Chart the right BPM 2.0 strategy for your organization (and your career). This Webcast from Business Finance and SAS explores where to start, what results to expect, and how much of a proactive role should you as a CFO take in championing the use of analytics across business lines. Hear practical insights from industry thought leaders and one organization’s real-world experience.

For many people, analytics is an abstract concept, but it is really about people: people applying science, advancing science, being creative and making things better. Tune into this Webcast, which is available as a full-length video and in five-part audio podcast segments, to explore the dual nature of analytics – its scientific method and the art of successful application in the social context of an organization. Anne Milley, Senior Director of Technology Product Marketing at SAS, explains analytics in terms of making the invisible visible, aiding judgment under uncertainty and allowing continuous learning and improvement. 

Learn the basic principles and capabilities of a variety of analytical approaches and concepts, as well as their applications in business. Clearly presented through audio and graphical slides, this 45-minute Web seminar describes why analytics plays such an important role in organizational performance.

Gain a better understanding of the proper role of spreadsheets, their benefits and drawbacks, and learn the benefits of transitioning from risky spreadsheet dependence to solid data reliance. This on-demand Webcast features several expert panelists and highlights Aberdeen Group's Analyst Insight report, Beyond Spreadsheets: The Value of BI and Analytics .

How do you implement a comprehensive business intelligence strategy that accelerates your organizational goals? To answer this question, a growing number of financial services institutions are creating Business Intelligence Competency Centers (BICCs). Join BI visionary Claudia Imhoff as she explores the components, benefits and inevitable pitfalls of a BICC and hear from industry experts who have experience in planning, implementing and maintaining a BICC.

Join us for the second episode in a Webcast series designed to help you spark your data management strategy. This episode will focus on how to pursue an effective data governance initiative that provides accurate, consistent information to support wise, forward-looking decisions. Learn why data quality is an essential component of any data governance initiative and how analytics can help you build upon a solid foundation of information to illuminate previously unknown patterns and trends in your information. A panel of experts – David Loshin, President of Knowledge Integrity Inc.; Ron Agresta, Solutions Manager at DataFlux; and Ken Hausman, Product Marketing Manager at SAS – will share case studies and real world experiences about results that other organizations are experiencing and what you can expect by implementing a successful data governance strategy.

A secret weapon of many top-performing companies today is analytics. Organizations such as Amazon, Harrah’s, Capital One and the Boston Red Sox have dominated their fields by employing industrial-strength analytics across a wide variety of activities. If your company isn’t competing on analytics, now is the time to take a look at how doing so can improve enterprise performance and increase your bottom line. In its widely anticipated next Influencer’s Webcast, Business Finance and SAS bring together industry experts Thomas H. Davenport and David Axson to demonstrate how you can make analytics central to strategy and transform your business processes to derive maximum value from them.

Join us for a Webcast that will teach you how to drive enterprisewide growth through the development of a comprehensive and profit-oriented customer management strategy. Presented by BetterManagement.com and sponsored by SAS, this complimentary Webcast features Scott Radcliffe, Business Director, Communications Global Practice for SAS, and Chad Jones, Chief Service Officer of Grande Communications. They will share their expertise regarding the steps telcos must take to acquire new customers, strengthen existing customer loyalty and optimize ROI.

Learn the secret that many leading companies have already mastered. Top performers such as Amazon.com, Marriott International, Harrah's Entertainment, and Procter & Gamble achieve superior performance by using data to drive better decision making throughout their organizations every day. Join Thomas H. Davenport, analytics expert and author; Stephan Chase, Vice President of Customer Knowledge from Marriott International; and Jim Davis, Chief Marketing Officer from SAS, for a lively panel discussion on Davenport's latest groundbreaking research and best practices on how to differentiate your business with analytics - and win. Hear the inside scoop from industry leader Marriott International and how they measure customer behavior and profitability for effective marketing and product valuation for their Reward's program.  

Learn how to easily gain profitable data mining results in less time and improve accuracy and usefulness of analytical models during this Webinar. You’ll find out how to deliver precise and confident results, manage and improve model performance, and derive and share insights to improve the quality and precision of your decisions.

Traditional efficiency measures will only take insurers so far. The key is knowing where to focus efforts and resources – and that’s insight you can gain with predictive analytics. Join our panel of experts as they discuss how predictive analytics can help data-rich but information-poor companies become insight-rich through a holistic data analytics strategy.

