Features

	Custom Suite Builder

Customizable Evaluator suites for greater customer interaction and directed questioning

Building your own Evaluator suite has never been simpler! Prior to discussing your solution's benefits with your customer, you can select those economic arguments that are relevant to the customer and create your version of the software. This allows you to control the sales meeting and arrive at the correct conclusions as quickly as possible.

Multiple suites of economic arguments with different titles can be created to tailor the discussion around different customers' particular needs. These can be hidden or revealed as required.

Full graphing of cash profiles and ROI measures

Although financial decision-maker will require numbers to audit an economic business case, a picture can give the customer a much clearer view of the ROI situation. Customizable line, bar and pie charts are now available of all the important parameters under discussion.

Tender button for delay objection handling - control the sales situation better.

The true cost to the customer of delaying a decision can be presented and entered into the board report. This information can act as an extra incentive for the customer's purchasing department to avoid delaying order sign-off.

Loading, Saving and Importing data from previous versions.

The new version of Shark uses standard windows Loading and Saving methods. This allows you to save your ROI deals as files on your hard disk much like you do when saving a word document. This allows for much greater flexibility and increased collaboration between colleagues, as you can attach these files to e-mails and 'share' deals.

You can import deal sessions from previous versions of Shark by selecting File 'Import from prev version'. This opens the 'old style' file manager, where you simply select the deal you wish to load. Once the deal has been loaded, ensure you save this deal in the new format. In some cases (i.e. when importing from version 2 software) the ROI calculations will need to be recalculated. This is due to improved cash flow profiling introduced in this version of the product.

	Toolbars in Shark

Quick Access Toolbar

You will notice that a quick access toolbar is now available in the top right of the main screen. This tool bar provides quick access to elements of the software most commonly used.

Defer Capital Spend Calculator

The wording on the Defer Capital Spend calculator has changed to make it more intuitive and easier to understand. This is a complex calculator but it has now been broken down into two separate areas - the cost per month of the original purchase plus the interest on that purchase. The sum of the two areas is presented as a benefit for the number of months the original purchase can be delayed as a result of your proposed solution. When importing data from a previous version, remember to check the original result and ensure that the inputs are adjusted such that the business case is still valid.

15 Year Deals

The software now has the ability to appraise deals over a 15 year (180 months) period.

Currency Selection

The currency for the deal can be set using the tools menu. From the tools menu select 'Preferences'. In the preferences window select the currency from the drop-down list or choose 'Custom' to enter a currency that is not listed.

New Thousands Separator Option

There is a new Thousands Separator facility that allows the user to select the type of Thousands Separator to use (either a '.' or a ','). For example:

Italy, France, Spain and Germany use a dot (.) as a Thousands Separator: 123.456,00

UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand use a comma (,) as a Thousands Separator: 123,456.00

The option is located under the Tools Preferences menu. Whichever separator is selected will also automatically feed through to the Board Report, reducing the level of user intervention in formatting the report.

IRR and NPV DCF Audit Facility

Users now have the ability to audit the figures in the NPV and IRR discounted cash flow analysis. This feature allows the users to 'prove' the answer given by the calculation. This can be accessed by clicking on any of the cells in the Discounted Cash Flow window.

Non-Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

The software now provides a 'non-discounted cashflow analysis' for the user. This can be accessed using the 'Tools' menu and selecting the 'Profiler' option.

Tighter Windows integration

The software is now much more tightly integrated with Windows. With full month by month auto profiling and deal recalculation when any element is changed - instantly.

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