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Simmethod Presentation Sept 2010
1. SIMMETHOD™Measuring and improving corporate performance since 1990 Competitive Intelligence, Risk Management and profit improvement strategy WWW.SIMMETHOD.COM The way you measure determines your results (Awarded a top 10 innovation prize by the NSW Australian Government in 2008)
2. Business Analytics Market According to Forrester and Gartner’s Research: Barriers to adoption include cost, too much focus on lagging rather than leading indicators, lack of expertise and lack of integration with industry data. Drivers of growth include predictive analytics, link between internal and competitive intelligence industry data, risk management and ability to make sense of silos of unintegrated data.
3. SIMMETHOD Business Analytics Answering the questions of “Why do businesses fail or fail to perform” and “What separates future winners from losers” SIMMETHOD has removed the barriers of cost and focus on lagging rather than leading indicators and has leveraged the levers of growth in a Business Analytics market that grows at over 8%/year based on cost-effective predictive analytics and competitive intelligence industry data as a framework to performance and risk management strategies
7. SIMMETHOD™ Testimonials “At AM Corporation as a direct result of using the SIMMETHOD™ we achieved over $4 million dollars of cost savings”. John Clark, COO, AM Corporation. “The SIMMETHOD™ methodology added real dollars to our bottom line”. Edmund Khalaf, CFO and Group Vice President Randstad (Select Appointments). “The SIMMETHOD™ performance measurement and improvement methodology provided a powerful analytical basis for our decision making process”. David Hendler, Director, Reebok.
8. SIMMETHOD™ Awards and Recommendations Awarded a "Top Ten Innovation Prize" by the NSW Department of Trade, Australia in August 2008. Simply running internal Reports and Business Intelligence is not enough - By companies comparing themselves to industry metrics they can assess 'factually how well they are performing against their competitors and how they need to improve'. This is done via SIMMETHOD's automation of: 1) competitive intelligence correlations and reports, and 2) management performance index benchmarking It simply a brilliant way to assess performance without politics, opinions and interpretations 'about how are we doing' - This a truly powerful methodology that is needed in the marketplace.” Stephen Maloney, SAS California State Representative, July 18, 2010
10. SIMMETHOD™ The Competitive intelligence Performance and Risk Management Database The SIMMETHOD™ database provides a holistic view of a business across industries and facilitates the measurement, management and improvement of its performance. The database, comprising 1,000’s global businesses is analysed, calculated, sorted and grouped into templates, indices and correlations highlighting the metrics of the top performers in each industry. The Competitive Intelligence Business Analytics provide a valuable global benchmark of Best Practices, Business Models, Risk Management Alerts, Predictive Analytics and effectiveness of management’s strategy and execution.
16. A SIMMETHOD™ Subscription Connects your people and your business to Competitive Intelligence Best Practices Analytics you need to improve your performance. Bridges the gap with your industry's top performers. Enables you to receive early warning alerts of market changes that will impact your future performance.