Patent ID: 7720795

Claim:
A method for processing business metrics information in a system including a server, and at least one user device and a database communicatively coupled to the server, said method comprising: storing pre-defined users based on a business metric at the database, wherein the business metric is one of a customer-centric metric, a core business metric, and a business function metric, the customer-centric metric including one of customer savings, on-time deliveries, and quality; the core business metric including one of total revenue, variable costs, base costs, cash flow, and net income; and the business metric is relevant to at least one of sales, marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, environmental health and safety, and legal; receiving operating and financial data for a business; processing the operating and financial data to generate business metrics; comparing the business metrics to pre-defined parameters; notifying the pre-defined users when a pre-determined threshold regarding a respective business metric is satisfied; and displaying a status of the business metrics using a plurality of gauges for visually indicating a status of a respective business metric.