Waitrose Chooses SAS for Forecasting
In August, John Lewis Partnership announced it had chosen SAS' forecasting solution, over five other competitors, to better manage its supply chain in its food stores. Built on SAS®9 Intelligence Platform the system enables Waitrose to forecast demand on products based on information derived from the past history of each item and also the number of fundamental variables, events and holidays. A Waitrose spokesperson commented that they anticipate return on investment, as well as reduced wastage and increased revenues. The start of implementation will coincide with the major Christmas retail period and the system is planned to be fully rolled out to all stores during 2007.
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SMEs to Benefit from New SAS Integrated BI Offering
SAS has made a significant step and is now transferring its experience in the enterprise intelligence market to SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). With a new strategy based on providing SMEs with the bigger picture, instead of individual tools with different interfaces which result in isolated solutions to isolated problems, SAS' solution is unique and also offers consultancy for implementation, support and training on the products. This consultancy enables the package to be easily installed, customised and ready to use within a week. To find out more and see who has already closed a deal with the new SAS SME team click above.
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Share your Experiences - join other reputable companies telling their success stories!
Would you like to join other customers and be the star of a success story? If your company has effectively deployed SAS technologies or is using an interesting application of SAS within your business, we can work with you to share your knowledge and best practice with other SAS customers.

We offer a range of opportunities from conveying your company's story via the website, or appearing in the customer spotlight section in this newsletter, to speaking at SAS user conferences during the year.

If you have something to share then do not hesitate to get in touch to discuss the options, we'd love to hear from you.  
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12 days to go….until SAS Forum UK!
Since it was first announced months ago, we've kept you up to date with information on the key speakers Professor Thomas Davenport and Gloria Miller, and hopefully encouraged you to register for this not-to-be-missed event for SAS users. This forum is for YOU! It's not too late to register now if you haven't already. Attendees will have the opportunity to understand the scope of SAS' capabilities and offerings through customer case studies, networking with peers and the SAS partner community. Amongst other things there will be a Knowledge Zone featuring partner and practice specific presentations (also including a stand for In the Know), a certification lab and a great party to look forward to - plus much more.
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High Performance BI - break some records of your own!
Do you store large amounts of data? Are you supporting large user bases? If you'd like to see an improvement in data-warehousing performances, or get a lower disk footprint and reduce maintenance overheads you should look into SAS® IT Intelligence Storage. SAS hold the world record for bulk data load and understand that the ability to loads all your data in the batch window is critical. Take inspiration from Shaun Baker, SAS sponsored extreme kayaker - a wonderful pioneer of extending capabilities and improving performances. We like to echo this principle in our solutions such as through data storage.
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Rise Above the Competition with SAS
Throughout the fourth quarter (October to December) we'll be offering a radio-controlled indoor Airship to anyone who books and attends a course. With Christmas parties being booked and shops already stocking Christmas cards you can tell that Christmas is on its way - so here is the perfect, novelty Christmas present for all you gadget lovers. And for those of you who aren't keen then maybe the idea of entering a competition for a hot air balloon trip takes your fancy?
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We Can Solve Your Puzzles, But Can You Solve Ours?
In the last edition of In the Know we let you know about the new SAS Support number - 0845 402 9907 - for all your SAS needs now on a low cost number. This number has now launched so we can solve all your problems quickly, easily and now conveniently too. In celebration we're giving you the chance to enter a competition! This is for all SUDOKU lovers - there is a chance to solve a puzzle and, the first 25 successful applicants will win an Electronic Sudoko Game. So, click through and get going! Don't worry if you've never played before, we'll explain how.
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Whilst using DDE, Have You Ever Wanted to Add Colours, Change Fonts and Font Sizes in Your Excel Spreadsheet via SAS?
(Suggested by Jason Thornton at Halifax PLC and written by SAS Customer Support, UK)
To see how to create a formatted Excel spreadsheet using DDE follow the link and see examples using specific details within a coding which you can then use for the particular formatting you require.
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Keep Up with What's New in SAS®9.
(Written by SAS Customer Support, UK)
Find out what's new with SAS®9 - see what a SAS®9 Online Tutor can do, learn about SAS Support for Microsoft Windows Platform and more!
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How to Move the Axis to the Middle of the Graph Using the Annotate Facility
The Annotate facility enables you to generate a special data set of graphics commands from which you can produce graphics output. This data set is referred to as an Annotate data set. You can use it to generate custom graphics or to enhance graphics output from many SAS/GRAPH procedures.
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Share Your Thoughts and Receive a SAS Penknife
Are there topics that you would like to see covered in Hints & Tips or do you have a hint & tip of your own that you would like to share with other readers? Please contact us with your ideas and if we publish your hint & tip, we will send you a penknife full of useful tools!

SAS Forum International 2007 - Stockholm, 22-24 May 2007
Take a look at the new website for SAS Forum International and learn about the splendid Stockholm location, what you can do if you want your organisation to present their ideas about how they use our Enterprise Business Intelligence and much more… In addition to this, make sure you keep reading In the Know for further announcements.
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Don't Miss Web Seminars! - the Webcast Index
If you want to know what webcasts are live online in the next month or so (or even today!) then the easiest way to find out is by looking at the Webcasts Index on the Events pages. Found on the main (US) website, the page gives a breakdown of what the webcasts will cover and, also, gives technical help to enable you to access the webcasts with ease.
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