The document discusses Microsoft's performance according to the SIMMETHOD Strategy and Execution Performance Predictive Index. It finds that Microsoft's index is within the top 25% and its resource management is above best-in-class levels. However, its cash/debt index and overhead index are not keeping pace with best-in-class benchmarks. While sales per employee and profit per employee are higher than peers, value per employee has trended downward and not kept up with best-in-class standards.

1. SIMMETHOD Crowd Competitive Intelligence, C-Level Analytics and Risk Alerts
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3. SIMMETHOD
•Is Microsoft’s future risk and performance predictable based on the SIMMETHOD Strategy and Execution Performance Predictive Index and C-level risk and opportunities alerts?
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4. The Way We Measure Corporate Risk and Performance Is Broken
Why do Businesses fail or fail to perform?
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5. The CEO Lament in the Business Analytics Market
•We did not see it coming. All my products and data analytics pointed North while my business as a whole (in comparison to new competitors and the Best In Class in multiple industries) pointed South.
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6. SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution
Performance Predictive Index
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How to holistically
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7. The SIMMETHOD Algorithm
SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
Crowd analytics and C-level management sensors C-level strategy & execution competitive intelligence analytics
Business model and management effectiveness analytics
Management’s ability to strategize & execute against competitors and the Best In Class
Industry agnostic risk and opportunity alerts
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8. SIMMETHOD’s Algorithm Path to Best In Class performance
•Operational and financial data is converted to industry agnostic strategy & execution, risk and performance indices using the 7 Laws of Growth, Best Practices and Value Creation as a framework and C-level crowd analytics
Convert data into industry- agnostic indices using SIMMETHOD’s 7 Laws framework and crowd analytics algorithms
•Strategy & execution performance predictive indices are used to select Best In Class companies across a range of industries within the SIMMETHOD business league table
Select Best In Class in business league table
•Best In Class profiles with specific ratios, trends, gaps and risk alerts to highlight the most cost effective path to Best In Class performance and fend off current and future competitors.
Calculate C-level Best In Class profiles and risk and opportunity alerts
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9. SIMMETHOD Strategy and Execution Performance Predictive Index
•What is Microsoft’s position within the 2014 SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index Business League Table?
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10. SIMMETHOD’s C-Level Trends 2012-2014 Microsoft and the Best-In-Class
The following C-Level indices show Microsoft’s ability to:
•Strategize and execute against the SIMMETHOD Best-In-Class,
•Compete against the Best-In-Class, current and future competitors
and are leading indicators of future business opportunities, risk and performance.
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Microsoft Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index is within the top 25%

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15. SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
Microsoft’s 2012 to 2014 trend across the indices of the SIMMETHOD Best In Class showing:
•Competitive strengths,
•Competitive weaknesses,
•Industry agnostic Risk alerts and
•Opportunities for improvement in order to become Best In Class across a range of industries and fend off current and future competitors
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16. SIMMETHOD 2012 to 2014 Business and Industry Trends
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18. SIMMETHOD Your trend versus the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
Your level of risk increases if and when:
•Your data points North and your SIMMETHOD indices point South, or
•The gap between your indices and the SIMMETHOD Best In Class indices is widening, or
•Your SIMMETHOD composite indices are not supported by your management controllable indices.
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19. SIMMETHOD’s C-Level Trends 2012-2014 Microsoft and the Best-In-Class
•When the Best-In-Class and your SIMMETHOD C-Level indices are moving in opposite directions, your ability to compete weakens in proportion to your widening gap to the Best-In-Class.
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20. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Microsoft bested the 2014 Best In Class average Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index

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Microsoft’s resource management at above Best In Class level

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Value creation Index at Best in Class level and trending up

26. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Microsoft’s Cash/Debt Index is not keeping pace with the SIMMETHOD Best In Class

28. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Microsoft Sales Index continues to outperform the SIMMETHOD average Best In Class Sales Index

30. Is there a disconnect between your raw data and your SIMMETHOD indices?
•When your raw data (such as your overheads) is improving and your corresponding SIMMETHOD Overhead Index is trending down, your level of risk is increasing. Why?
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31. Is there a disconnect between your raw data and your SIMMETHOD indices? Unlike raw data, the SIMMETHOD indices are a holistic measure of your risk and performance:
in relation to your peers and the SIMMETHOD industry agnostic Best In Class and
The SIMMETHOD algorithms include crowd- analytics and C-level management sensors linked to risk and performance alerts
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32. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Although trending up, Microsoft Overheads Index is not unlocking as much value as SIMMETHOD’s Best In Class

33. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Bridging the gap to SIMMETHOD’s Best in Class Overheads Index is an opportunity for improvement

34. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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35. SIMMETHOD Trends against the SIMMETHOD Best In Class
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Microsoft’s HR Index continues to outperform the SIMMETHOD Best in Class

36. Microsoft’s 2013-2014 Gap to the SIMMETHOD Best In Class Profile
•Is Microsoft’s gap to the SIMMETHOD Best In Class profile narrowing or widening?
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37. Is there a disconnect between your SIMMETHOD indices and your gap to the Best In Class profile?
•When your SIMMETHOD indices are trending up and your gap to the SIMMETHOD Best In Class profile is widening, your C-Level sensors are presenting you with specific risk and opportunity alerts. Why?
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38. Is there a disconnect between your SIMMETHOD indices and your gap to the Best In Class profile?
Unlike your SIMMETHOD indices that holistically measure your strategy/execution or competitive position within a business league table, your gap to the Best In Class profiles provides a:
A specific C-Level ratio by ratio path to a moving Best In Class performance and risk management profile or your pre-established targets
Risk and opportunities alerts that can be acted upon to reduce the gap to the Best In Class, improve your performance , competitive advantage and reduce your risk level
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39. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2013 Best In Class Profile
Microsoft 2013 sales/employee are 1.7x higher than the SIMMETHOD B-I-C average
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40. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2014 Best In Class Profile
Microsoft 2014 sales/employee are 1.6x higher than the SIMMETHOD B-I-C average
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41. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2013 Best In Class Profile
Microsoft 2013 profit/employee is 1.45x higher than the SIMMETHOD B-I-C average
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42. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2014 Best In Class Profile
Microsoft 2014 profit/employee is 1.7x higher than the SIMMETHOD B-I-C average
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43. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2013 Best In Class Profile
Microsoft 2013 value/employee is 1.05x higher than the SIMMETHOD B-I-C average
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44. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2014 Best In Class Profile
SIMMETHOD’s 2014 B-I-C average value per employee is 1.1x higher than Microsoft
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45. Microsoft and the SIMMETHOD 2013-2014 Best In Class Profile
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Better and lower than the SIMMETHOD Best in Class profile

46. Microsoft Gap to the SIMMETHOD Best In Class 2013 to 2014
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Crowd-analytics embedded in SIMMETHOD’s risk profiles is highlighting that value per employee is trending down and that has not kept pace with the SIMMETHOD Best In Class

47. SIMMETHOD Crowd-Competitive Intelligence
Crowd-Competitive Intelligence showing:
•Your strengths,
•Your weaknesses and
•Your ability to compete with existing businesses and potential new competitors with new business models, cost structures, distribution channels and products.
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48. SIMMETHOD Competitive Intelligence Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
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49. SIMMETHOD Competitive Intelligence Value Creation Index
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Microsoft Value Creation Index vs. peers and the B-I-C

50. SIMMETHOD Competitive Intelligence Management Controllable Resources Index
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Microsoft’s ability to leverage resources to create business value above B-I-C level

51. SIMMETHOD Competitive Intelligence
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52. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
•The purpose of the SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index and risk and 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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53. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
•SIMMETHOD’s Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index and risk and 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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54. 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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55. SIMMETHOD’s Disclaimer
•This Presentation is for informational purpose only and SIMMETHOD shall not be liable for the contents of the Presentation or for any damage incurred or alleged to be incurred to any of the businesses included in the Presentation as a result of its content.
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56. SIMMETHOD Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Index
In summary, are the:
•Strategy & Execution Performance Predictive Indices,
•Risk and opportunity alerts and
•7 Laws of Growth and Value Creation good leading indicators of Microsoft's threats, opportunities, risk and performance?
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57. Microsoft’s 2014 SIMMETHOD Risk and Performance Summary Table
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58. The SIMMETHOD Algorithm and the 7 Laws of Growth and Value Creation
SIMMETHOD 7 Laws
Integration/alignment Crowd analytics inside/outside your industry Growth & value creation
Resource contribution to objectives
C-level Predictive performance & risk
Averages & positive trends
Minimum company /business model
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59. 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 performance and risk levels to Best In Class levels.
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60. 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 50 times.
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61. 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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