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Mike GillilandOctober 13, 2016 0

Changing the paradigm for business forecasting (Part 2 of 12)

The Current Paradigm for Business Forecasting So what is the current paradigm that we, the community of business forecasting practitioners and researchers, are operating under? I’d argue that for at least the last 60 years, since 1956 when Robert G. Brown published his short monograph Exponential Smoothing for Predicting Demand,

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Analytics | Data for Good

Will JonesOctober 13, 2016 0

Taking a “Moneyball” approach to child welfare workforce woes

Could you imagine running a business with a 35-90% annual turnover rate? What if the average time to fill a position was anywhere between 3-12 months? This alone would cripple most organizations, but is a common reality in state and local child welfare agencies. High turnover and vacancy rates are

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandOctober 13, 2016 0

Changing the paradigm for business forecasting (Part 1 of 12)

In a February 2015 post Offensive vs. Defensive Forecasting, I sought to distinguish two very different approaches to the business forecasting problem: Offensive: The "offensive" forecaster is focused on forecast accuracy -- on extracting every last fraction of a percent of accuracy we can hope to achieve. The approach is

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Analytics

Thomas KeilOctober 13, 2016 0

Die digitale Transformation in Deutschland

In „Silicon Germany“, dem Nachfolgebuch zu seinem Bestseller „Silicon Valley“ (siehe mein Blog dazu), konzentriert sich Christoph Keese ganz auf den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland. Kompetent, facettenreich und gut geschrieben mündet die Bestandsaufnahme in ein Plädoyer, gerichtet an Wirtschaft und mehr noch an die Politik: „Wie wir die digitale Transformation schaffen“.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 12, 2016 0

Which drinks have the most, and least, caffeine?

A friend and I were recently debating how much caffeine is in various drinks. I felt like my hands were tied behind my back, since I had no graphs to show them. Of course, the first thing I did when I got to work was create some caffeine graphs! They turned out

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Sandra HernandezOctober 12, 2016 0

Analítica, el lado más inteligente del CMO

Quizá una de las pruebas principales de que la analítica se ha vuelto un aspecto de negocio y no de tecnología en las organizaciones es el nuevo rol que ahora tiene el CMO. El Chief Marketing Officer o lo que en Latinoamérica conocemos como Vicepresidente de Marketing, Gerente o Director

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Analytics

Michael HerrmannOctober 12, 2016 0

Die EU Datenschutz-Grundverordnung ist digitaler Personenschutz

Die EU-DSGVO (im Englischen GDPR) ist ab Mai 2018 von allen Unternehmen anzuwenden. Sie bereitet den Boden für den zeitgemäßen Schutz persönlicher Daten – denn jegliches Merkmal, das direkt oder indirekt auf die Person, den realen Kunden schließen lässt, gehört geschützt. Das kann eine IP-Adresse sein oder auch eine Ortsangabe

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Georgia MarianiOctober 11, 2016 0

ESSA – accountability, indicators and analytics to drive informed decision making

Last December, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law to ensure opportunity for all students in the United States. As part of this federal legislation, states now have the flexibility to design their own accountability systems following certain parameters outlined in ESSA. These accountability systems include academic and non-academic indicators. By

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Education

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 10, 2016 0

Where did Hurricane Matthew drop the most water?

This past weekend, Hurricane Matthew came through the Carolinas. Some areas had record flooding, while other areas didn't. I was anxious to get back to work today, so I could use SAS software and create a custom map showing who got how much rain. But before we get to the official

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Analytics

Elizabeth BautistaOctober 10, 2016 0

La orden perfecta

La volatilidad de demanda y expansión de portafolio de productos, así como la persistente presión de alinear los costos de la cadena de suministro con la demanda del mercado, son solo algunos de los retos que enfrentan las organizaciones de industrias como manufactura, alimentos y bebidas, farmacéuticas o automotriz. La

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Retail

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 7, 2016 0

Digging deeper into weather data, with custom SAS Analytics!

When you were growing up, did you ever imagine that the most popular show on TV would be 24-hour coverage of a storm?!? Yes, for better or for worse, the weather has become our new reality TV. And as you watch the weather coverage, you probably see all the weather reporters showing the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Christine KomanderOctober 7, 2016 0

Data Scientist – Data Artist – Data Journalist – wie bitte, wer?

Nachdem der Data Scientist mittlerweile bei allen Digitalisierungsthemen und der damit einhergehenden Analytik in aller Munde ist, geistern nun auch etliche andere Rollendefinitionen durch die Positionierungen der verschiedenen Anbieter. Ein paar dieser neuen Bezeichnungen würde ich gerne aufgreifen und erklären, zusätzlich ein paar Denkanstöße mitgeben.

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Analytics

Olivier PenelOctober 6, 2016 0

Big Data Governance - ein Data Lake, kein Datensumpfgebiet

Dies ist der zweite Teil der Blog-Serie zu Big Data Governance. Beginnen Sie vorher am besten mit „Teil 1: Wie Big Data Unternehmen durcheinanderwirbelt”, wenn sie ihn noch nicht gelesen haben.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 4, 2016 0

Will Hurricane Matthew follow in its predecessors' footsteps?

