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5 principles to drive a better customer experience

Augusta LonghiJune 22, 2018 0

5 principles to drive better customer experiences

What does it take to get customer experience right? We can probably all agree that it starts with data, and that means good data. Data holds clues about what your customers want, how they feel, how they like to engage with your brand, how often they want to be in

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Analytics | Data Management

Lee ThorpeJune 21, 2018 0

IFRS 17 – the long road to compliance

When your industry is going to be turned on its head by something, the sooner you can start planning – or at least thinking about it – the better. The new International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) will come into force in January 2021, and it’s set to completely

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Insurance

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 21, 2018 0

Tableplots and ACS data

A question recently popped up in a discussion forum about creating table plots using SAS. So I thought I'd dabble in this topic, and see what I could come up with. If you're interested in tableplots, or American Community Survey (ACS) data, or data visualization, I invite you to follow

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Government

Analytics

David PopeJune 20, 2018 0

Analytics use cases for utilities: Corporate operations

Our company talks to utilities all over the world about the value of analytics. We like to talk about "the digital utility" and break down analytics use cases across: assets and operations; customers; portfolio; and corporate operations. I plan to highlight a few analytics use cases for utilities across these four areas

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJune 20, 2018 0

The bootstrap method in SAS: A t test example

A previous article provides an example of using the BOOTSTRAP statement in PROC TTEST to compute bootstrap estimates of statistics in a two-sample t test. The BOOTSTRAP statement is new in SAS/STAT 14.3 (SAS 9.4M5). However, you can perform the same bootstrap analysis in earlier releases of SAS by using

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseJune 19, 2018 0

Will artificial intelligence replace humans?

We have entered the “second machine age.” The first machine age began with the industrial revolution, which was driven primarily by technology innovation. The ability to generate massive amounts of mechanical power made humans more productive. Where the steam engine started the industrial revolution, the second machine age has taken

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Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Data quality is critical in line with the deployment of 3AMLD and 4MLD.

Christopher GhenneJune 18, 2018 0

Analytics to the rescue

The future of successful compliance will go through extremely skilled data scientists, who will become heroes in your organisation. Human instinct and analytics will help uncover financial crime together. For the last 15 years, banks and other financial institutions have been deploying AML and CFT solutions. In Europe, in line

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Banking

Analytics

The science behind the beautiful game of football

Reece CliffordJune 18, 2018 0

The science behind the beautiful game

It won’t have escaped your attention that a sporting event has just kicked off in Russia; 32 teams and 732 players will be watched by billions of fans before one team earns the right to be crowned world champions. We now know the groups, and the roadmap to the final

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 18, 2018 0

SAS analytics for the Gorge Downwind Champs race

Ever since the Moneyball book & movie came out, athletes have been scrambling to use data and analytics to gain a competitive advantage. One of my favorite sports is boat racing - the ones you paddle. Follow along as I lead you through some maps and graphs I created for

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics

Joanna BieniekJune 18, 2018 0

Navigate Change with Analytics - SAS Forum Poland 2018

39 presenters, 39 presentations, 300 minutes of sharing knowledge and experience and 200 minutes of entertainment for over 800 attendees from business, government and academic circles.

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Analytics | Data for Good

Steve KearneyJune 18, 2018 0

Data for Good: How Analytics Can Help the Opioid Crisis

A person in the United States dies every 15 minutes because of substance use disorder. The number has doubled in the past 10 years as the crisis continues to grow in severity, especially in rural areas with high unemployment. Using analytics to map the growth of opioid deaths shows the

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Government

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinJune 18, 2018 0

The BOOTSTRAP statement for t tests in SAS

Bootstrap resampling is a powerful way to estimate the standard error for a statistic without making any parametric assumptions about its sampling distribution. The bootstrap method is often implemented by using a sequence of calls to resample from the data, compute a statistic on each sample, and analyze the bootstrap

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Machine Learning

Shaun BarryJune 15, 2018 0

Machine Learning predicts victory for Spain. Fraud fighters should pay attention!

“Machine Learning” is a trendy term being kicked around (pun intended) by fraud fighters around the world. In fact, Machine Learning is such a popular term that it is becoming a staple in buzzword bingo games. Here’s a little secret about machine learning… many of the people who talk about

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Energy & Utilities | Government | Health Care

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Defining and exploring customer intelligence

Dariusz JańczukJune 15, 2018 0

Defining and exploring customer intelligence

Analysing data collected from customers allows companies to build a better understanding of customer behaviour. This enables businesses to contact customers in a more intelligent way and provide highly personalised, relevant messages. This sounds simple, but how does it work in practice?

