Net Cash Flow

Is ROI King In Evaluating IT Investments? Part 1. Should We Make ...

by William Friend and Olin Thompson ... Companies often establish cash flow improvement thresholds using one of two financial analysis tools: NPV (Net Present Value) tells you how much richer in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/07/research_notes/TU_EV_XWF_07_23_02_1.asp - 14k - 2002-07-23 Summary: IT managers should recognize that cash flow measurements are being increasingly used to evaluate IT investments, even though initial estimates of cash flows from IT projects are often hard to determine because underlying business assumptions can change. IT veterans all know that reconciling IT investment

Intentia Braces For Its Ongoing Roller-Coaster Ride Part 1

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Net revenue in Asia Pacific climbed by 11% as the improvement ... Intentia anticipates positive operating earnings and considerably improved cash flow for the full ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/07/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_07_15_02_1.asp - 23k - 2002-07-15 Summary: Intentia remains solid, with a broad product portfolio footprint and a slight increase in revenue, despite vacillating financial results. The company still needs to do a much better marketing job to achieve stronger global brand recognition well beyond its esoteric industries/geographies stronghold pocke

Way To Go, Ross Systems!

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Operating cash flow was positive for the year at $11.3 million and increased from $10.2 million in the prior year. Net cash and cash equivalents increased to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/10/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_10_23_01_1.asp - 14k - 2001-10-23 Summary: Although Ross Systems today is merely a shadow of a once solid profitable vendor, its embattled management deserves accolades for tenacity and pulling off a third consecutive profitable quarter, thereby remaining in the race.

Cash Management 101

by Leslie Satenstein ... eg, net 30 days). All bank account balances. Loan payments due. Interest payments or term deposits due. The Price of Cash Mismanagement. When cash flow is tight ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/08/research_notes/TU_ER_TS_LS_08_13_08_1.asp - 16k - 2008-08-13 Summary: Cash management is an essential business process all organizations must perform to survive. Though cash management uses automation for much of the “grunt” work, it is human intelligence in the financial decision making that does the rest.

Intentia’s Intents To Be More Fashionable

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Cash flow from in Q2 2001 operating activities improved by SEK 222 million ... Net loss of $0.9 million, attributable mainly to acquisitions of operations in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/09/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_09_19_01_1.asp - 16k - 2001-09-19 Summary: Intentia remains solid, with both a new product portfolio and an increase in license revenue. The company, which is unimpeded by the current economic slump, finally seems to be realizing that it needs to achieve stronger global brand recognition well beyond its esoteric apparel/fashion vertical stronghol

IFS' Tamed Growth + Continued Losses + Increased Competitors' ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and is expected to have a positive effect on costs and cash flow only during the remainder of the year. To that end, the disappointing fact was the net loss of ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/06/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_06_15_01_1.asp - 14k - 2001-06-15 Summary: While IFS has become a notable global competitor as witnessed in the Computerworld IT Company of the Year award in Brazil, it has been showing signs of stalling in the important North American market primarily owing to protracted losses and increased 'lobby talk' campaigns from incumbent mighty vendors.

Epicor Shows Resilience When It Needs It The Most

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... pleased that during the quarter, we generated $6.1 million in cash flow from all sources and showed a profit of $0.01 diluted earnings per share on a net basis ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/08/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_08_30_01_1.asp - 14k - 2001-08-30 Summary: By stemming the tide of hefty losses of past years now amid possibly the most difficult market situation, Epicor might be showing us that 'calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind' and that it remains in the mid-market leadership race.

QAD Seemingly Nearing The Corner

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Reported net income for Q4 2002, however, was $1.0 million compared with $2.4 ... 2002 marked the company's sixth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow, as QAD ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/03/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_03_29_02_1.asp - 25k - 2002-03-28 Summary: Recently reported financial results for fiscal 2002 might indicate QAD is nearing the turnaround point, with improved value proposition and cash situation to spar with the economic slowdown and the fierce competition from the bigger vendors and many of its peers.

Net Woes for NetWare

by C. McNulty ... Novell doesn't yet have the cash flow from next generation products to make up for the fall-off in NetWare sales. Without that onetime ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_CFM_05_22_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-05-22 Summary: Novell warned financial analysts of lower-than-expected revenues for the second quarter of 2000, as sales declined. This doesn’t bode well for NetWare.

Resurrection, Vitality And Perseverance Of Former ERP 'Goners' ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Cash flow before debt service was in excess of $22 million. ... Emerging growth markets Latin America and Asia-Pacific/Japan, where net new customer business ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/03/research_notes/MN_ER_PJ_03_20_03_1.asp - 21k - 2003-03-20 Summary: While an increasing demand for services and incremental purchases of new extended-ERP functionality from existing client base, with a modest ooze of new accounts and even a notable influx of new accounts for distinguished some, may not put the revitalized former ERP losers back on top of the enterprise a