Business Finance Software

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Business finance software is fast gaining popularity, especially in computerized financial planning systems. At the heart of a computerized financial planning system is a model that specifies the relationships relevant to the firm. A computerized financial planning system helps in preparing proforma financial statements, estimating the requirement of external funds, and calculating a variety of ratios. Such a system naturally offers a number of advantages. Once the model has been developed, the tedium of manual computations is eliminated with the help of business finance software. The circularity problem is easily tackled as the computer can quickly perform the required iterations. Finally, business finance software can be employed very conveniently to perform sensitivity analysis.

Thanks to the above advantages, the computerized financial planning system strengthens the firm's planning ability. However, there is a potential disadvantage associated with it that may be overlooked. The ease that computations can be performed with the help of business finance software and forecasts generated may result in misdirected efforts. A large quantity of low-quality predictions may be churned out creating confusion and on the part of management. Quality may be sacrificed to quantity. To guard against this danger, greater thought should be given to the scenarios evaluated and the quality of analysis when using business finance software.

With electronic data processing, it is possible to handle large amounts of data and to make information available to a large number of people. Thus, one can obtain, analyze and organize timely data quite inexpensively by using business finance software. But it must never be forgotten that data is not necessarily information. Information must inform someone. With the help of business finance software, you can use computer graphics. It can inform visually, displaying important company information. Managers can now quickly display a colored map showing their competitive picture instead of computer printouts for information.

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