What do two health systems, 4000 miles apart (6600 kilometers) have in common in their COVID-19 response? Despite different policy responses to the pandemic, they are more alike than you might think. Brought together by SAS and the FutureNHS COVID-19 analytics huddle, these two health systems recently shared their experience
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Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts Over the last few weeks, we've shared stories of how SAS employees are banding together while staying apart during the COVID-19 crisis. Our people have donated their time and skills to the cause, including making masks for healthcare workers, leading virtual dance classes for students with special needs and hosting trivia games for charity via Zoom – among many other efforts. Keep reading
In many countries, retail has been right at the centre of the coronavirus storm. Some retailers – those selling essential goods – have been unable or barely able to keep up with demand. Other sectors, notably clothes and luxury goods, have seen a complete drop-off in demand. Some retailers have
“He spends a lot of time wandering around in circles in the backyard,” my wife said to someone on the telephone. That’s true. Our backyard is only about 1/8th of an acre and I have taken to wandering outside and walking around the fence line. Ostensibly, I am checking to
Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts To encourage and inspire others to think of ways to give back during this pandemic, we’re sharing stories of how SAS employees are spreading compassion in their local communities. They’ve done everything from making masks and preparing meals for their communities to leading virtual dance classes and collecting supplies for hospitals. Keep reading to learn how our employees are lifting spirits
You may not have heard the term "whole person education" before but it recognizes the critical intersection of schools and a young person's behavioral health. When I was running youth behavioral health treatment programs, schools were a major part of raising awareness and advocating for help for many kids. I
If you are a government leader, or one of the millions of people employed in the public sector globally, these last 100 days have probably been the most challenging of your lifetime. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to show how dedicated public servants and their agencies can best serve
To respond to these demands the Police service will need to adapt and use every potential technology to support their officers in this unprecedented time.
This month we celebrated International Nurses Day at a time when nurses and other health care professionals have never been so needed. This important day also fell on what would have been Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. Most people know Florence Nightingale as the famous nurse who saved hundreds of lives during the
Dr. Ryan McGarry might have the most uncanny timing of any documentary producer in history. Just weeks before the novel coronavirus began to saturate headlines, the emergency medicine physician’s Netflix documentary series Pandemic hit the screens of millions of viewers. Six months ago, many of the subjects featured in the
Few of us expected to experience problems with retailers during the lockdown. Most people have, after all, been happily buying online for years. Why would anything change just because some physical shops closed for a while, or some people could not go out? However, the challenges went a bit deeper
