System for enhancing business performance

US8219440B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Muthulakshmi Bhandari · Bengaluru, IN
• Allison Baines Botros · Independence, US
• Edward H B Giesen · Bilthoven, NL
• Raman Harishankar · Blacklick, US
• Jayashree Jaishankar · Bengaluru, IN
• Ahamed Jalaldeen · Bengaluru, IN
• Ying Tat Leung · Saratoga, US
• Ashish Mungi · Bengaluru, IN
• Siddharth N. Purohit · Allen, US
• Philip G. Rains · Naperville, US
• Jorge L. C. Sanz · Roseville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/067
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system gathers real-time data about an enterprise over a network. A user device displays a dashboard showing a component business model map, a heat map, key performance indicators for components, key performance indicators for the enterprise, and gradients. The business is enhanced by making investments and changes to those operations having large gradients.