While they have their limitations for well over a hundredyears we have used a number of core financial ratios to analyzebusiness. While these can be easily created with some simple mathfrom core financial statements there are many front-endapplication systems that also do that work for you and can presentthe information in a dashboard style to managers.Comment on these applications: would you create your own? Usingwhat? What commercial systems are out there? Have any experiencewith them? Can you contribute to the class by researching some ofthem?