Just last week, Walmart announced that they'll be testing inventory management robots. These robots will cruise store aisles, scanning shelves to identify out-of-stock products and other issues. According Reuters, Walmart is testing these camera-equipped robots in a handful of stores, but plans to expand the test to 50 stores. We
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Information Dashboards were the hot topic a few years ago, but the hype seems to have died down lately. A good dashboard is still a very useful way to summarize, analyze, and share data - so I thought I'd re-visit the topic, and try to improve an old dashboard. Did
Ich muss gestehen: Wenn es um Weihnachtsgeschenke geht, bin ich ein „echter Mann“. Alles auf den letzten Drücker erledigen, nur nicht zu früh anfangen … Und genau so war es auch im letzten Jahr, als ich kurz vor Weihnachten erschrocken festgestellt habe, dass Heiligabend schon am 24. Dezember stattfindet. Geschenke
The 25th annual SESUG conference was held at in the SAS campus this week. I had the opportunity to meet and chat with many users and attend many excellent presentations. I will write about those that stood out (graphically) in my view. One excellent presentation was on "Methods for creating
현대 유통업계의 미션: 고객의 쇼핑 여정과 함께하라 여러분은 어떻게 쇼핑하나요? 잡지나 패션 블로그에서 마음에 드는 구두를 발견하면 온라인에서 리뷰, 가격, 구입 가능 여부 등을 검색합니다. 그리고 가장 가까운 오프라인 매장에 가서 구두를 직접 신어본 후 스마트폰으로 더 좋은 조건의 판매처가 있는지 찾아보죠. 이처럼 다양한 채널, 기기, 웹사이트, 매장을 자유롭게 넘나들며 언제
Once you have a data strategy for omnichannel, what's next? Kim Kaluba explains.
Once in a while you run into a pesky situation that is hard to overcome without resorting to major surgery. Such a situation occurs when you have a stacked bar chart with a discrete legend positioned vertically on the side of the graph. A simple example is shown below. title
Plot statements included in the graph definition can contribute to the legend(s). This can happen automatically, or can be customized using the KEYLEGEND statement. For plot statements that are classified by a group variable, all of the unique group values are displayed in the legend, along with their graphical representation
Kim Kaluba says start the journey toward ominchannel with a data strategy based on governance.
The previous post on Multiple Blank Categories showed how to include multiple blank categories on the axis. But, given the purpose for this was to separate different segments in the data, I also included ideas on how to segmented a discrete axis using reference lines or Block Plot. A similar idea
Off and on, users have expressed the need to include multiple blank categories on a discrete axis. Often, this is desirable to separate groups of bars (or categories) in a graph due to some difference their definition. Such a case was discussed in this blog article on using non breaking
ODS Graphics procedures primarily strive towards the following goal: "Make simple graphs easy and complex graphs possible". SGPLOT procedure allows you create simple graphs with a single plot statement, and create complex graphs by layering together or combining multiple plot statements. Generally, the appearance follows the guidelines set by industry
SAS 9.4 maintenance release 5 was released on Sept 19, 2017. This release includes many new items including integration with SAS Viya and SAS Studio, a web application for SAS development. Also Included with this release are some cool new features in the graphics domain, some of which were requested
On a recent visit to an In-House Users Group meeting at a Pharmaceutical company, I presented a 1/2 day seminar on creating Clinical Graphs using SG Procedures. Polling the audience for their experience with these procedures indicated that many SAS users are not familiar with these new ways to create graphs. So,
Depending on who you speak with you will get varying definitions and opinions regarding demand sensing and shaping from sensing short-range replenishment based on sales orders to manual blending of point-of-sales (POS) data and shipments. Most companies think that they are sensing demand when in fact they are
Las vemos a diario en Twitter, nuestro feed de noticias en Facebook, en foros de LinkedIn o en los principales medios de negocios, tecnología y tendencias que consumimos. Todas son tecnologías capaces de transformar los negocios, la manera en que tomamos decisiones y varias de las más importantes actividades de
