It is often believed that a Balanced Scorecard approach is only viable for big corporations that have been in business for years; hence, not many start-up companies are willing to use this tool.
People do not generally believe in something until that something starts changing the world. The road to stardom followed by the Performance Scorecard may have passed unnoticed to many, but we cannot overlook the instances in which the entire world reaps the benefits of its use.
The customer perspective within the Balanced Scorecard – BSC for short, enables organizations to target the market segments in which they have chosen to succeed. Correctly pinpointing the right market segment an organization wants to address helps the same organization develop strategies that maximize outcomes, and, ultimately, financial rewards.
In the past, the customer perspective was not a focal point of the Balanced Scorecard, as companies believed product performance and technology innovation to be the backbones of business success. Nevertheless, customer behavioral trends have gradually emphasized the necessity for understanding what customers need.
In today’s business environment, there has been a global trend towards integrating business processes and company strategies with Enterprise Resource Planning systems.