Like many words, if you just say "Cat 5" different people might think you're talking about different things. Computer geeks might assume you're talking about category 5 network cabling. But around this time of the year, most people in the southeast US will probably assume you're talking about a category

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Sandra HernandezSeptember 29, 2016 0

¿Por qué no debe perderse la Segunda Convención Latinoamericana de Analytics Everywhere?

La analítica ya está en todas partes, y por eso en SAS hemos decidido reunir en Colombia el próximo 2 de noviembre a presidentes de las principales empresas del país, gobierno y expertos mundiales para hablar del poder del Big Data en el marco de la Segunda Convención Latinoamericana de

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonSeptember 27, 2016 0

A statistical crossword puzzle to exercise your brain

I recently read a very interesting article describing how analytics is being used to detect cheating/copying/re-use in crossword puzzle creation, in some of the major news publications. This inspired me to try my hand at creating a totally new & unique crossword puzzle ... of course using SAS software! :) My grandmother

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 27, 2016 0

NIJ crime forecasting challenge

NIJ's Real-Time Forecasting Challenge If you want to show off your forecasting chops, and maybe even make a little money, the National Institute of Justice has just the challenge for you. The NIJ's Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge: ...seeks to harness the advances in data science to address the challenges of

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaSeptember 21, 2016 0

¿Cómo el big data y la analítica están salvando vidas?

Poder predecir acontecimientos futuros con base en el análisis del pasado: ese es el gran poder que tienen Big Data y la analítica predictiva en la actualidad. Este tipo de soluciones han sido ampliamente utilizadas por sistemas como el financiero (bancos, aseguradoras y entidades de riesgo) para calcular cada

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Analytics

Ariadna SolisSeptember 20, 2016 0

La efectividad de la Banca electrónica, vista desde la analítica

Desde la aparición de la banca electrónica, ya hace varios años, las empresas y las personas se han visto favorecidos en gran medida, dado que ofrece grandes beneficios para ambos sectores de consumo. Sin embargo, ahora nos enfocaremos en analizar dos de las principales soluciones que este tipo de servicios

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisSeptember 20, 2016 0

A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud – Opening Welcome

I am more than glad to invite you to join me in a series of posts related to a practical guide for tackling auto insurance fraud in the new era of data science and advanced analytics. Insurers are used to face a constant threat, a powerful enemy that never rests.

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Analytics

Thomas KeilSeptember 19, 2016 0

Christoph Keese: Silicon Valley

Die Springer-WG im Silicon Valley wurde zunächst belächelt und beargwöhnt. Hat es das schon einmal gegeben? Ein deutscher Konzern schickt eine Handvoll seiner Top-Manager für einen längeren Aufenthalt in eine andere Weltgegend mit dem Auftrag, die Geschäftsmodelle der Zukunft zu sondieren. Herausgekommen sind ikonisch gewordene Bilder eines Vollbart tragenden Kai

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonSeptember 19, 2016 0

Where did that gasoline pipeline break?

Last week, one of the major pipelines supplying gasoline to the eastern US broke. Do you know where the break is, and which states will be having shortages? Me neither! ... So, of course, I created a SAS map to help... First I read up about the spill on various

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaSeptember 14, 2016 0

5 películas de cine y TV que le ayudarán a entender que es Analytics Everywhere

A pesar de que el Big Data, la Analítica y los científicos de datos ahora están en todas partes, estos temas les pueden parecer completamente desconocidos a muchos de los colombianos. La primera define el desbordado crecimiento que están teniendo los datos a nivel mundial (cada vez que envía un

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Analytics

Todd WrightSeptember 13, 2016 0

Verbündete gegen steigende Gesundheitskosten

Deutschland ist beliebt bei Auswanderern. Was von Menschen aus anderen Ländern, die hier wohnen und arbeiten, positiv hervorgehoben wird, ist laut einem aktuellen Report unter anderem die Gesundheitsversorgung. Und diese Qualität hat ihren Preis. Die Pro-Kopf-Ausgaben im Gesundheitswesen steigen mehr oder weniger seit Jahren kontinuierlich. Doch gibt es Verbündete gegen

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Jennifer BellSeptember 9, 2016 0

From compliance to commitment: The power of student growth data

As teachers, we lean into our experience. We trust our judgment about students and our instruction. We trade teaching stories with colleagues. And increasingly, we examine student growth data that illuminates our practice and occasionally suggests we refine our approach to individual students. In the past decade, states and districts

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Education | Government

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Mauricio GonzálezSeptember 8, 2016 0

Los científicos de datos: una nueva ventaja competitiva para las organizaciones

El big data se ha convertido en una parte fundamental del éxito de las compañías visionarias que comprenden y valoran la importancia de la recolección y análisis de los datos generados en una empresa. Sin embargo, el big data sin la presencia de un científico de datos podría carecer de

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 8, 2016 0

New course on Next Generation Demand Management

My friend and colleague Charlie Chase, author of the new book Next Generation Demand Management, has developed a 2-day course to go along with the book. The course is part of the SAS Business Knowledge Series, and is being offered in Chicago, October 19-20. Here are the details: Next Generation

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