Join our panel of higher education professionals for a frank discussion about the importance of applying the science of predictive analytics to the business of higher education. You’ll learn why it’s essential to effectively integrate the data you’re collecting, how to surface telling patterns in it and the benefits of applying analytics to make precise predictions and better decisions.

The value proposition is straight-forward and proven: Predictive analytics produces business insight that delivers.  Dr. Eric Siegel, Chair of Predictive Analytics World, will be joined by Anne Milley from SAS in a discussion of the top business applications of predictive analytics. Audience members will learn 1) How predictive analytics automatically derives models for decision automation by learning from experience and 2) The top business applications of analytical prediction.

Join us for this Webinar and demo to find out how small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are planning to use analytics to realize growth as the economy recovers. We’ll share real-world stories of SMBs that have seen analytics pay off in the first year of implementation, and give you the details on the top three analytics applications for small and midsize businesses.

If your institution isn’t teaching students about the importance of analytics and data mining in the business world, now is the time to examine how doing so can improve their chances of gaining a true competitive edge in today’s cutthroat job market. SAS invites you to join distinguished panelists Dr. Ravi Bapna and Dr. Galit Shmueli, both faculty members at leading U.S. business schools, as they draw from their real-world teaching experience to discuss how students benefit from learning analytics and data mining techniques, the importance of using statistics and modeling expertly in the 21st-century business world and more.

Learn to provide the right services, at the right time, to the right customers.  Find out how to be more effective with your offers and efficient with your resources.  Hear how to understand your customers and tailor your services to fit their needs, using the secret weapon for success – analytics.

In an industry in which hotel occupancy is at 64 percent of capacity, how will hospitality businesses drive higher occupancy rates and improve pricing decisions? How can companies boost guest satisfaction, wallet share and loyalty? Join representatives from Deloitte Consulting and RCI Global Vacation Network as they discuss the latest challenges of the hospitality industry, and how optimizing pricing and accurately forecasting demand and resources may achieve optimal revenue management: selling the right room to the right customer at the right time for the right price.

How do you manage IT so that it adds value to your organization and the line of business it supports? You will hear from thought leaders and implementers who are at the forefront of aligning IT with the demands of today's business. Join us for this entire series or for the individual sessions that suit your interests.

How well institutions handle inquiries, integrate information and personalize their intelligence delivery has a significant impact on overall effectiveness. This Webcast examines the details of how Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Iowa is using SAS software to understand the big picture of institutional effectiveness.

Today's insurance benefit plans are evolving from more traditional products to those reliant upon medical case management, member health accountability and outcome incentives. Thus, the demand for information is great - as is the need for insightful data and analysis. Join this live Webcast to learn how progressive, intelligent platform technologies empower you to better meet these new health plan reporting needs.

In a world where the traditional bases of competitive advantage have largely evaporated, how do you separate your organization’s performance from the pack? Join our panel of industry experts, including author Thomas H. Davenport and members of the National Retail Federation, Teradata and SAS for a timely discussion about how retailers are leveraging the latest analytic solutions to grow market share, improve profitability and even thrive in today’s challenging retail environment.

Today’s insurance carriers face numerous challenges in the areas of operational risk, market risk, customer profitability, fraud and ratemaking. Learn how to overcome them by viewing this free, on-demand Web seminar presented by Insurance Networking News and SAS. You’ll discover how employing advanced, predictive analytics not only lowers your overall risk exposure – but also delivers increased ROI.

Selling more to your existing customers not only increases the likelihood of a satisfied customer, but it also increases value. However, how do you determine what groups of products are customers mostly likely to own? And, how likely is a particular type of customer to buy?  Join David Ogden, Analytical Consultant for SAS, as he discusses how data mining can help answer the fundamental business questions associated with successful cross- and up-selling campaigns, including evaluating various analytical approaches and building two-stage models that maximize the probability of successful sales.

If your institution isn’t teaching students about the importance of analytics and data mining in the business world, now is the time to examine how doing so can improve their chances of gaining a true competitive edge in today’s cutthroat job market. SAS invites you to join distinguished panelists Dr. Ravi Bapna and Dr. Galit Shmueli, both faculty members at leading U.S. business schools, as they draw from their real-world teaching experience to discuss how students benefit from learning analytics and data mining techniques, the importance of using statistics and modeling expertly in the 21st-century business world and more.

