have been spent by IT to create an information gathering system that is not used by decision makers is all too common. One thing that IT needs to pay attention to is how people are going to use their data or dashboard.

I had a friend who introduced me to a term called “Spinning Baloney” This was representing progress or states with pretty graphics and animations. If your CFO can log into your invoicing system, and see a tiny plane fly up in the sky when things are good. Fly low in the sky when things get bad and crash when… well when things crash. I bet he is looking every day.

Not everyone is excited by a spread sheet of numbers.

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