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven up awareness of behavioral health need to new levels. As we honor Mental Health Month, schools, governments, and private companies are all talking about how to support people’s behavioral health. This is wonderful progress compared to our global history of speaking of mental health and
As we continue the fight against COVID-19 and reflect on the pandemic response, it’s in our nature to look for opportunities to work together and help others. Indeed, we’ve seen numerous acts of heroism alongside tragic stories of loss. In the research community, we are inspired by efforts to find
As we continue to process and understand the ongoing effects of the novel coronavirus, many of us have grown used to viewing COVID-19 dashboards and visualizations, including this popular coronavirus dashboard from SAS. If you are more accustomed to building graphs and visualizations using the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures, this
Adoption of the Artificial Intelligence of Things has never been more relevant for both industry and governments. A recent study by IDC and SAS found that a significant predictor of organizational ability to deliver value from the IoT is the use of AI. This is likely to become even more
During this coronavirus pandemic, there are many COVID-related graphs and curves in the news and on social media. The public, politicians, and pundits scrutinize each day's graphs to determine which communities are winning the fight against coronavirus. Interspersed among these many graphs is the oft-repeated mantra, "Flatten the curve!" As
Governments, industry and academia are coming together to find solutions to the problems caused by COVID-19, which emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Unsurprisingly, the life sciences and health care sectors are at the heart of the work. Health care may make most of the headlines,
[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,
この記事はSAS Institute Japanが翻訳および編集したもので、もともとはMichael Gillilandによって執筆されました。元記事はこちらです(英語)。 カオス状況下での予測/フォーキャスティング Institute of Business Forecasting(IBF)は、「世界的パンデミックというカオス状況下での予測と計画」に関して80分間のバーチャル・タウンホールを開催しました。現在、それを録画したオンデマンド・ビデオが公開されており、一見の価値が大いにあります。そこには、以下のような経験豊富な識者陣による堅実かつ実践的なガイダンスが満載です。 エリック・ウィルソン(Eric Wilson)氏: IBFのソートリーダーシップ担当ディレクター(司会者) ダスティン・ディール(Dustin Deal)氏: 北米ビジネス・オペレーショズ担当ディレクター、Lenovo社 パトリック・バウアー(Patrick Bower)氏: グローバル・サプライチェーン・プランニング&カスタマー・サービス担当シニア・ディレクター、Combe社 アンドリュー・シュナイダー(Andrew Schneider)氏: サプライチェーン担当グローバル需要マネージャー、Medtronic社 ジョン・ヘルリーゲル(John Hellriegel)氏: IBFのシニアアドバイザーおよびファシリテーター 以下に、私が各パネリストから得た重要な知見をまとめます。 ジョン・ヘルリーゲル氏: 今現在、マクロ予測は相当困難であり、ミクロ予測(製品レベルに至るまで)は更に困難である。 平時状況を超えるレベルで多数の介入要因(例:政府による刺激策、原油価格の下落など)が存在しており、それら全てが不確実性と複雑性を増大させている。 高い予測精度が期待できないことから、需要計画担当者は企業における「不確実性の理解」と「適切な意思決定の実現」を支援することにフォーカスするべきである。 最も役立つのは、明確な前提条件に基づくシンプルなモデルである可能性が高い(例えば、個々の品目を調整しようと多大な労力を費やすのではなく、「3ヶ月間、各カテゴリーで25%の削減を実施する」など)。 ジャスティン・ディール氏: 中国では生産が回復しつつあるが、物流の遅延は依然として存在する。 マクロ/ミクロの両レベルでデータを収集するべき。これには、チャネルの在庫とセルスルー(実販売数)も含まれる。 チャネル在庫が低水準な場所や、即座の補充が必要な場所を把握するべき。 プランニング(例:S&OP)をもっと頻繁に実行するべき。 アンドリュー・シュナイダー氏: 今現在は、典型的な需要計画を行うのではなく、代わりに、「需要衛生サービス」(データ・クレンジング、仕入数/実売数の比較・把握など)にフォーカスするべき。 物事が平時状況に回復するまでの間は、需要の統御(コントロール)および形成(シェイピング)にフォーカスするべき。 変動係数を活用して、どの製品がCOVID-19(新型コロナウイルス感染症)の大規模な感染拡大のインパクトを最も受けるのかを特定するべき。そして、そのインパクトに従って製品をセグメント化し、リスクベースのABC分析を考慮する。 「データの観察・収集という “受動的” な取り組み」と「欠品状況から “入手可能な代替製品” への需要推進という “能動的” な取り組み」とを区別するべき。 需要シグナルの品質を評価するべき。POS(販売時点情報管理)システムを導入済みであれば申し分ないが、未導入の場合でも、顧客の真のニーズの解明に努めるべき(注文数/注文減少数/注文残数などの状況を踏まえた上で)。 組織内のデータだけでなく、外部の追加的なデータソースの活用も試みるべき。そこから何が分かるか? 需要の確率分布を考慮するべき。ただし、過剰な取り組みは禁物。「平時状況に回復した後、組織がトラブルに直面するような事態」を招いてはならない。 今現在は、精度についてはそれほど心配する必要はない。代わりに、様々なアプローチの予測付加価値(FVA)を検討するべき。
