The document describes SIMMETHOD, a service that analyzes business performance data to identify industry-agnostic leading indicators and risks. It sets targets for clients against a best-in-class database and issues alerts about performance gaps. The service aims to help businesses minimize uncertainty and outperform competitors by benchmarking across industries. It provides holistic and functional-level indices to identify specific areas for improvement.

1. SIMMETHOD™
Predicts the Performance of Your
Business and Alerts You of new
Risks and Opportunities
The Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts of the
Best-In-Class
Why do some Businesses keep on winning?
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2. The Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
of the Best-In-Class
Why do you need Industry Agnostic Leading
indicators and Risk/Opportunities Alerts?
• In an interdependent Market (like the Planets
in the solar system) your current and future
risk and performance are impacted by an
ecosystem of constantly changing
competitors coming from inside
and outside your Industry.
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3. The Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
of the Best-In-Class
Your ability to measure your strengths and
weaknesses against the Best-In-Class and
Your ability to measure your gap to the Best-
In-Class across a field of current and potential
future competitors from any industry
Will determine your risk, performance
and future opportunities.
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4. Your Gap to SIMMETHOD’s Best-In-Class
Determines Your Risk and Performance
Gap to B-I-C in
your industry
Your original
targets against Your current Gap to
SIMMETHOD position against Competitors in
Database the B-I-C and a range of
industries
competitors
Gap to B-I-C in a
range of
industries
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5. The 4-Phases of the SIMMETHOD™ Continuous
Value Creation and Risk Alerts Process
• Analyze data from 1000’s • Find correlations between
of Enterprises, convert it indices, find the B-I-C
into industry agnostic Enterprises and
indices & setup targets . build a Best-In-Class
against B-I-C database Phase 1: Phase 2: . profile database
Algorithm Identify
based on the B-I-C and
7 Laws build D/base
Phase 4: Phase 3:
Performance
your gap to
& risk alerts.
Updates the B-I-C
• Risk & performance • Identify your
alerts against the B-I-C risk/performance gap to
profiles database & targets. the B-I-C, your peers &
Update strategy/execution your original targets
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6. Minimizing Uncertainty and Risk In
Your Decisions
• Phase 1: Set up your targets against the
SIMMETHOD™ Success Metrics Database
• Phase 2: Calculate Best-In-Class Profiles and
correlations
• Phase 3: Calculate Leading Indicators. What is
Your Gap to the Best-In-Class and your peers?
• Phase 4: Risk and Performance Alerts against
your original targets, your peers and the Best-In-
Class in your industry and a range of industries
to fend-off future competitors.
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7. Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
Based on Industry Agnostic Indices
• From Data to
Industry Agnostic
Strategy/Execution
Performance
Predictive Indices
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8. Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
based on Correlations of Industry
Agnostic Indices
• The ability to calculate composite
indices and leading indicators of
A unique management controllable metrics that
feature of the can be correlated to Business value
SIMMETHOD™ creation in such a way that a high score
algorithm is: on the Index (Leading Indicator) will be
translated into a high degree of
Business value creation.
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9. Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
Based on Correlations of Industry
Agnostic Indices
Example of Complex Events
Leading Indicators and Risk
Alerts as Predictors of Future
Performance
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20
30
50
40
0
Apple
Cielo
Checkpoint
Priceline
Microsoft
Teradata
Google
SAP
BMC
ebay
Oracle
Infosys
Amadeus
Moodys
Paychex
Tata
World fuel serv
Yahoo
Aggreko
citrix
Vmware
CSC
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wipro
Cognizant
autodesk
SIMMETHOD™
Accenture
Dassault
IBM
intuit
salesforce
amazon
Alliance Data Systems
index
Index
Value
Model
Company Business Model and Value Creation
Creation
Business
Company
Example of Correlation between the Minimum
Minimum
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-30
-25
-15
-10
-5
-20
0
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10
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ADP
Groupon
CA
LinkedIn
Robert Half
Apollo Group
Dell
Thomas Cook
Brambles
CGI Group
Adobe
Gartner
Liberty interactive
SGS
Forrester
Adecco
Capita Group
Symantec
Experian
Bunzl
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Misys
Fiserv
SIMMETHOD™
Fidelity National Info
HP
Manpower
Tui
Sodexo
Capgemini
Randstad
index
Index
Value
Model
Company Business Model and Value Creation
Creation
Business
Company
Example of Correlation between the Minimum
Minimum
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12. Your C-Level Holistic Performance
Predictive and Risk Reduction Indices
Value Creation
Index
Strategy/ Execution Minimum
Performance Company Business
Predictive Index Model Index
Management Your C-
Value Chain
Controllable Level Alignment Index
Index Vision
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13. The SIMMETHOD™ Algorithm Calculates the
Following Functional or Divisional Indices
Each SIMMETHOD™ Industry-Agnostic Business
Function Index represents:
• Strengths/weaknesses in a specific area of Your
Business in relation to the Best-In-Class and your
current and future competitors and
• Provides an objective insight into the strength of
Your Business strategy, leadership, ability to
execute, risk profile, business model, efficiency
and competitive advantage.
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14. The SIMMETHOD™ Algorithm calculates the
following Functional or Divisional Indices
Overhead
HR Index
Index
Social Media Assets
index Index
Valuation CEO-Pay
Alignment
Index Index
Your
Functional Profit
Sales Index
Gaps to the Index
B-I-C
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15. From Indices to Leading Indicators
and Risk Alerts
• Measuring the
gap (Leading
Indicators) to the
Best-In-Class and
your peers inside
and outside your
industry
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16. Risk Alerts against the moving
SIMMETHOD™ Database
C-level view or Strategy/Execution
Functional level Index Performance Predictive
within industry Index
Gap type(against B-I-C, Against B-I-C in a Against your
your peers, correlations
or original targets) range of industries peers
Alert type (Trends, top Positive Better than avg.