Die EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung kommt näher – ausweichen oder draufhalten? In den letzten Wochen hatte ich die tolle Gelegenheit mit zahlreichen Kunden und Partnern über die neue EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DS-GVO) zu sprechen. Die Meinungen und Erwartungen sind dabei wirklich außerordentlich breit gefächert. Das ist nicht weiter verwunderlich, denn das Thema hat zuletzt stark an
In the recent article, “Price-bots can collude against consumers,” the Economist discusses the consumer effects of prices set by price-bots. The article starts with an example of gasoline pricing strategies on Martha’s Vineyard. With a small number of gas stations on the island, the price-bots can cover all competitor prices frequently
모든 것을 실시간으로 실행하고, 실시간으로 평가하는 바야흐로 ‘스트리밍 시대’입니다. 길을 걷다가 들리는 음악을 그 자리에서 검색하고 스트리밍으로 재생해 듣습니다. 스마트폰 메신저나 소셜 미디어(SNS)를 통해 바로 공유할 수도 있죠. 월드컵과 올림픽 등 스포츠 경기는 물론 대선 토론과 개표 현황 등 정치 이벤트까지 케이블 TV나 페이스북 라이브를 통해 실시간으로 시청합니다. 기업에서는 어떨까요? 매월,
Analytics-driven forecasting means more than measuring trend and seasonality. It includes all categories of methods (e.g. exponential smoothing, dynamic regression, ARIMA, ARIMA(X), unobserved component models, and more), including artificial intelligence, but not necessarily deep learning algorithms. That said, deep learning algorithms like neural networks can also be used for demand forecasting,
En los últimos años la analítica se ha convertido en el driver para cambiar al mundo y una muestra de ello son Colpatria en Colombia, Club Premier en México y VTR en Chile que muestran resultados importantes en transformación digital gracias al mejor aprovechamiento de sus datos. En frentes como el
En el lenguaje de marketing, mucho hablamos de implementar estrategias digitales omnichannel y gestionar la experiencia de cliente de extremo a extremo. Si bien hay bastantes soluciones (mapas de viaje del cliente, diagramas de ciclo de vida) y tecnologías (motores de optimización, procesamiento de secuencias de eventos y automatización de marketing)
“I do not like this modern technology,” said my father-in-law. “It is making people too lazy. Things are too easy now.” He was referring to my grocery order. I was sitting in his kitchen in Reykjavik, Iceland, the day before my return to the United States. I had just explained
TwIn part one of this series, Clark Twiddy, Chief Administrative Officer of Twiddy & Company, shared some best practices from the first of three phases of Twiddy’s journey to becoming a data-driven SMB. This post focuses on phases two and three of their journey. (Read the whole series here.) Phase
Let me start by posing a question: "Are you forecasting at the edge to anticipate what consumers want or need before they know it?" Not just forecasting based on past demand behavior, but using real-time information as it is streaming in from connected devices on the Internet of Things (IoT).
Ya no se trata de imaginar cosas. Cada día las empresas enfrentan miles de desafíos. Desde decisiones de negocio hasta procesos operativos, pasando por la manera de relacionarse con sus clientes o de preparar los informes de cumplimientos regulatorios o cuidarse de los ataques o fraudes. No son escenarios que
There's been a lot of talk in the media lately about the death of retail. Every week, it seems like another retailer announces the closing of stores, acquisitions or even going out of business. Many relate it to the growing competitive landscape with the convenience of online shopping and lure
When presenting information in form of a graph we show the data and let the reader draw the inferences. However, often one may want to draw the attention of the reader towards some aspect of the graph or data. For one such case, a user asked how to highlight one
Are you caught up in the machine learning forecasting frenzy? Is it reality or more hype? There's been a lot of hype about using machine learning for forecasting. And rightfully so, given the advancements in data collection, storage, and processing along with technology improvements, such as super computers and more powerful
여러분은 어떻게 쇼핑하나요? 온라인 쇼핑몰, 모바일 앱, 소셜 미디어 등 디지털 기술의 발전과 함께 현대인의 쇼핑 방법은 점점 더 다양해지고 편리해지고 있습니다. 동시에 기업이 고객과 만나는 접점은 그 어느 때보다 많아졌는데요. 그만큼 기업의 디지털 마케팅 전략 또한 여러 기술 요소와 방법론이 혼용되는 하나의 큰 생태계로 발전을 거듭하고 있습니다. 그 생태계의 기반에 디지털