One thing that impresses me about the analytical solutions we have is the degree of granularity we can get down to in the forecasting & planning process.
The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) algorithm aims to find optimal routes for one or multiple vehicles visiting a set of locations and delivering a specific amount of goods demanded by these locations. Problems related to the distribution of goods, normally between warehouses and customers or stores, are generally considered vehicle routing problems. For this article's example, let’s consider a real (and awesome) brewery that needs to deliver beer kegs to different bars and restaurants throughout multiple locations.
Broadband has become widely available and 5G is up and running in many countries, meaning more and more people have access to the internet via different platforms. With good quality internet connections either at home or via mobile connections, consumer behaviour has changed rapidly. Those who have been in digital
Outliers provide much-needed insights into the actual relationships that influence the demand for products in the marketplace. They are particularly useful when modeling consumer behavior where abnormalities are common occurrences or unforeseen disruptions that impact consumer demand. But why do demand planners cleanse out outliers, when many are not really
“Diga-me com quem andas e te direi quem és” é um provérbio popular vastamente conhecido e um consenso entre várias pessoas. Porém, será que essa máxima é verdadeira em todas as situações? Se assim o for, como poderíamos empregar essa relação nas atividades de prevenção a fraude e outros crimes
The waves of disruption just keep coming. Retailers have learned to make rapid pivots to catch and surf the big ones – but how are they doing with AI? NRF this year explored what it means to ride the AI wave in retail. We invited experts from Microsoft, Sitoo and
Before the outbreak of COVID-19, demand planning hardly ever matched actual sales. But since the virus reached Europe, the level of sales in different product categories became even more difficult to predict. How could the garden centers have imagined that consumers would invest their money in a roof, pavement or
The past 20 months of disruptions caused by COVID-19 have been a wake-up call for retailers and consumer goods companies. Unpredictable market trends have caused havoc with categories, brands and products making it harder to predict supply requirements. All of these changes have given rise to the need for consumption
La acelerada digitalización de los servicios y el cambio definitivo en el comportamiento de los clientes son algunas de las razones que llevarán a las empresas a aumentar sus inversiones en tecnología en el 2022. Aunque la tecnología no lo es todo en los procesos de transformación digital, sí es
Nearly everyone in retail knows the value of personalisation. Getting there, however, can be a problem. Here’s how your retail store can be a business that better understands the customer. Personalising the shopping experience is the surest way to the consumer’s pocket. Consumers buy more and buy more often when
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"According to Gartner, “over 50% of senior marketing leaders are unimpressed with the results they receive from marketing analytics investments” – yet most companies expect to increase these investments over the next few years. How can we avoid throwing good money after bad?" By Oliver Sheerin, Senior Customer Intelligence Advisor, SAS. When
Uma das profissões mais cobiçadas e bem remuneradas atualmente é a de Cientista de Dados. Grandes empresas de telecomunicações, instituições financeiras e redes de varejo estão formando times com estes profissionais, e o movimento não é restrito às grandes corporações. Empresas médias também estão sedentas em busca de cientista de
Em bate-papo entre Antonio Grasso, CEO do Digital Business Innovation SRL, e Andrew Fowkes, head of retail centre of excellence do SAS, na palestra “How top retail brands use Data & Analytics”, os especialistas discutiram sobre como as principais marcas de varejo usam a análise de dados para engajar os
Em painel de encerramento no evento, os executivos Paulo Sérgio Silva, fundador e diretor-executivo da Rock On Advisors; Marcos Hamsi, vice-presidente de TI da Martin-Brower, e Marcos Peron, head de TI da AMPM/Ipiranga, discutiram sobre o futuro do setor varejista frente às novas tecnologias e a transformação digital, com moderação