25%, at risk) Top 25%
trend and Positive trend
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17. Five Types of Leading Indicators and Risk Alerts
set up against the SIMMETHOD™ Database
Best-In-Class in multiple
industries to fend-off against
future competitors or to
Original monitor a new venture Your
targets in industry’s
Phase 1 Best-In-Class
Correlated indices Leading
Your competitors
as predictors of indicators
in multiple
future and alerts industries
performance against
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18. SIMMETHOD™
Example of Risk and Performance Alerts
(HR Functional Level View)
• In the following example the HR
Index is used to show a range of
possible results in the relationship
between the Best-In-Class in your
industry, multiple industries from
where your new competitors are
likely to come from and your peers.
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19. SIMMETHOD™
Key Performance Predictive Questions
• Are the Best-In-Class improving faster
than your Business?
• Are your competitors improving
faster than you?
• Are you confusing a positive trend by
real competitive advantage?
• How long would it take for you to
realize that you have been
outsmarted by competitors coming
from different industries
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20. Example of Risk Alerts Against the
Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class
(Negative Trend)
140
120
100 Your HR Index
80
60
40 B-I-C HR index in
20
your industry
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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21. Example of Risk Alerts Against the
Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class
(Positive Trend but Less than the B-I-C)
140
120
100 Your HR Index
80
60
40 B-I-C HR index in
your industry
20
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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22. Example of Risk Alerts Against the
Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class
(You are Being Outsmarted by Your Peers and
Your Industry’s B-I-C)
140
120
100 Your HR Index
80
B-I-C HR index in your
60 industry
40 Your peers (Competitors)
20
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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23. Example of Risk Alerts Against the Moving
SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class (You are Being
Outsmarted by New competitors from Outside
your Industry)
140
120
100 Your HR Index
80
B-I-C HR index outside
60 your industry
40 B-I-C HR index in your
20 industry
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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24. SIMMETHOD™
Example of Risk and Performance Alerts (C-
Level Holistic View and Drill Down to the
Specific Performance Problems)
The following example shows a C-
Level Holistic View of a Business
and the drill-down showing the
specific areas of the Business
from where the low performance
and risk is coming from.
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25. SIMMETHOD™
Key performance Predictive Questions
• What are your strengths and weaknesses
in each area of your Business in relation to
your peers?
• Are your sales/overheads/HR improving at
the same rate as your profits?
• What is the contribution of your Social
Media budget to your profits?
• How good do you have to be in each area
of your Business to become Best-In-Class?
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26. Example of “C-Level View” Risk Alerts
Against the Moving SIMMETHOD™
Best-In-Class and Your Peers
140
120 Your Strategy/Execution
Performance Predictive
100 index (S/EPPI)
80 Your peers' S/EPPI
60
40
Your Industry's Best-In-
20 Class S/EPPI
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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27. Example of “Sales” Risk Alerts Against the
Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class and
Your Peers (Best-In-Class Sales but Poor
Performance. Why?
160
140
120 Your Sales Index
100
80 Your peers' Sales
60 Index
40
Your Industry's Best-
20
In-Class Sales Index
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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28. Example of “HR” Risk Alerts Against the Moving
SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class and Your Peers
(Positive but Not Enough to Become B-I-C or
Outsmart Your Competitors )
140
120
YourHR Index
100
80
Your peers' HR Index
60
40
Your Industry's Best-
20
In-Class HR Index
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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29. Example of “Profit” Risk Alerts Against the
Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class and
Your Peers (Is your Business Model or
Inefficiencies Eating Away Your Profits?
140
120 Your Profit
100
80
Your peers' Profit
60
40
20 Your Industry's Best-
0 In-Class Profit Index
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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30. Example of “Overheads” Risk Alerts
Against the Moving SIMMETHOD™
Best-In-Class and Your Peers
140
120 Your Overheads
Index
100
80 Your peers'
60 Overhead Index
40
Your Industry's Best-
20 In-Class Overhead
Index
0
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
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31. Example of “Social Media” Risk Alerts Against
the Moving SIMMETHOD™ Best-In-Class and
Your Peers (Are you unlocking Best-In-Class
Value from Your Social Media Followers?)
140
Your Social Media
120 Index
100
80 Your peers' Social
60 Media Index
40
20 Your Industry's Best-
0 In-Class Social Media
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Index
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32. Conclusion from the Example (C-Level Holistic View
and Drill Down to Specific Performance Problems)
The C-Level Performance Predictive Index
highlighted a holistic Business weakness
against peers and the Best-In-Class
Although the Sales Index was B-I-C and
the HR Index was positive, the Profit
and HR indices showed weaknesses
The Social Media Index was below
peers and the Best-In-Class
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33. Examples of Targets And Risk Alerts
Against the SIMMETHOD™ Database
Examples of targets set up against the
moving SIMMETHOD™ Global Success
Metrics Database and Alerts:
• Top 25% Strategy/Execution Performance
Predictive Index position in your Business
Sector and Top 50% position in a range of
Industries.
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34. Examples of Targets And Risk Alerts
Against the SIMMETHOD™ Database
• Top 25% HR, Cash and Social Media Index in
Your Business Sector.
• Above Median Management Controllable Index
in Your industry and every industry.
• Value Creation Index growing faster than Your
competitors in Your industry.
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35. Jorge Oscar Tabacman
jtabacman@gmail.com
Twitter ID: SIMMETHOD
SIMMETHOD™
Predicts the Performance of Your
Business and Alerts You of new
Threats and Opportunities from
inside and outside your industry
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