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No business resource website would be complete without a comprehensive glossary of businesses terms. We’ve compiled a list of terms and their definitions to better help you navigate the sometimes confusing world of business.

Performance Ratio

Posted on 16 October 2009 by admin

Performance Ratio
Gross Profit Margin = (Profit Before Tax / Turnover) * 100
Net Profit Margin = (Profit After Tax / Turnover) * 100
Return on Shareholders Equity = Profit After Tax / Total Shareholders Funds
Current Assets Turnover = Revenue / Current Assets
Fixed Assets Turnover = Revenue / Fixed Assets
Total Assets Turnover = Revenue / Total Assets
Revenue Per Share = Revenue / Issued Shares
Inventory Turnover = Revenue / Inventory

Business Terms in Malaysia for Performance Ratio

Liquidity Ratio

Posted on 16 October 2009 by admin

Liquidity Ratio
Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Acid Test Ratio = (Current Assets – Stock) / Current Liabilities
Interest Coverage = Profit Before Tax / Interest Charge

Business Terms in Malaysia for Liquidity Ratio

Growth Ratio

Posted on 16 October 2009 by admin

Growth Ratio
Annual Revenue Growth Rate (%) = ((Current Year Revenue – Last Year Revenue) * 100) / Last Year Revenue

Annual Profit Growth Rate (%) = ((Current Year Profit – Last Year Profit) * 100) / Last Year Profit

Business Terms in Malaysia for Growth Ratio

Debt Ratio

Posted on 16 October 2009 by admin

Debt Ratio
Debtors Turnover (Days) = (Debtors / Turnover) * 365
Creditors Turnover (Days) = (Creditors / Turnover) * 365
Debt Ratio (%) = (Total Liabilities / Total Assets) * 100
Current Debt To Equity Ratio (%) = (Current Liabilities / Shareholders Fund) * 100
Total Debt To Equity Ratio (%) = (Total Liabilities / Shareholders Fund) * 100

Business Terms in Malaysia for Debt Ratio

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Posted on 15 October 2009 by admin

What is Service Level Agreement? (SLA)
A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a network service provider and a client that specifies, usually in measurable terms, what the service provider’s network services provide. Many Internet service providers (ISP)s provide their customers with a Service Level Agreement. More recently, the information system departments in large companies have embraced the idea of writing a service level agreement for the services to their customers (users in other departments within the company) can be measured, justified, and such time compared with those of outsourcing network providers.

Some indicators that SLA can specify are:
* What percentage of time that services are available
* The number of users that can serve both
* Performance indicators specific to the actual performance will be regularly compared
* The schedule for notification in advance of network changes that may affect users
* Help desk response time for the various classes of problems
* Availability of dial-in access
* Using the statistics provided

Business Terms in Malaysia for Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Certificate of Origin

Posted on 27 August 2009 by admin

Malaysia Certificate of Origin (CO) is a document certifying the country of origin of a particular product. The CO is intended solely to prove the origin of goods to meet the requirements of customs or trade, such as support for the letter of credit. They can also be used as supporting documents for the issuance of COs corresponding authorized by another Chamber of Malaysia Certificate Authority for the Certificate of Origin.

Certificate of Origin Customs
Certificate of Origin is required to enable importing from other countries to take advantage of the preferential tariff law of the country of manufacturers origin, for example. Malaysia. And to be used as supporting documents for the issuance of certificates by another Board approved as well as to meet the needs of commerce as support letters of credit.

Types of Certificate of Origin Endorsement
- Malaysian Manufactured and Processed Products
- Goods for Re-export
- Direct Shipment from a Second Country to a Third Country
- Third Party Endorsements
- Certification of Commercial Invoice and other Shipping Documents
- Certification of other Documents

Business Terms in Malaysia for Certificate of Origin

IMF – International Monetary Fund

Posted on 23 June 2009 by admin

IMF: International Monetary Fund, the organization that industrialized nations have established to reduce trade barriers and stabilize currencies, especially those of less industrialized nations.

Business Terms in Malaysia for IMF – International Monetary Fund

Earnings

Posted on 23 June 2009 by admin

Earnings Definition: a sum of money gained from employment, usually quoted before tax, including extra reward such as fringe benefits, allowances, or incentives. In business, income or profit from a business, quoted gross or net of tax, which may be retained and distributed in part to the shareholders.

Business Terms in Malaysia for Earnings

Back-to-back Loan

Posted on 23 June 2009 by admin

Back-to-back Loan Definition: an arrangement in which two companies in different countries borrow offsetting amounts in each other’s currency and each repays it at a specified future date in its domestic currency. Such a loan, often between a company and its foreign subsidiary, eliminates the risk of loss from exchange rate fluctuations.

Business Terms in Malaysia for Back-to-back Loan

Above The Line

Posted on 23 June 2009 by admin

Above-the-line Definition: In Marketing, relating to marketing expenditure on advertising in media such as press, radio, television, cinema, and the World Wide Web, on which a commission is usually paid to an agency.

Business Terms in Malaysia for Above The Line

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