Selling more to your existing customers not only increases the likelihood of a satisfied customer, but it also increases value. However, how do you determine what groups of products are customers mostly likely to own? And, how likely is a particular type of customer to buy?  Join David Ogden, Analytical Consultant for SAS, as he discusses how data mining can help answer the fundamental business questions associated with successful cross- and up-selling campaigns, including evaluating various analytical approaches and building two-stage models that maximize the probability of successful sales.

How do you specifically target retention to optimize value and strike the perfect balance between customer satisfaction and cost control? What is the best methodology for quantifying the economic benefit of your investments?  Join us for the first Webcast in our new three-part data mining series which will provide you with best practices and real-world examples for applying customer lifetime value in decision making, including cutting-edge modeling approaches for customer retention and reliable methodologies for increasing sales to existing customers.

Despite the evident need to retain existing customers, it simply is not practical for companies to take proactive measures for millions of individual customers. The challenge lies in predicting who will churn, identifying what is driving churn, and applying targeted retention strategies. What’s the most reliable and consistent way to uncover the specific causes of customer defections? Tune in with David Ogden, Analytical Consultant for SAS, to learn more about how to you use that information to prevent future losses.

Join us for the fifth in a series of six live Webcasts designed to help you improve service operations. Hear experts from Warranty Week, Accenture and SAS share proven ways to integrate text mining with other forms of analysis across the service chain. You will learn how this approach enhances your ability to make decisions about critical business areas like warranty management, call centers and field service.

Please join us for a special live Webinar detailing how SAS Analytics Pro and SAS Visual Data Discovery can improve your decision making via a point-and-click interface and rich, interactive analytic visualizations.

Join BetterManagement.com and SAS for the fourth in a series of six live Webcasts designed to help you improve service operations. This episode will focus on why accurate forecasting and planning have become critical differentiators between good companies and great ones. Experts from the University of Tennessee, Campbell Soup Company and SAS will explain the results various companies have achieved by using advanced demand and consensus forecasting technologies in their enterprises.

We can’t always control the forecast accuracy we achieve, but we can control the forecasting process we use  and the resources we invest. The Lean Approach involves identifying and eliminating waste in the forecasting process to get better results with less effort. Join Mike Gilliland, Marketing Manager at SAS, to learn how using Forecast Value Added (FVA) Analysis can help identify the forecasting process activities that are undermining your forecast. Specifically, he’ll discuss how to determine what level of accuracy is reasonable to expect for a given demand pattern, how to set forecasting performance goals and current research surrounding the topic of demand "forecastability."

Traditional forecasting performance metrics, such as Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE), reveal the magnitude of your forecasting errors. However, MAPE does not tell you what degree of accuracy you should be able to achieve given the nature of your demand patterns. Similarly, MAPE alone gives no indication of whether your forecasting process is adding value by making the forecast better. Join Mike Gilliland, Marketing Manager at SAS, to learn more about the alternatives to traditional forecasting performance metrics, as well as how these alternatives can provide new insight into both the "forecastability" of your demand patterns and what your process is achieving. Specifically, he will discuss how Forecast Value Added (FVA) Analysis can help you measure the impact of each step and participant in your forecasting process.

Forecasting is a fundamental business task, yet few organizations perform it efficiently.  New techniques for the large-scale automation of statistically based forecasts improve process efficiency. However, in many cases, it is still necessary to incorporate human judgment. How can you determine when human intervention in the forecast is appropriate? Join Mike Gilliland, Marketing Manager at SAS, to learn more about the basic methods for measuring the elements of demand variation and for viewing the relationship between volatility and forecast accuracy.  He will be joined by Brenda Wolfe, Product Manager at SAS, who will demonstrate the ways in which SAS Forecast Server incorporates advanced and automated forecasting capabilities under a wizard-based GUI.

Learn more about Forecast Value Added analysis and why it’s being used by many organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of their forecasting systems and processes.  Don’t miss this chance to get step-by-step instructions on how to perform FVA analysis in your organization.

Join us for the fifth in a series of six live Webcasts designed to help you improve service operations. Hear experts from Warranty Week, Accenture and SAS share proven ways to integrate text mining with other forms of analysis across the service chain. You will learn how this approach enhances your ability to make decisions about critical business areas like warranty management, call centers and field service.

