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Business Information Manager (BIM)

IT liaison with the business

Business Objects (BO)

Software used for reporting, querying, and analyzing data from databases and other data
sources. Reporting tool used to report data from transactional applications (Oracle E-
Business Suite).

C

CAM

Abbreviation used for Cambridge

Candidate Identification Process (CIP)

Process by which talent is identified

Capital Expenditure

Spending to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as buildings and machinery. To
capitalize is to charge an expenditure to an asset account because it benefits a period in
excess of one year. Also called capital spending or capital expense.

Capital Structure

How a firm finances its overall operations through equity, debt, or hybrid securities

Case Report Form (CRF)

A document designed to record all of the protocol-required information to be reported to the
sponsor on each trial subject participating in a clinical trial

Cash Flow

A measure of a company's financial health. It is equal to cash receipts minus cash payments
over a given period of time. Also called cash earnings.

Cash From Operations (CFO)

A measure of the amount of cash generated by a company's normal business operations.
Calculated by adjusting net income for items such as depreciation, changes to accounts
receivable and changes in inventory. (aka Operating Cash Flow)