In spite of Billions of dollars spent on business intelligence, big data, cloud analytics and predictive analytics, businesses continue to fail, fail to perform or miss their targets. Why???

1. SIMMETHOD
The Missing Link Between Business
Analytics and Performance
Converting Management
Controllable Resources Into 2014
Best In Class Performance
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2. What is a Business Prediction?
• According to Wikipedia a
“Business prediction
means that an outcome is
expected”
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3. Is There A C-Level Missing Link?
• In spite of Billions of dollars spent
on business intelligence, big data,
cloud analytics and predictive
analytics, businesses continue to
fail, fail to perform or miss
their targets. Why???
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4. Why Do Businesses Fail or Fail To Perform?
SIMMETHOD Premise
SIMMETHOD
premise is simple:
Companies fail or fail to
perform primarily due to
internal decision-making
rather than external
circumstances beyond
management control.
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5. The Missing Link Between Business
Analytics and Outcomes
• The link between business
intelligence, predictive analytics,
business risk and performance is
broken and it is
hard for the C-Suite
to prevent what they
do not know
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6. How Do You Improve A Business
Prediction And Outcome?
• How do you improve a Business
prediction to ensure that you can
become Best-in-Class and fend off
current and future competitors
irrespective of the industry
they are coming from?
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7. How Do You Improve A Business
Prediction And Outcome?
• Correlating resources under
management control to
business value creation and
Best In Class performance
across multiple industries
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8. How Do You Improve A Business
Prediction And Outcome?
• Through the analysis of 1000’s of
business and management metrics
SIMMETHOD has identified a strong
correlation between management’s
ability to strategize and execute against
peers and the Best In Class and Best In
Class outcomes
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9. THE SIMMETHOD 2014 Management
Controllable Resources Index
• Converting management
controllable resources into
Best In Class performance in
Technology, HR, Social Media
and Business
Services
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10. From Best In Class Resource Management to
Best In Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The 2014 Leaders in Resource Management
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SIMMETHOD
Management
Controllable
Resources Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy &
Execution
Performance
Predictive Index
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11. From Best In Class Resource Management to
Best In Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The 2014 Leaders in Resource Management
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Correlation between the SIMMETHOD Management Controllable Resources Index and
the SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Resources Index
SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution
Performance Predictive Index
Linear (SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Resources Index)
Linear (SIMMETHOD Strategy &
Execution Performance Predictive
Index)
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12. From Best In Class Resource Management to
Best In Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Top 50% with Positive Index
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SIMMETHOD
Management
Controllable
Resources Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy &
Execution
Performance
Predictive Index
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13. From Best-In-Class Resource Management to
Best In Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Top 50% With Positive Index
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20
25
30
35
40
0 5 10 15 20 25
Correlation between the SIMMETHOD Management Controllable Resources Index and
the SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Resources
Index
SIMMETHOD Strategy &
Execution Performance
Predictive Index
Linear (SIMMETHOD
Management Controllable
Resources Index)
Linear (SIMMETHOD
Strategy & Execution
Performance Predictive
Index)
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14. The Law of Resource Contribution to
Business Strategy and Objectives
According to the SIMMETHOD 7 Laws
of Growth and Value Creation
when the Management
Controllable Resources Index is
negative:
• Every resource contributes to
business cost
• Not every resource contributes to
business strategy and objectives at
Best In Class level
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15. From Best-In-Class Resource Management to Best In
Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Bottom 50% With Negative Index
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-40
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-30
-25
-20
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-10
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0
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10
Amazon
Alliance
IBM
WesternUnion
ThomasCook
Citrix
AutomaticData
NewsCorp
Manpower
Randstad
QuantaComputer
BT
DirectTV
UnitedTechnology
Equifax
Symantec
AT&T
Brambles
TimeWarner
Adecco
EMC
TowersWatson
ComputerSciences
SIMMETHOD
Management
Controllable
Resources
Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy &
Execution
Performance
Predictive
Index
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16. From Best-In-Class Resource Management to Best In
Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Bottom 50% With Negative Index
-45
-40
-35
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
0 5 10 15 20 25
Correlation between the SIMMETHOD Management Controllable Resources Index and
the SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Resources Index
SIMMETHOD Strategy &
Execution Performance
Predictive Index
Linear (SIMMETHOD
Management Controllable
Resources Index)
Linear (SIMMETHOD Strategy
& Execution Performance
Predictive Index)
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17. From Best-In-Class Resource Management to Best In
Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Bottom 50% With Negative Index
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
Fiserv
HP
Atos
Sodexco
Salesforce
Verizoncomm
TimeWarnerCable
CompalElecronics
Adobe
FidelityNationalInformation
AmericanExpress
GrupoTelevisa
Capgemini
Cablevision
Telefonica
Libertyinteractive
Centurylink
Innolux
Comcast
Expedia
VeriskAnalytics
SIMMETHOD
Management
Controllable
Resources
Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy &
Execution
Performance
Predictive Index
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18. From Best-In-Class Resource Management to Best In
Class Strategy/Execution and Outcomes
The Bottom 50% With Negative Index
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Correlation between the SIMMETHOD Management Controllable Resources Index and
the SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Resources Index
SIMMETHOD Strategy &
Execution Performance
Predictive Index
Linear (SIMMETHOD
Management Controllable
Resources Index)
Linear (SIMMETHOD Strategy
& Execution Performance
Predictive Index)
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19. The Road-Map to Best In Class Performance
From 2012 to 2014
What can we learn from the 2012 SIMMETHOD
• Management Controllable Resources Index,
• Minimum Company Business Model Index
and
• Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive
Index
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20. Link between the 2012 SIMMETHOD Management Controllable
Resources, Minimum Company Business Model and Strategy &
Execution Performance Predictive Index
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Apple
Cielo
Priceline
Checkpoint
Google
Terradata
Microsoft
Infosys
Worldfuelserv
SAP
ebay
BMC
Oracle
Tata
amazon
Yahoo
Amadeus
Aggreko
wipro
Vmware
Moodys
Paychex
Cognizant
salesforce
citrix
Accenture
CSC
intuit
autodesk
Dassault
IBM
LinkedIn
SIMMETHOD Management
Controllable Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy/Execution
Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Minimum
Company Business Model
Index

