NEW SMARTKPIS.COM REPORT RANKS THE TOP FINANCE KPIS OF 2011-2012

Top-KPI-Report-Cover-2011-2012-Finance.jpgMay 22, 2013, Melbourne, Australia – The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) research and education announces the launch of a new report in its 2011-2012 edition of its popular Top 25 series of reports. The series is based on research conducted through www.smartKPIs.com, which contains over 20,000 Key Performance Indicator examples, making it the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented KPIs.

Finances deal with sourcing, budgeting, lending and spending money while also managing their time value and risk attached with the aim of generating high returns. As time passed, finances have turned into a complex science, in order to be able to best respond to the needs of the present business environment. Therefore, the technological progress, the market volatility and the regulatory environment have led to a great change in the traditional instruments used in this field before, shaping thus its evolution.

The “Top 25 Finance KPIs of 2011-2012” report provides insights in the state of Finance KPIs performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs out of the more than 100 KPIs in this category on smartKPIs.com in 2011-2012. In addition to KPI names, the report contains a detailed description of each KPI, as documented in smartKPIs Premium. Finance KPIs are reflective of Finance functions, and are grouped into subcategories, such as Profitability, Financial Stability, Forecasts and Valuation, Liquidity and Asset/Portfolio Management. From these subcategories, in 2011 the most popular were Profitability and Financial Stability. The following five indicators in this functional area enjoyed the greatest number of views:

  1. % Capital acquisition ratio
  2. % Basic earning power ratio (BEP)
  3. % Return on funds employed (ROFE)
  4. # Labor multiplier
  5. # Berry ratio

By discussing the use of KPIs today, presenting the best practice in documenting them and listing the most popular KPIs of 2011, the “Top 25 Finance KPIs of 2011-2012 report is a valuable resource in promoting the informed use of KPIs or refreshing the existing performance measurement and management practice in any organization.

According to Aurel Brudan, The KPI Institute’s CEO, “The Top 25 Finance KPIs of 2011-2012 report is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it provides an overview of how Finance KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team.”

ABOUT SMARTKPIS.COM

http://www.smartkpis.com is the leading online platform for performance management knowledge integration, hosting the largest database of thoroughly documented KPI examples available on the web today. It offers high quality resources and collaboration functionality for the community of members, assisting them in making smart decisions regarding their performance management initiatives. Registration is free and enables research, learning and interaction as part of a growing community of members from over 190 countries and territories.

ABOUT THE KPI INSTITUTE

The KPI Institute is a research, publishing and educational provider specialized in developing better practice in the use of KPIs. It developed the KPI Management Framework and runs five main research programs, dedicated to performance management, the Balanced Scorecard, KPIs, analytics and organizational strategy. Over the last 8 years, The Institute assisted over 5,000 organizations in finding solutions to their KPI needs.

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Cipriana Turcanu, The KPI Institute, Tel: +61 3 9670 2979, Email: [email protected]

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