The business risks of climate change: Where technology and nature meet
Analyzing climate change business risk helps companies choose the most effective actions.
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Preview of Foresight #61 (2021:Q2)
Following is Editor Len Tashman's preview of the new issue of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Jonathon Karelse, author of the lead story, will be presenting in the Practitioner Track of the International Symposium on Forecasting (June 27-30). Preview of Foresight #61 (2021:Q2) For many years, we’ve identified
Climate risk: What is it and why is it important?
In 2020 alone, the global losses from natural disasters amounted to a staggering US$210 billion! This is just short of the 2020 GDP of Portugal, or a little more than twice the market cap of HSBC, Europe’s largest bank. The causes of these huge losses include drought-fuelled wildfires, severe floods
“SAS is extremely proud of its history and role it continues to play in the life science industry.”
Collaboration in the cloud is definitely the next big thing from my perspective for life sciences organisations.
How analytics can improve vaccine distribution and administration
The management of the COVID-19 vaccination program is one of the most complex tasks in modern history. Even without the added complications of administering the vaccine during a pandemic, the race to vaccinate the populations who need it most all while maintaining the necessary cold-storage protocols, meeting double dose requirements,
Hospital inventory management: The data doesn’t lie
When a medical emergency strikes, can you be certain where your ventilators are? When lives are at stake, delays become deadly. Hospital administrators and clinicians are under enormous pressure to properly track vital equipment so they can easily find it. Yet ageing hospital systems aren’t always up to the task.
Connect your IoT-dots backwards
The infinite game-changer to monetize your analytics opportunities Does your factory still belong to the minor 11 percent saying that 5G is not on your radar? This means your factory is not planning to realize benefits from use cases like remote predictive maintenance, time-critical process optimization, automated visual quality inspection,
Fools rush in … trends and predictions for 2021
COVID-19 has upset nearly every prediction and business plan for 2020 across the planet. Making predictions for 2021 may seem like a fool’s errand at this point, but many trends and consequences are already obvious and emerging from the global pandemic. The last global pandemic of this magnitude, the Spanish
Why Venue Optimization is Critical and How It Works
A year ago we could not imagine stadiums being empty during the most exciting sports events, but it is a common sight now. The entertainment sector is one of the hardest hit sectors because of the COVID-19 pandemic [1]. Social distancing requirements made it impossible to have viewers in stadiums
Accelerate open source forecasting with SAS (part 2 of 3)
Here is the second installment of the 3-part series by guest bloggers Jessica Curtis and Andrea Moore. (If you missed it, here is Part 1.) THE VALUE SAS DELIVERS TO OPEN SOURCE First and foremost, SAS distributes the input data for forecasting. SAS knows how to split up data intelligently
3 ways SAS is modernizing its marketing technology – and the customer experience
SAS is on a marketing transformation mission. One that has targeting and personalization at the forefront. One that looks at customer journeys from a true omnichannel perspective – not through each of the channels in which we're executing. We’re bringing in brand, demand and engagement with the customer at the center
3 facteurs à considérer lors du choix d'une solution Retail de planification et d'optimisation
Si vous travaillez dans le retail et que vous cherchez à mettre en œuvre, ou à remplacer vos solutions de planification ou d'optimisation, vous avez trois options : Développer une solution en interne Acquérir une solution tierce « best-of-breed » Utiliser une plateforme analytique qui peut s’adapter à vos processus
For a more resilient future, organizations will need analytics
By Sarah Gates, Analytics Platform Strategist at SAS, and Olivier Penel, Data & Analytics Strategic Adviser at SAS Today, organizations of all types are having to change their perspective – of how to do business, of how to collaborate with remote employees, of how to best engage with customers and
Risk to reward: Risk assessment for competitive advantage
The more information they have to learn from, the better. Naturally, this will not allow you to predict global pandemics or financial collapses.
