ADERANT Delivers Opportunity Calculator Giving Executives a Solution for Analyzing Profitability and Pricing of New Business Opportunities.

ATLANTA -- Opportunity Calculator Empowers Decision Makers to Make Smarter Decisions on New Matter Intake to Optimize Profitability and Client Satisfaction

ADERANT, a global provider of business and financial management software for professional services organizations, today announced that it is shipping Opportunity Calculator, a new application that enables law firms to accurately predict the profitability of new business. Opportunity Calculator, a component of the ADERANT Business Intelligence Suite, enables partners to establish pricing for new opportunities by factoring in billing rates, rate schedules, resources assigned, discount scenarios or other profitability indicators. Based on Microsoft .NET technology, this browser-enabled application can easily be launched from the executive desktop through Microsoft Outlook or the firm intranet.

Through an intuitive browser interface executives can run various "what if" scenarios for new matters and other significant business opportunities such as mergers and acquisitions. Analyzing different scenarios aids in business development decisions and ensures that all new opportunities support firm thresholds for revenue and profitability. Opportunity Calculator also allows partners to determine the optimal staffing for new business opportunities in order to gain maximum efficiency, profitability and client satisfaction.

Leveraging pre-defined best practices, Opportunity Calculator sets up standardized processes for evaluating and pricing new business opportunities. By calculating the cost of each timekeeper assigned to a matter and comparing it with the expected revenue, partners can more effectively price and staff matters to ensure they will maximize firm profitability. In addition, firms can use the KPI (Key Performance Indicator) feature of Opportunity Calculator to define, monitor and enforce performance thresholds for all new business.

"Opportunity Calculator continues our focus on providing tools for the executive desktop, empowering partners and decision makers to maximize their contribution to the bottom line," said Don Howren, senior vice president of global marketing at ADERANT. "Firms can now predetermine and predict acceptable profit margin scenarios to ensure those margins are being achieved."

Opportunity Calculator standardizes the staffing and pricing process for new business. Using the intuitive interface and single screen design, partners can quickly review pricing and staffing options including firm-defined rate schedules and discount scenarios. Opportunity Calculator supports both ADERANT and competitor practice management systems and can load timekeepers' cost rates based on historical, budgeted and forecasted data.

ADERANT's newest addition to its Business Intelligence suite offers the greatest financial benefit when used in conjunction with other ADERANT BI applications, such as Budgeting, Profitability and Analytics. Opportunity Calculator can also be seamlessly integrated into a firm's matter intake process, supporting the firm's ability to quickly and accurately review the financial impact of strategic initiatives and adapt to changing business conditions. These key capabilities create a more predictive business environment and enable firms to achieve financial objectives.

About ADERANT

ADERANT, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a leading provider of software for services organizations. The global software company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, consisting of financial, resource and practice management software that enables services organizations of all sizes to maximize operational efficiencies. ADERANT provides solutions to the world's largest and most prominent service organizations - including American Express, Deloitte Consulting, KPMG LLP, Skadden Arps and Winston & Strawn. ADERANT also has offices in Asia Pacific and Europe. More information about ADERANT is available at www.aderant.com.

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