dScribe

Harmonized definitions

Clarify key business concepts, KPIs and data definitions

It’s hard to collaborate when you don’t speak the same language:

Reports and KPIs frequently get misinterpreted

Mistakes in data input happen more often

Educating new employees takes a lot more time, and when experience colleagues leave valuable knowledge gets lost

Productivity suffers - ever been in a meeting coming to a stop when someone says “I don't see the same sales amount in my report, why is that”?

Let’s play a game!

In a water distribution company, what is the meaning of a 'leak'?

a hole in a water pipeline

a hole in a water pipeline that is more than 1cm in diameter

a hole in a water pipeline that causes more than 50liters of water to spill per hour

In a shipping company, what is the definition of a 'journey'?

the distance traveled by an employee from and to a specific harbor to get on board a ship

the distance traveled by a ship from his starting point to his destination

the history of how the company was founded and grew to its current status

In an e-commerce company, what is the definition of 'revenue'?

When something is bought in the web shop, it's revenue.

When something is bought and paid for in the web shop, it's revenue.

When a purchase is completed and shipped to the customer, it's considered revenue.

You should be! It's hard to run a business effectively when departments interpret terms differently. To foster collaboration across the org, clear context for every concept is important!

Start clarifying your own definitions today:

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A static list of definitions only gets you so far

quickly outdated

hard to map relations between concepts

difficult to collaborate with different stakeholders

disconnected from how these concepts are actually implemented in various systems or reports

Enter dScribe

An easy way to document definitions across systems, projects and teams

Automatic highlights suggesting reuse of existing definitions

Automatic overview of where a definition is being used or mentioned

Effortless sharing across the organization

Ability to link definitions on input fields to support correct data entry

Every KPI or data definitions correctly explained in its proper context

Easily upload or extract definitions from any file

Success Stories

Harmonized KPI reporting at Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut is a Belgian-Swiss cocoa processor and delicious chocolate manufacturer.

Improving data understanding at Agristo

Agristo is a Belgian food company, specializing in frozen potato products.