Monitoring tools support decision-making
informed leadership supporting business activities In November 2020, we started the Informed Leadership development project, the purpose of which is to combine available data and analytics to support decision-making. Every company is constantly collecting
sions. Monitoring might display informa-
research, and this also holds true when
an enormous amount of data through
tion about safety, finances, efficiency,
it comes to a company’s operational
various means. Quickly structuring
staff and, for example, equipment
activities and management, as current,
collected information into a readable
maintenance.
correct and sufficient information cre-
format and effectively utilising it in the company’s decision making is a vital factor in the company’s efficiency and profitability.
Towards the end of 2020, we were able to specify the project’s scope, schedule,
ates a solid basis for decision-making within a company.
resources, targets and outputs and define user requirements relating to safety.
In November 2020, we launched the
Safety was a natural choice to focus on
Informed Leadership development proj-
for the first part of the project. The com-
ect aimed at putting together financial,
pleted safety monitoring instruments for
production, safety and other information
different interest groups were adopted
by producing clear and easily usable
in March 2021. After this, the project
monitoring tools for different interest
focused on defining user requirements
groups throughout the organisation.
for the purposes of maintenance.
In practice, staff groups are given a
In Finland, 2021 is the Year of Research-
digital desktop tailored to their roles on
Based Knowledge – a theme that fits
JARNO MÄKINEN
which they can find all the monitoring
excellently with our ongoing project. It
information they need to make deci-
is said that there is always demand for
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