Leaders do not need more charts. They need to know whether the numbers in front of them describe the same thing the operation believes it is doing.
That is why data work starts with collection, systems, and quality. Pattern identification and statistical analysis only help after records can be trusted. Logical models and reporting tools then give executives a way to see priorities and process-improvement opportunities without assembling spreadsheets by hand.
Cross-system tracing is often the unglamorous step that solves the real problem: a field that means one thing in a plant system and another in finance.
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