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneJune 15, 2018 0

4 ways to visualize climate changes in the oceans and the Arctic

Many things in nature can be seen as chain reactions. When one action occurs, others follow suit. For example, atmospheric greenhouse gas levels are increasing, which leads to a warming of the oceans. As the oceans warm, weather and climate patterns across the globe are impacted because the amount of

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 15, 2018 0

Cremation rates in the US, by state

I recently read an interesting article that claims "a single cremation emits as much carbon dioxide as a 1,000-mile car trip." This got me wondering about cremation data, and I ended up on the Wikipedia page about cremation rates. They had a map of the US cremation rates by state ... but the more

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Analytics

Reece CliffordJune 14, 2018 0

Club advantage - Why sports success needs the whole analytics picture

Sports clubs have a lot of data, from a wide range of sources. For the players themselves, there is physical data, about their condition, there is medical information, and there is performance data — e.g. goals scored or saved, time on the pitch. Clubs also have plenty of data about

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Frank SilvaJune 14, 2018 0

Visualizing international football data

American readers may know that the ongoing 2018 international soccer/football tournament is a big deal in other countries. But it's hard to grasp just how ubiquitous and important it is when there's no other event like it in the United States. The best way I can describe it is if the

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics

Roger ThomasJune 14, 2018 0

Workplace culture still No. 1 challenge for manufacturers

With all the technology advancements and innovative trends driving Industry 4.0 right now, you might expect geeky topics like the Internet of Things (IoT) or artificial intelligence (AI) to be the hottest topics of discussion among industry leaders. Instead, many leaders are still more focused on workplace culture. And here’s

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Gloria CaberoJune 13, 2018 0

Hacia una experiencia digital del cliente fundamentada en la analítica

Su empresa lanzará en unas semanas un producto que, a su juicio, es innovador y despertará el interés de la gente. La campaña de awareness arrancó hace ya varios días y los clientes potenciales están visitando su sitio web para conocer más detalles, así como la fecha en que estará

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Analytics

Georgia MarianiJune 13, 2018 0

The key to success in college sports? Analytics.

What do the New York Mets, the Orlando Magic and the Boston Bruins all have in common? They all use SAS analytics to gain deeper insights into athlete recruitment, retention, performance, safety and more. And after seeing the success teams like these have had using analytics, collegiate sports are turning

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

SAS Voices: Shining a spotlight on human trafficking

Tom SaboJune 12, 2018 0

Shining a spotlight on human trafficking

My local middle school publishes a weekly paper. Very recently, I noted an article in that paper regarding an expose on human trafficking overseas, "World Slavery: The Terrors Our World Tries to Forget." The eloquent article in part highlighted how children have been exploited in the fishing industry in Ghana

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Analytics

4a. Convención Latinoamericana de Analítica

Sandra HernandezJune 9, 2018 0

Bogotá, sede de la convención de analítica más importante de la región

El impacto que tienen los datos en el mundo es extraordinario. Por eso, quienes buscan aprovecharlos tienen en sus manos un futuro lleno de oportunidades. Esto es visible, especialmente ahora, cuando las empresas están cada vez más interesadas en conocer realmente a sus clientes para brindarles mejores ofertas. Como una

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Communications

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence | Machine Learning

Mike TurnerJune 8, 2018 0

What is the future for loyalty programs?

Over the past few months not a day goes by when you don’t see a news story about yet another retailer struggling to come to terms with the changes in the consumer and business marketplace. For some the result has been their ultimate demise – Toys R Us, for example.

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Retail

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Christian EngelJune 8, 2018 0

KI: Was ist Mythos, was Realität?

Ein Mythos ist in seiner ursprünglichen Bedeutung eine Erzählung. Mythen erheben traditionell einen Anspruch auf Wahrheit. Doch gerade an diesem Wahrheitsanspruch gibt es immer wieder Kritik. Ein Beispiel: Ist es ein Mythos, dass hier in Heidelberg die älteste deutschsprachige Universität steht? Nein, es ist eine Teilwahrheit. Denn es ist die

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Banking

Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Javier Alexander RengifoJune 6, 2018 0

Llegó la hora de trascender al omnicanal

Para ser competitivos en el mercado actual es clave entender que el cliente es lo más importante. La omnicanalidad es, entonces, la estrategia más efectiva para que las compañías logren comunicarse y atender a sus consumidores en todos y cada uno de los canales en los que éstos hacen presencia.

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Communications

Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzJune 6, 2018 0

The dark side: analyzing global changes in nighttime illumination

Light lengthens the day and allows us more time to learn, socialize, contemplate and create. Exploring NASA nighttime satellite images shows how illumination patterns have changed over time. Increases and decreases in illumination show the effects of human civilization on earth. From population collapse and destruction in war zones to economic

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Rhett ScheelJune 6, 2018 0

IoT und die Modernisierung des Gesundheitssystems

Das Gesundheitssystem in Deutschland sieht sich mittel- und langfristig vor große finanzielle Herausforderungen gestellt. Zum Teil ist dies wohl das Ergebnis des eigenen Erfolgs. Der kontinuierliche Fortschritt bei medizinischen Behandlungsmethoden hat dazu geführt, dass immer mehr Krankheiten erfolgreich behandelt werden können. Aus diesem Grunde erfreuen sich die Menschen einer immer

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Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 5, 2018 0

Where is that volcano in Guatemala?

You've probably seen in the news that a volcano erupted in Guatemala recently. But do you really know much about this volcano, or even where it's located? Hopefully this blog post will get you up to speed on your volcanology! Pictures of a recent volcano erupting in Hawaii show slow-moving

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Government | Insurance | Travel

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

ramsessalinasJune 5, 2018 0

3 retos de TI que enfrenta al adquirir software analítico y cómo SAS ayuda a resolverlos

Cuando los beneficios para el negocio están bien fundamentados y cuentan con su aprobación, es momento de pasar la estafeta al área de TI, que se encargará de validar que existan las condiciones y recursos tecnológicos suficientes que soporten los requerimientos de negocio. Entonces, ¿qué opina su CIO/CTO? ¿Cuál es

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