How had analytics developed in the years up to 1914?
The railroad companies in the US were some of the first to tabulate data in annual reports
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Prior to this, the figures tended to appear in the paragraphs themselves. This was deemed impractical as it was hard to interpret the numbers:
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By the end of the 19th century, people were progressing to charting. The chart below is claimed to be the first chart used in managerial reports. It’s from the mid 1880s:
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Sources for this post: Control Through Communication, JoAnne Yeates
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