Second
Quarter, 2001
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| How
to compare yourself to BHP / Coles Myer / Telstra etc. |
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One benefit
of Insight On-the-Web is access to Insight models of selected, publicly-listed
companies, against which you can benchmark your or your
client’s results in the usual Insight manner. Here’s
how to compare your results against BHP’s - in just 5 minutes. Insight
On-the-Web users - use Insight's On-the-Web | Information
Service menu item to download the corporate models. Users
of earlier Insight Versions - you
can download BHP’s 1999 results from our website at
(http//www.atac.com.au/insight_ontheweb.htm)
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Start
Insight and open the BHP model (filename bhp99.fin)
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Open
your own model; (make sure it's NOT in Data Entry mode - click on
the “Data Entry” button if it appears in the middle of the
screen)
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Use
the “Memory | Delta” menu item to show the differences between
your model and those of BHP
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Use
the “View | Du Pont (all)” menu item to display all
fields.
As we
opened your results second, positive numbers show where your
results exceed those of BHP (probably not Revenue; hopefully
Profitability); negative numbers indicate the reverse.
It’s that simple – and of
course this technique can be used to compare any two Insight models;
this year/last year; future
scenario 1/future scenario 2; etc.
Insight On-the-Web users can use
this technique to benchmark against a range of public companies,
and even benchmark the corporates against each other. |
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Insight
On-the-Web Released |
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Since our
last newsletter, Insight On-the-Web Version 7 has been released,
giving you:
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Access
to our web-based information service (to obtain the financial
results of selected public companies)
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The
ability to e-mail models and screen images from within Insight
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A
simple registration system (no more security tokens!)
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Special Offer - $200 off - expires 7th April |
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For
just a short time longer, you can
purchase and download the latest version of Insight from our website
at $200 off the recommended retail price, and also receive a
complimentary copy of the definitive guide to Australasian
wines "Australian and New Zealand Wine Vintages".
It contains 300+ pages and over 1,400 wines; each one ranked by
the author and rated by the winemakers themselves. Yours to
keep even if you return the software!.
Further
details on the offer are at:
http://www.atac.com.au/register.htm
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| Show
your client or your board how to reduce their overdraft by $50,000 |
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If
you could show your client or your board how to reduce their
overdraft by $50,000, what's that worth to them...and to you?
One
common use of Insight's Targeting facility is identify all the options
for meeting an overdraft target. Simply enter
the current financial projections, and if the overdraft isn't what
you'd like it to be, enter the overdraft target you're
after.
You'll
then have all your options displayed - options specific to your
financial projections, and ranked in order of
effectiveness. As you
Mix-and-Match those options you think are achievable, Insight tracks
your progress towards the target and then updates the financial
projections with your selections.
Tutorial #3
in the Insight User's guide will lead you through the process. The
User's Guide can be downloaded from http://www.atac.com.au/insight_ontheweb.htm |
| Easy
modeling for Solution 6 users |
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Did you
know?
If
you're a Solution 6 user, you can transfer
financial data from the MAS module directly into
Insight. If you'd like to know how,
click
here and we’ll provide details. |
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| Survey
on Insight's Web Information Service |
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Here’s your
chance to have Insight Web Information Service deliver what’s useful
to you.
Below we’ve
included several options we’re considering to improve the
service. Your feedback will keep us on the right track.
Selecting
an option will create an e-mail, telling us of your choice.
Feel free to include more detail in the body of the e-mail.
I’d like:
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Don't forget our Special Offer
- $200 off -
expires 7th April, 2001
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