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David PopeNovember 1, 2018 0

Why SAS?

I've worked at SAS for over 27 years and have often been asked: What does SAS do? or Why should I choose SAS? It all boils down to one question: Why SAS? While there are many approaches to answering this question, I recently came up with three short, yet powerful,

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Analytics

Georgia MarianiOctober 31, 2018 0

Teaching analytics: Advice from two experts

What skills will students need in order to pursue a lucrative career in analytics? I recently interviewed two professors to find out. In my first post, the professors discussed the importance of teaching and learning analytics. Today, we'll hear their top advice for students studying analytics, such as: get a

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Analytics

Mike F. SmithOctober 30, 2018 0

The digital utility era is now: Charging ahead with EV analytics

Note: Today’s utility industry is in upheaval. All of the assumptions the business has run on have been turned on their heads. This post is the second in a three-part series looking at how analytics are helping utilities navigate this challenging landscape and find new opportunities for improvements in operations,

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics

Marcia Elaine WalkerOctober 29, 2018 0

Screaming analytics. Let your safety data whisper.

GAHHHHHHHHH! My screams filled the office hallways on a Sunday afternoon. In agony, I hopped to the ice machine to find relief for my crushed toe. Moments before, while hanging my shiny new patent plaque on the wall, it dropped six feet and landed on my big toe joint. Since

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Manufacturing

Analytics

Heather HallettOctober 23, 2018 0

I am a recovering ICU nurse

I've been recovering for 15 years now, after a lengthy career caring for critically ill patients. Now, I’m part of a team at SAS that’s working to transform health care – and that's important to me because of something that happened when I was an ICU nurse. It changed my

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good

Alison BolenOctober 17, 2018 0

3 wildfire predictions from a recent SAS hackathon

What can you learn about wildfires when you provide a room full of analysts with 7 years of US wildfire data and the tools they need to analyze it? A lot. At a recent data dive, we split 35 data scientists into 9 teams, provided multiple data sets containing information

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Analytics

Scott NalickOctober 15, 2018 0

The supply chain of things: IoT in supply chain

What if you could automatically detect supply chain anomalies as they happen, or even predict them in advance? You'd be able to take timely corrective action and help maximize revenue, margins, customer satisfaction and shareholder value. There's no question: Supply chain planning and execution is complex. From design and sourcing, to

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Manufacturing

Analytics

Mike F. SmithOctober 12, 2018 0

The digital utility era is here – and now it’s time for a platform

Note: Today’s utility industry is in upheaval. All of the assumptions the business has run on have been turned on their heads. This post is the first in a three-part series looking at how analytics are helping utilities navigate this challenging landscape and find new opportunities for improvements in operations,

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Greg HeidrickOctober 11, 2018 0

Retailers: is your customer experience strategy working?

Smart retailers know that omnichannel customer experience isn't just about marketing anymore. It’s about bridging all your digital and physical channels to recognize customers wherever they are, collecting data and understanding the retail customer’s purchasing journey. By taking customer data, product data, and supply chain data - and applying predictive and prescriptive

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Retail

Analytics

Georgia MarianiOctober 10, 2018 0

How two students used data science to analyze ‘real-world’ problems

We hear a lot about data science nowadays, but do you ever wonder how it’s being used to help solve real-world problems? In my first post of this blog series, we heard why two students chose to pursue a STEM field and what appealed to them about data science. Today, we'll hear

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