CFO PeerMetrix Shows Finance Chiefs How Their Companies Measure Up.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 Free Online Tool from CFO See Chief Financial Officer. .com Instantly Benchmarks Companies and Their Core Financial Metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. against Any of More Than 7,000 Peers CFO.com has launched the CFO PeerMetrix interactive scorecards, a free online version of the widely read scorecards published in CFO magazine. Financial executives can benchmark A performance test of hardware and/or software. There are various programs that very accurately test the raw power of a single machine, the interaction in a single client/server system (one server/multiple clients) and the transactions per second in a transaction processing system. their company against any of more than 7,000 public companies, using data that's automatically refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. with the latest numbers from company 10-Qs and 10-Ks. "The scorecards are very intuitive and very easy-to-use," says John Goff
John William Goff (January 1 1848 - November 9 1924) was an Irish-born lawyer and judge also noted for his support of Fenian rebel movements. , editor of CFO.com. "Finance execs can use CFO PeerMetrix and immediately find out how their company measures up against its peers." The application, which is also extremely flexible, enables executives to: - Choose from four scorecards: cost management, working capital, optimal cash, or tax efficiency - Select a timeframe: most recent quarter, most recent four quarters, or trailing three-year average - Pick individual companies or examine an entire industry - Fill in numbers for a "new company" to see how it would measure up - Edit the numbers for any company and create multiple "what if" scenarios - Re-sort the scorecards to rank companies according to different measures - Display the scorecards as interactive charts in 2D or 3D format The CFO PeerMetrix interactive scorecards are available without charge at www.cfo.com/peermetrix. About CFO.com CFO.com is a comprehensive online resource center that provides more than 200,000 finance executives with the information and insights that help them excel at Verb 1. excel at - be good at; "She shines at math" shine at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" their demanding jobs. Coverage on CFO.com includes original reporting and analysis on accounting, capital markets, risk management, technology, careers, and more. The site also features proprietary calculators and benchmarking software as well as special reports, buyer's guides, and Web directories. In addition, CFO.com provides complete online editions of CFO magazine as well as selected coverage from CFO Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). and CFO Asia.
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