How Analytics Enhances Sustainability in Agriculture
Analytics can help to surface broad macro-scale issues about productivity, demand, and ideal methods of cultivation.
Manufacturing production during the pandemic: Panicked or pragmatic?
As he watched me unpack yet another Amazon delivery, my husband decided to do an intervention. Scattered around me on the floor were solar panels, water purification tablets, tarps, hunting knives and enough batteries to power New York City for many weeks. It was 2019 and hurricane season was upon
Are your hospital resources at risk of hitting capacity?
How have healthcare providers and governmental agencies predicted the fast-changing, potentially exponential increase in the need for medical services and equipment through the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? Mathematical techniques that attempt to model and understand the likely spread of the disease have been instrumental. The SEIR model is
Mobility tracing: Helping local authorities in the fight against COVID-19
The current state of policy enforcement during an infectious disease pandemic is mostly reactive. Public health officials track changes in active cases, identify hot-spots and enforce containment policies primarily based on geographic proximity. By combining telecommunications data -- which we turn into mobility information -- with public health data of
5G – and 5 other good reasons for smarter network management
Intelligent Decisioning can help telcos adapt to disruption, meet new demands and plan for the future.
Do the Principles of Analytics Apply to Forecasting?
As the Virtual SAS® Global Forum 2020 is running live online, we have a guest blog post today from Udo Sglavo, Vice President of Analytics R&D at SAS. Udo is a long time colleague and co-editor (with me and Len Tashman) of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions. In this
Navigating COVID-19 as a Caregiver
Over the last few months, almost every aspect of life has been affected by the impacts of COVID-19. Whether you’re adjusting to working remotely, balancing working with kids or navigating a caregiving situation, we’re all facing new challenges and unanswered questions. Balancing career and caregiving can be challenging during the
Retail forecasting through a pandemic
[Jessica Curtis and Adam Hillman, both Forecasting Advisors at SAS, were co-authors of this post] The world has been dramatically impacted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us are juggling a completely new lifestyle that was forced upon us overnight. As consumers find their way to a new normal,
Can workforce analytics help improve physical and mental well-being?
The UK’s Royal College of Nursing says that workplace stress is often cited in compensation claims, and frequently associated with inadequate staffing levels.
Cultivating health and well-being at home
Spring is the time of plans and projects. ― Leo Tolstoy Spring is a season of new beginnings and growth. The days are getting warmer and longer, inviting you to get your daily dose of nature. If you’re interested in a new project that will support your health, consider growing
The difficult step in effecting forecasting process change (2 of 2)
Fildes and Goodwin (F&G) observed the subject (the regional subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company) was using a statistical forecasting system, but not fully trusting its output. Forecasters were making overrides to the system generated forecast to make it look like what they believed it should (e.g., following a life-cycle curve
Del viñedo a nuestra mesa: La ruta del vino es impactada por la analítica
Hace algunas semanas les contábamos algunos de los secretos que están utilizando los grandes del retail en Latinoamérica para mejorar la planificación de la demanda. Lo hacíamos con base en ejemplos presentados durante el NRF 2020, para muchos el principal evento de innovación y tecnología aplicadas al sector retail o
How analytics takes wine from grape to grocery
Almost everyone enjoys a good glass of wine after a long day, but did you ever stop to wonder how the exact bottle you're looking for makes its way to the grocery store shelf? Analytics has a lot to do with it, as SAS demonstrated to attendees at the National
Understanding current and future needs of residents
The introduction of analytics, machine learning and AI, will equip authorities to find previously undetected insight from their data.
Preview of Foresight (Winter 2020)
Following is editor-in-chief Len Tashman's preview of the Winter 2020 issue of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Preview of Foresight (Winter 2020) This Winter 2020 issue of Foresight—number 56 since the journal began in 2005—formally introduces a new section: Integrated Business Planning (IBP), the meaning of which is evolving
Navigating with 'what if'
Risk and finance teams know more about each other’s worlds than at any time since risk emerged from finance.