A DCS system has adequate features that collect data from the process and disseminate the information in a way that enhances understanding of the productivity metrics.

How can companies expect to achieve the commonly touted understanding of "bottom lines" such as profitability, productivity, and growth wthout an inspired effort and broadly visible metrics?

Predictably, the productivity studies proved wildly inaccurate, but not before the metrics were widely used by a management body eager to account for the value of each individual's abilities.