21. Link between the 2012 SIMMETHOD Management Controllable
Resources, Minimum Company Business Model and Strategy &
Execution Performance Predictive Index
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-40
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-20
-10
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10
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AllianceDataSystems
Groupon
RobertHalf
ThomasCook
Dell
ADP
CA
Adecco
ApolloGroup
CGIGroup
Brambles
Libertyinteractive
Gartner
Bunzl
SGS
Forrester
Adobe
CapitaGroup
Tui
Misys
Manpower
Symantec
HP
Sodexo
Fiserv
Experian
FidelityNationalInfo
Randstad
Capgemini
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Controllable Index
SIMMETHOD
Strategy/Execution
Performance Predictive Index
SIMMETHOD Minimum
Company Business Model Index

22. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
• The purpose of the SIMMETHOD
Strategy/Execution Performance Predictive
Index, Reports and Risk/Opportunities Alerts
is not to make a business right or wrong but
rather contribute towards the understanding
of management actions in comparison to
industry’s peers and the SIMMETHOD Best-
In-Class.
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23. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
• SIMMETHOD’s Strategy/Execution
Performance Predictive indices, metrics and
risk/opportunities alerts do not seek to be
exact but rather serve as a conduit to ask
better questions and seek better answers in
the performance improvement, risk
minimization and value creation journey.
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24. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
• Sometimes, the value of a metric in itself
does not provide the greatest of insights, but
valuable actionable knowledge is gained
from its ability to provide a trend or a
common comparison yardstick with other
businesses across a range of industries.
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25. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
• This report is for informational purpose only
and SIMMETHOD shall not be liable for the
contents of the report or risk/opportunities
alerts or for any damage incurred or alleged
to be incurred to any of the businesses
included in the Report as a result of its
content
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26. SIMMETHOD
2014 Industry and Business Trends
• SIMMETHOD’s Strategy & Execution
Performance Predictive Indices and trends
are not deterministic.
• Businesses that act on their SIMMETHOD
leading indicators and risk alerts can improve
their 2014 performance to
Best In Class levels.
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27. SIMMETHOD
Risk and Opportunities Alerts
SIMMETHOD is in the top
1% of most viewed on
Slideshare and has been
“Hot” on LinkedIn,
Twitter and Facebook 49
times.
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28. Jorge Oscar Tabacman
jtabacman@gmail.com
Twitter ID: SIMMETHOD
SIMMETHOD
A new way to measure and predict
the risk and performance of your
business and alert you of new threats
and opportunities
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