Com metáforas interessantes, comparando dados e tecnologia com fazendas e foguetes, Kendji Wolf se orgulha dos algoritmos e das conquistas na Via Varejo. Atualmente a companhia conta com a Via Hubby, que administra toda parte tecnológica da empresa, como sistemas, arquitetura e dados. O executivo abre um parênteses para reflexão:
Nilton Mayrink, CIO e head de vendas B2B/BSC no Martins Atacadista, iniciou sua apresentação no SAS Retail Summit 2021 trazendo uma contextualização dos desafios do setor varejista no País. Responsável pela área de tecnologia e vendas digitais da empresa, o especialista trouxe dados relevantes relacionados à dimensão do Brasil no
Ana Szasz, diretora de Data & Insights do Rappi, iniciou sua apresentação abordando a ascensão dos superapps, como são conhecidos os aplicativos que atuam como um “centro comercial projetado dentro de uma plataforma digital”, como explicado pela executiva, durante o cenário pandêmico em que o mundo se encontra há quase
The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has dramatically affected supply chains and demand planning across all industries. Then there’s the Amazon effect, which has led to sky-high consumer expectations of the ordering and delivery process. Demand planners for retailers and consumer goods companies have quickly realized they have no
Mais do que qualquer outra indústria, a manufatura impulsiona a saúde econômica de um país ou de uma região. Segundo estudos de mercado, o segmento de manufatura irá representar cerca de 25% da atividade econômica até 2025. Espera-se que o setor industrial assuma um crescimento de dois dígitos e sua
La nube potenciada con analítica, la propuesta de tecnología aplicada a los negocios que SAS y Microsoft han venido desarrollando de manera conjunta desde el 2020, tiene el potencial de convertirse en una de las soluciones empresariales más importantes de los últimos años y catalizador de los nuevos niveles de
The need for agile, accurate demand planning has never been greater. When considering migrating your demand management application to a cloud-native solution, you might experience platform management challenges ranging from lacking the resources needed to oversee application operations, to manipulating maintenance tasks that may distract from growing the business. Why
Technological advancements in connectivity and global positioning systems (GPS) have led to increased data tracking and related business use cases to analyze such movements. Whether analyzing a vehicle, an animal or a population's movements - each use case requires analyzing underlying spatial information. Global challenges such as virus outbreaks, deforestation
Demand management concepts are now over 30 years old. The first use of the term "demand management" surfaced in the commercial sector in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Before that, the focus was on a more siloed approach to demand forecasting and planning that was manual and used simple
Frequentemente ouvimos falar de transformação digital e digitalização. O certo é que, entre ser uma empresa digital e ser uma entidade que toma decisões cem por cento baseadas em dados e em conhecimento empírico, há um longo caminho a percorrer, principalmente se não contarmos com as ferramentas adequadas. Por mais
To successfully adapt and reinvent business decisions amid the uncertainty of the past year, organizations have leaned on support from their partner ecosystems. Together, SAS and its SAS Partner community have collaborated to find new answers to customers' toughest challenges and to drive innovation and digital transformation. In honor of this,
“We live in disruptive times… where the only constant is a change” – this statement seems very accurate to the situation we face today. The funny thing is that this is a quote from an ancient philosopher Heraclitus of Efez, who had said it almost 2500 years ago! The “new
Avec la crise sanitaire, le monde du retail s’est profondément transformé. Comment s’adapter aux changements et comment anticiper le retour à la normale ? Et surtout, quelle sera cette nouvelle normalité ? Les contraintes et restrictions qui accompagnent la crise sanitaire ont eu divers impacts sur la consommation, dont une
El sector minorista es uno de los nichos más ha resentido el impacto de la actual pandemia. La escasez de ciertas líneas de productos, el confinamiento, la interrupción de las cadenas de suministro y el cierre de tiendas físicas provocaron que los consumidores modificaran la manera en que compran, la
La pandemia fue un detonador clave del avance del comercio electrónico en México. Para muestra, la Asociación Mexicana de Ventas Online (AMVO), concluye en su Estudio de Venta Online 2021 que este medio de compra alcanzó un valor de $316,000 millones de pesos a lo largo de 2020, lo que
