KPI dashboards help teams monitor process health without opening each item. With the right KPIs, you can see bottlenecks, prioritize improvements, and report progress to stakeholders clearly.
Common KPIs
- Completion time by process type and unit.
- Request volume per period (daily, weekly, monthly).
- Revision ratio and the stage most often causing revisions.
- SLA compliance if service targets are defined.
How to read dashboards correctly
- Do not only look at averages; check distribution and outliers.
- Compare equivalent periods (this month vs last month) to avoid seasonal bias.
- Look for correlations: higher volume often drives longer completion time if capacity does not increase.
Make dashboards more actionable
- Define metrics consistently (for example, when time starts counting).
- Segment by unit, request type, and approval stage.
- Add common filters so users can find insights quickly.
- Include recommendations, such as the five slowest processes.
Example improvements from KPI findings
- If revisions are high in verification, improve templates and add completeness checklists.
- If bottlenecks are with a specific approver, consider delegation or routing rules.
- If dashboards are slow, review caching and report query performance.
Use KPI dashboards as a process improvement tool, not just a report. The most value appears when data turns into decisions and cleaner work habits.