If you do not currently use SAS® Forecast Server or SAS® High-Performance Forecasting but are interested in how analytics can make your forecasts better, then this Webcast is for you. You will learn how to shift from the standard forecasting techniques and gut judgments of the past to new, sophisticated approaches for shaping demand. Find out how you can use SAS® Demand-Driven Forecasting software to incorporate customer demand signals and market trends into your demand forecasts – accurately, frequently and in real time. Learn to create consensus forecasts that you can confidently share across the organization to improve the S&OP process. This event will take a brief historical look at forecasting, leading up to the advanced statistically based forecasting systems of today. These include new collaborative consensus forecasting methods that use demand-sensing technologies and consider workflow. The event will conclude with a discussion about the future of forecasting (e.g., patented “new product” forecasting).

Building models and performing computationally intensive analysis are useless unless you act on the insights gleaned from these processes. It’s when you integrate analytics into an enterprise platform – to connect directly into your data warehouses and BI systems – that your ROI will soar! We’ll tell you how technology can give you both the speed and ease of use so critical to today’s analytical modeler.

Managing collections is a complex and intense process, facing challenges of rising default rates and changes in customer profiles and operating models. Optimization analytics can have a dramatic positive effect on the collections process, resulting in increased profitability and ROI.

Gain a better understanding of the proper role of spreadsheets, their benefits and drawbacks, and learn the benefits of transitioning from risky spreadsheet dependence to solid data reliance. This on-demand Webcast features several expert panelists and highlights Aberdeen Group's Analyst Insight report, Beyond Spreadsheets: The Value of BI and Analytics .

Join BI visionary Claudia Imhoff and Aiman Zeid from SAS to hear the benefits of the BI Competency Center including greater business user satisfaction and decreased staff and software costs. This comprehensive, strategic approach to BI addresses technology as well as people, processes and organizational culture.

How do you implement a comprehensive business intelligence strategy that accelerates your organizational goals? To answer this question, a growing number of financial services institutions are creating Business Intelligence Competency Centers (BICCs). Join BI visionary Claudia Imhoff as she explores the components, benefits and inevitable pitfalls of a BICC and hear from industry experts who have experience in planning, implementing and maintaining a BICC.

How is SAS different? What can SAS do for your enterprise that other BI vendors can't? Join us for this on-demand Webcast and learn how SAS' latest BI solution delivers not only state-of-the-art query and reporting - which is the extent of most other vendors' ambitions - but also self-service access to deeper insights obtainable through forecasting, predictive modeling and optimization.  Webcast participants including SAS speakers, customers and industry analysts will discuss how SAS business intelligence stands out among the competition.

Business Intelligence technology continues to advance, but is it keeping pace with the intelligence needs of today’s businesses? To avoid commoditization, what should you look for beneath the thin veneer of point-and-click report generation and pretty pie charts? Join SAS and Computerworld on April 11 at 11:00 a.m. ET and learn about the short-cuts to BI success from prominent industry analysts as well as practitioners who are meeting the daily challenges of generating mission-critical BI for their organizations.

Learn the secret that many leading companies have already mastered. Top performers such as Amazon.com, Marriott International, Harrah's Entertainment, and Procter & Gamble achieve superior performance by using data to drive better decision making throughout their organizations every day. Join Thomas H. Davenport, analytics expert and author; Stephan Chase, Vice President of Customer Knowledge from Marriott International; and Jim Davis, Chief Marketing Officer from SAS, for a lively panel discussion on Davenport's latest groundbreaking research and best practices on how to differentiate your business with analytics - and win. Hear the inside scoop from industry leader Marriott International and how they measure customer behavior and profitability for effective marketing and product valuation for their Reward's program.  

This Webcast introduces SAS’ complete intelligence platform and explores how to improve information quality, gain analytical insights and extend the value of existing IT investments.  Learn how to make your information available to everyone – while controlling information management costs.

Learn how SAS® Enterprise BI Server can push your organization to the next level with its powerful BI combination of analytics and data integration. 

JMP can be used as a standalone desktop analytics tool or integrated with the SAS® Enterprise Intelligence Platform. It’s visual and easy to use. Learn the basics from our live or on-demand Webcasts.

Microsoft Office is ubiquitous and here to stay, so tune in to this Webinar to find out how you can transform the Microsoft Office applications from a tactical offering to one that is strategic. By combining the power of SAS^® Business Analytics with Microsoft Office you will be able to easily access data from any operational system without IT intervention, automate spreadsheets and PowerPoint decks, and save time and money by reducing redundancy and improving productivity.

Tune in and learn how reporting enhancements can make it easy to get crucial information to more people in your organization - giving them what they need to make strategic, fact-based decisions and reducing reliance on IT.   

The speed of change in our global economy is influencing an unprecedented demand for information. From this Webinar you’ll learn how to deliver dynamic and interactive information with self-service reporting to meet the needs of diverse users across your entire organization.