この記事はSAS Institute Japanが翻訳および編集したもので、もともとはRick Wicklinによって執筆されました。元記事はこちらです(英語)。 2020年における新型コロナウイルスの世界的流行のようなエピデミック状況下では、各国の感染確認者の累計数を示すグラフがメディアによって頻繁に示されます。多くの場合、これらのグラフは縦軸に対数スケール(対数目盛)を使います。このタイプのグラフにおける直線は、新たなケースが指数関数的ペースで急増していることを示します。直線の勾配はケースがどれほど急速に倍加するかの程度を示し、急勾配の直線ほど倍加時間が短いことを示します。ここでの「倍加時間」とは、「関連状況が何も変わらないと仮定した場合に、累計の感染確認者数が倍増するまでに要する時間の長さ」のことです。 本稿では、直近のデータを用いて倍加時間を推計する一つの方法を紹介します。この手法は、線形回帰を用いて曲線の勾配(m)を推計し、その後、倍加時間を log(2) / m として推計します。 本稿で使用しているデータは、2020年3月3日~3月27日の間の、4つの国(イタリア、米国、カナダ、韓国)における新型コロナウイルス感染症(以下、COVID-19)の感染確認者の累計数です。読者の皆さんは、本稿で使用しているデータとSASプログラムをダウンロードすることができます。 累計感染者数の対数スケール・ビジュアライゼーション このデータセットには4つの変数が含まれています。 変数Region: 国を示します。 変数Day: 2020年3月3日からの経過日数を示します。 変数Cumul: COVID-19の感染確認者の累計数を示します。 変数Log10Cumul: 感染確認累計数の「10を底とする対数」(=常用対数)を示します。SASでは、LOG10関数を用いて常用対数を計算することができます。 これらのデータをビジュアル化する目的には、PROC SGPLOTを使用できます。下図のグラフは感染確認者の総数をプロットしていますが、総数の縦軸に常用対数を指定するために「type=LOG」と「logbase=10」というオプションを使用しています。 title "Cumulative Counts (log scale)"; proc sgplot data=Virus; where Cumul > 0; series x=Day y=Cumul / group=Region curvelabel; xaxis grid; yaxis type=LOG logbase=10 grid values=(100 500 1000
Learn how continuous monitoring of suppliers can flag issues and help prevent supply chain disruptions.
When we interviewed supply chain expert Chris Tyas a few weeks prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had no idea that his 40 years of experience and knowledge in the consumer product goods (CPG) industry would soon have a profound impact on the supply chain and efforts to keep supplies
Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts During this global pandemic, we’ve seen SAS employees band together, while staying apart. We know that there’s strength in numbers, and amazing things happen when we all bring our unique skills and abilities to the table. We’re proud of the creative ways our employees are giving back, like making masks and preparing food for their communities. Keep reading
Many of us are currently working from home and getting adjusted to this new way of working. If you’re an employee working on the shop floor of a manufacturing facility, however, working from home is not an option. Among the many hard decisions manufacturing leaders have had to make during
If you’re in state government, you're well aware of the unprecedented challenges that come with off-the-charts unemployment numbers due to COVID-19. Crashing websites at state unemployment insurance offices and multi-hour phone hold times for the millions of people who've lost their income due to the pandemic are only the most
At the end of March, the German government sponsored a hackathon called #WirVsVirus. The aim was to bring Germany’s collective coding expertise to bear on some of the many problems surrounding COVID-19. In total, more than 27,000 coders joined the challenge, working from home, and programming for 48 hours from
Nancy Rausch shares 4 examples of the role data management techniques play in responding to COVID-19.
A previous article describes the funnel plot (Spiegelhalter, 2005), which can identify samples that have rates or proportions that are much different than expected. The funnel plot is a scatter plot that plots the sample proportion of some quantity against the size of the sample. The variance of the sample
Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts Here at SAS, our culture revolves around our people. Our endless curiosity and innovative spirit help us solve our customers’ most challenging problems – but our employees’ impact is even bigger than that. There’s strength in numbers, and during this difficult time, our employees’ generosity and creative problem-solving are helping those who need it most around the world. From providing laptops to students in need,
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