AEM has announced it is now including business intelligence (BI) and mapping as standard services for members who are participating in its crane statistics program. These services are in addition to the monthly crane index requested by AEM this year, which was created and published by Systematics, a data processor contracted to collect monthly data, process, and generate output reports for the entire crane statistics program.
Members will now be able to use the analytic tools with domestic and worldwide crane data as part of their monthly service. Organized into 10 dashboards, they are accessible via a free, downloadable Tableau Reader, which is designed to allow members to read proprietary monthly output files created using the tableau business information software. The reader allows provides interactive tools to manipulate the data through the use of tools (such as filters to select or deselect specific data like size class ranges or geographic areas or time periods) provided within the tableau reader.
Dashboards available are:
- Worldwide Total Market
Trend analysis shows an area chart of actual reported shipments for each year. All combinations of attributes may be selected to provide a trend for any region, territory, state, or tonnage sector. In addition, a percentage increase/decrease compares each year to the previous one. - Worldwide Region Analysis
A world map shows the totals by each region with comparison by the month of each year, while a tonnage sector chart shows the breakdown depending on the selected filters. - Worldwide Region Tonnage Sector Analysis
This dashboard shows a breakdown of each tonnage sector comparing the same month for each year available. A percentage difference is also shown. Hovering on each chart point will show a tooltip with further details, including quantity. - Worldwide Region Performance
This dashboard is designed to analyze world trends with all regions selected or for individual region selected, using the filter. Individual tonnage sectors may also be selected.A month by month comparison is also shown with percentage increase/decrease and the totals for each month. - Worldwide Country Performance
This dashboard has the same functionality as Dashboard 2, but allows for further breakdown to destination territory level. - Worldwide Region & Territory Analysis
This dashboard has the same functionality as Dashboard 3, but allows for further breakdown to destination territory level. - Interactive Charts (AEM Crane Statistics Committee only)
This dashboard design allows worksheet interaction between each. Selecting an item on one sheet immediately changes the filter for all the other sheets in the dashboard. - USA by State (AEM Crane Statistics Committee only)
This dashboard shows a map of the U.S. with the quantities shipped to each state. - State Details (AEM Crane Statistics Committee only)
This dashboard shows further detail by state, with a trend by actual shipped quantity and a trend by rolling 12 months, with a breakdown by tonnage sector for the selected filtered items. - Report Interactive
Designed to provide an alternative to the existing Excel and PDF reports, this dashboard also provides the added functionality of being able to filter down to areas of interest. This can also provide a useful accompaniment to any dashboard charts produced, where quantities are also required.
