A board is important for the proper functioning of all types of industry. Not only does it put all key performance indicators (KPIs) under one general umbrella for easy reference, but it also adds an angle of beauty to otherwise staid data visualization practices. Taking the automobile industry as an example, we can aptly illustrate how a dashboard for the automobile industry would work.

The first point to consider is the KPI’s of the automotive industry, that is, what are the factors that a top management executive would like to follow when analyzing the performance of the company during the period of the year. The most important indicator is income. To represent financials on a chart, we tabulate finances into expenses and income. Within the expenses tab we have different headings such as manufacturing, infrastructure, etc. Within the revenue tab we have headings like total sales broken down into sales by model and revenue from spare parts etc. Once we put all this on a chart, we can aggregate figures from different years and thus the financial aspects of the company are understandable at a glance.

One of the other most important KPIs is employee data. This can be broken down into different headings such as wages, insurance, housing allowance and additionally details such as location, job title and length of time can be inserted as drill down options within the flash charts and maps . Office locations, for example, are data that management would be interested in and this can be adequately illustrated on a flash map with the help of dots that are color coded to represent the type of establishment the company has at that location. in particular.

It is worth mentioning at this point that the board will be divided into different tabs that can have different levels of access according to the most relevant information for the viewer. The main heads will be finance, employees, research and development, marketing, warehousing, customer feedback, and competitor analysis. This data will comprehensively convey the state of the business to any viewer, while maintaining the visual appeal created by flash graphics.