Industries / Manufacturing

Perceptual Quality

Quality has many definitions, but when it is time to make a purchase decision, your customers' perceptions trump all of them. At a time when product recalls, government intervention and lawsuits are front-page news, customers are now questioning brands that seemed to have been above reproach. The ability to monitor, measure and manage those perceptions has significant impact on your ability to detect field issues, differentiate your products and increase profitability.

Why SAS®?

Using SAS, a global automotive manufacturer was able to monitor customer feedback in real time for new product introductions and identify quality issues faster than from traditional sources. 


How SAS® Can Help 

Truly understanding and managing the perceived quality of your products requires a comprehensive approach to integrating and analyzing social media, governmental and internal data sources. Applications that are simply listening platforms are not enough.

  • Accumulate knowledge about relevant customer conversations. Integrate pertinent data across online channels, including government reporting systems, social media forums and internal sources, and then store that content in an analysis-ready format.
  • Analyze customer issues down to the component level. Modify taxonomies so that they accurately represent your product component hierarchies.
  • Quantify the impact of new product launches. Compare sentiment before and after a product launch and set alerts for component-level comments.
  • Track social networks. Identify the most influential participants – those with the most friends and followers.
  • Base product design on customer sentiment and preferences. Use a reporting and analysis platform that surfaces insights regarding the features that customers would most like to see added to future products.
  • Integrate with other SAS manufacturing quality offerings to enhance the effectiveness of your issue detection and resolution.

How SAS® Is Different 

  • Combine and analyze quality data from diverse sources to gain insights that will help you create greater product value faster.
  • Quickly identify emerging issues and provide useful information to your problem solvers by applying embedded, advanced analytics along with multilanguage support, hybrid sentiment analysis and component-level granularity.
  • Use the latest machine-learning algorithms to discern sentiment and tone, while also allowing human experience to override rules.

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