Providing Unprecedented GPS for Enterprise, Acorn Systems Introduces Operational Performance Simulator™
Posted on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
HOUSTON, TX (April 27, 2010) – Empowering businesses to more accurately forecast in an uncertain economy, profitability and cost management solutions provider Acorn Systems debuts Operational Performance Simulator™ (OPS). Seamlessly connecting operational data with financial planning software, OPS allows managers to create proactive plans that accurately reflect up-to-date, enterprise-wide information for key operational performance drivers.
By instantaneously simulating hypotheticals and drawing upon real-time data to deliver results, OPS allows decision makers to answer "what if" questions about operational changes as they conduct driver-based planning and forecasting. For example, what if 20 percent of a company’s customers switch from phone to web-based orders? What’s the impact on fixed and variable costs? How does this affect labor capacity?
"While businesses have long been able to analyze data to see where they’ve been, they’ve lacked tools for accurately assessing where they are headed. OPS changes the game by offering a unique roadmap that uses a company’s operational data to instantly show the impact of intended changes," said J. Alex Fernandez, President and Chief Operating Officer, Acorn Systems. "OPS will help our clients improve performance and make better informed decisions as it eliminates arbitrary allocations and inconsistent forecasting methodologies."
Designed to simplify processes and eliminate headaches and time while improving accuracy, Acorn OPS draws upon Microsoft Excel 2007 to present a familiar, user-friendly interface. The program is a wizard-driven, add-in component that integrates smoothly with other Acorn programs, such as Acorn Performance Analyzer™.
Acorn’s Operational Performance Simulator:
• Utilizes familiar technology – Microsoft Excel – to enhance ease-of-use and comfort
• Displays key components from a company’s Acorn operational model
• Filters data to highlight the specific slice of business desired for simulation
• Allows users to adjust values in the worksheet by period to see how simulations affect cost totals, costs per time period, driver quantities, capacity utilization and more
• Leverages Excel functions, such as charting, for business analysis and presentations
• Saves simulations for future review and modification
About Acorn Systems
Acorn Systems is a leading provider of profit improvement solutions for growing revenues profitably, reducing costs and improving operational efficiencies. Over the past 12 years, Acorn has delivered profit improvement results for Global 2000 companies in the Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics and Services sectors. Utilizing a trademarked technology and proven methodology, Acorn reveals profit opportunities across the enterprise, including customers, channels, segments, products, vendors, and processes. Acorn’s unique approach enables clients to achieve results in a fraction of the time of traditional approaches, and to make continuous, fact-based decisions to improve their bottom line and Earnings per Share (EPS), yielding over $5 billion in profit improvements and creating billions in new shareholder value.
Contact:
Acorn Systems
Susan Wanek
713-963-9000
swanek@acornsys.com