New business performance management tool suite by UNIDO
New major upgrade of business performance management tools for entrepreneurs and executives was released by GOLEM. The set integrates all UNIDO software products Pharos, Produce-Plus and FIT for strategic and production management of industrial enterprises and supports application of continuous improvement methodology, practices and benchmarking based on information technology tools. The software products include Pharos - Business Navigator, advanced data export/import module for Pharos, Produce Plus including data entry, data management and graph modules as well as Financial Improvement Toolkit (FIT). The advanced export-import module significantly enhances Pharos applications by providing data import and export support from almost any database and file format including such as Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, Paradox, Lotus, Dbase, Quattro, HTML, XML, SQL, etc. The feature facilitates optional integration with some third party software which may exist at the enterprises such as accounting, production planning & monitoring, quality management and others. In addition it provides effective and powerful facility for developing business plans, scenarios as well as various decision simulations and educational business gaming applications. The Produce Plus software includes data entry and management module and business performance graph module. It allows enterprise management monitoring, controlling and evaluating company production performance in detail as well as quickly and easy viewing of the current status of a business. The Financial Improvement Toolkit supports management and entrepreneurs as well as company investors in analysis of business performance over several business years. The comprehensive set of relevant introductory and reference materials was added to CD-ROM along with the UNIDO software. It includes introduction into business performance management concepts, introduction into enterprise performance management based on Pharos, production performance management with Produce Plus and strategic business monitoring with FIT as well as relevant roadmaps, data entry, benchmarking, reporting, training course outlines, support for PC beginners. The complete package with extensive complementary information provides for effective support to participants of the Training Programmes for SME being in implementation in 2004. It facilitates learning of best continuous improvement practices and establishment of new culture of business management becoming increasingly important in this world of growing complexity and globalization. | 
