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sascom SPECIAL ISSUES
In addition to award-winning sascom magazine, you can now download complimentary special issues. Get articles from industry experts and find out how top companies are using technology to outmaneuver the competition. Register now to access:
Banking
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Performance management for the banking and insurance industries (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how banks and insurers can:
- Take a unified approach to performance management.
- Use analytics to improve performance through strategic insight and predictive performance management.
- Improve customer and product profitability.
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Analytics makes the difference (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 471KB) to read about how analytics makes a difference between merely managing performance and actually improving it.
For additional reports, visit the Banking Special Reports page.
Communications
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Getting to Grips with Convergence (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page international communications special issue and find out how communications companies around the world are:
- Maximizing profitability by increasing customer lifetime value
- Boosting earnings with rich content delivery.
- Realizing big savings with effective capacity management.
Plus read expert commentaries on convergence and revenue assurance by thought leaders such as Lars Vestergaard, Research Director of European Wireless and Mobile Communications for analyst firm IDC and SAS telecommunications experts Ken King, Rob Mattison and Maciej Komacki.
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Managing the "Good Customers" for New Business Realities (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 337KB). It's not news that many telecommunications customers are constantly on the prowl for the best deal. Analysis has revealed that customers tend to change their behavior just before they decide to make the switch. Find out how customer intelligence can help you pick up on the clues that you are about to lose a customer and why.
Fraud
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Crimes of financial passion: High-tech practices to beat enterprise fraudsters at their own game (full report)
Register now to access the entire 33-page special report full of expert best practices for combating fraud with analytics. The report also includes several case studies showing how leading financial institutions are receiving rapid returns on anti-fraud technology.
Topics include:
- Analyzing social networks to identify crime rings.
- Improving customer service with anti-fraud technology.
- Keeping tabs on internal fraud risks.
- Results from HSBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, BB&T and BBVA Bancomer.
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Building a better banking world (sample article)
Download this article to find out how a unified approach to fighting financial crime enhances operational efficiency and ultimately reduces fraud. (PDF)
Insurance
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Performance management for the banking and insurance industries (full report)
Register now to access the full 52-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how banks and insurers can:
- Take a unified approach to performance management.
- Use analytics to improve performance through strategic insight and predictive performance management.
- Improve customer and product profitability.
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Analytics makes the difference (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 471KB) to read about how analytics makes a difference between merely managing performance and actually improving it.
For additional reports, visit the Insurance Special Reports page.
JMP
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JMP statistical discovery software from SAS (full report)
Register now to access the full 44-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how organizations worldwide are using JMP to dynamically visualize their data, bringing new understanding to their businesses. The hottest topics in interactive data visualization:
- Now that JMP seamlessly connects to SAS, what does that mean for SAS programmers and JMP users?
- Not just for scientists and engineers anymore, JMP means business -- and it's anything but business as usual.
- Read about real-world success from JMP users at Duke Medical Center, Georgia Tech, Goodyear, USDA, DETERTEC and more.
- You'll ask yourself, "How did I ever live without this?"
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Why SAS and JMP need each other? (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 328KB) for a Q-and-A with John Sall, SAS co-founder, Executive Vice President and primary architect of JMP. Sall talks about where JMP's been -- and where it's going. The answers may surprise you.
Manufacturing
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Competing to Win: Business Intelligence & Industrial Muscle for the Manufacturing Industry (full report)
Register now to access the full 48-page international manufacturing special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how manufacturers around the world are:
- Using business intelligence and analytics to drive sustainable benefits at low cost.
- Reducing costs by 34 percent and improving production turnover rates by 50 percent.
- Applying demand forecasting to save millions of dollars.
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THE POWER TO KNOW® and Innovate in Manufacturing (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 318KB) to read about how service-oriented architectures (SOAs) can support an enterprise-wide, integrated yield management strategy in a manufacturing company, fostering innovation and greater competitiveness.
Public Sector
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Performance Management for the Public Sector (full report)
Register now to access the 44-page sascom international public sector special issue and find out how public sector organizations around the world are:
- Eliminating the drain on resources caused by fraud.
- Enabling better public healthcare decisions.
- Applying performance management for improved efficiency.
- Offering online access to government services.
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Policy Costs Money (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 141KB). Discover how some of the best practices developed within the private sector are being implemented to ensure the effective use of public funds and minimize fraud, waste and abuse.
Retail
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Competing as a 21st Century Retailer: Maximizing profitability in a consumer-centric world (full report)
Register now for this special report, which provides in-depth analysis of business and technology practices for improving your corporate performance as a retailer, meeting customer needs, increasing profitability, and gaining competitive advantage. This report includes:
- Opinion and analysis from seasoned financial analysts, executive officers and consultants with extensive international retail experience.
- Results from leading retailers such as Office Depot, Parkson, Auto Zone and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM.
- Articles geared toward the specific concerns of individual executive officers including CEO, CIO, CFO, CMO and EVP of Merchandising.
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Retail technology: The view from Wall Street (sample article)
Download this article (PDF: 437KB). Citi Investment Research Analyst Deborah Weinswig outlines how five key corporate measures – including operating margins and return on invested capital – can be positively affected by implementing analytical retail business applications.
Risk Management
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Enterprise risk management: When weathering the storm is not enough (full report)
Register now for this 52-page special report to read global expert opinion about the key drivers to the global financial crisis, insights regarding impending global regulations, and recommendations for best practices to improve risk management capabilities.
You'll find a range of risk-related articles:
- "Enterprise Risk Management: The Culture of the Future for Financial Services."
- "Benchmarking the Quality of Risk Management from a Business-Centric Perspective."
- "Moving from Stress Tests to Broader Scenario Analyses."
- "Liquidity Risk in the Spotlight."
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An Erosion of Confidence (sample article)
Download this sample article to read about a recent survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The survey revealed that members of the financial services community have lost confidence in regulators and their own institution’s risk strategy. This erosion dramatically affects the kind of business financial institutions are willing to carry out.
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