Microsoft Office is ubiquitous and here to stay, so tune in to this Webinar to find out how you can transform the Microsoft Office applications from a tactical offering to one that is strategic. By combining the power of SAS^® Business Analytics with Microsoft Office you will be able to easily access data from any operational system without IT intervention, automate spreadsheets and PowerPoint decks, and save time and money by reducing redundancy and improving productivity.

Is your data stuck in boring spreadsheets and graphs instead of stimulating data movies full of custom graphics? Join us to learn how SAS® Visual BI can take your data from drab to dynamic, revealing new patterns and insights.

Join us for the ins and outs of SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server and learn how it can help transform your data into reliable information.

How do you manage IT so that it adds value to your organization and the line of business it supports? You will hear from thought leaders and implementers who are at the forefront of aligning IT with the demands of today's business. Join us for this entire series or for the individual sessions that suit your interests.

Business analytics applied to corporate data is a critical asset that creates competitive advantage. This Webinar will examine how organizations such as the University of Phoenix and ISO Innovative Analytics are using business analytics. A panel of experts will also discuss how organizations are increasingly turning to grid solutions to drive innovation, cut costs and advance the role of both analysts and IT within the organization.

Join us for the second episode in a Webcast series designed to help you spark your data management strategy. This episode will focus on how to pursue an effective data governance initiative that provides accurate, consistent information to support wise, forward-looking decisions. Learn why data quality is an essential component of any data governance initiative and how analytics can help you build upon a solid foundation of information to illuminate previously unknown patterns and trends in your information. A panel of experts – David Loshin, President of Knowledge Integrity Inc.; Ron Agresta, Solutions Manager at DataFlux; and Ken Hausman, Product Marketing Manager at SAS – will share case studies and real world experiences about results that other organizations are experiencing and what you can expect by implementing a successful data governance strategy.

Join SAS and data quality guru Larry English for an informative discussion about best practices in data quality. This on-demand Webcast will help you develop strategies to tap into the power of your data by integrating data quality standards into enterprise intelligence initiatives from the start -- when it really counts. English will explain a proven process for ensuring data quality that will help you to provide decision makers with information they can trust.

Tune in to this Webinar to find out how to improve key data areas through data quality profiling and provide decision makers with trustworthy information. You’ll learn how to apply analytics to your reliable, high-quality data and come away with insights that optimize your organization’s decision-making capabilities.

Business analytics applied to corporate data is a critical asset that creates competitive advantage. This Webinar will examine how organizations such as the University of Phoenix and ISO Innovative Analytics are using business analytics. A panel of experts will also discuss how organizations are increasingly turning to grid solutions to drive innovation, cut costs and advance the role of both analysts and IT within the organization.

Join us for the second episode in a Webcast series designed to help you spark your data management strategy. This episode will focus on how to pursue an effective data governance initiative that provides accurate, consistent information to support wise, forward-looking decisions. Learn why data quality is an essential component of any data governance initiative and how analytics can help you build upon a solid foundation of information to illuminate previously unknown patterns and trends in your information. A panel of experts – David Loshin, President of Knowledge Integrity Inc.; Ron Agresta, Solutions Manager at DataFlux; and Ken Hausman, Product Marketing Manager at SAS – will share case studies and real world experiences about results that other organizations are experiencing and what you can expect by implementing a successful data governance strategy.

This Webcast introduces SAS’ complete intelligence platform and explores how to improve information quality, gain analytical insights and extend the value of existing IT investments.  Learn how to make your information available to everyone – while controlling information management costs.

Find out how a complete business intelligence (BI) platform – integrating BI, data integration and analytics – can transform your organization, and you’ll come away with a clear understanding of the key components that comprise an effective BI platform.

Give your students hands-on experience with analytics to prepare them for the demands of 21st-century business! SAS invites you to join Dr. Fay Cobb Payton and Dr. Jennifer Lewis Priestley, both university professors, as they describe how they're using hands-on experience with analytics to help their students stand out in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

View this webcast to learn how risk management platform and high-performance computing from SAS can help you to track, defend and improve your risk methodologies.

Business analytics applied to corporate data is a critical asset that creates competitive advantage. This Webinar will examine how organizations such as the University of Phoenix and ISO Innovative Analytics are using business analytics. A panel of experts will also discuss how organizations are increasingly turning to grid solutions to drive innovation, cut costs and advance the role of both analysts and IT within the organization.