Patent ID: 7386466

Claim:
A system for providing real-time benchmarking information relating to the performance of a business enterprise, comprising: a memory device for storing a data structure including a plurality of first assumed variables that have an influence on a non-financial value stream of the business enterprise and including a plurality of second assumed variables that have an influence on a financial value stream of the business enterprise; a calculation engine for determining a first outcome of the non-financial value stream of the business enterprise based upon events characterized by the first assumed variables, the first outcome influencing at least one of the second assumed variables and for determining a first present value of the financial value stream of the business enterprise based upon the first outcome and based upon the second assumed variables, wherein the calculation engine repeatedly determines a series of updated outcomes of the non-financial value stream of the business enterprise and a series of updated present values of the financial value stream of the business enterprise based upon any assumed variables in the data structure including any assumed variables that have changed in response to the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more events; an outcome display module for selecting outcome display reporting parameters for generating reports from information stored in the memory device, the outcome display reporting parameters being associated with certain ones of the first and second assumed variables stored in the memory device; a filter coupled with the calculation engine for selecting those certain ones of the first and second assumed variables from the memory device to be delivered to the calculation engine; and a benchmarking module for providing benchmarking information in real-time relating to the comparable performance of a particular business enterprise with other business enterprises.