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Assisted Demand Planning Using Machine Learning for CPG and RetailIntelligent automation techniques can be applied to all kinds of activities across your organization to reduce the everyday repetitive work while uncovering key insights to improve the effectiveness of your processes, as well as your workforce.
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Bloor InBrief: SAS Event Stream ProcessingLearn why Bloor considers SAS a major contender in the market for streaming analytics platforms due to SAS’ differentiating analytic capabilities, notable performance and continuous improvement of in-stream models using machine learning.
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Better Forecasting With Next-Generation Demand ManagementThe multitude of forces affecting the relationship between demand and supply are set to expand their influence. Smart leaders will take advantage of the flood of digital data to better understand those forces to make more accurate and predictive supply chain decisions.
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Strategic Supply Chain Planning: Three Key Priorities of the Chief Supply Chain Officer, Strategic Supply Chain Planning -
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A Practical View of New Product Forecasting In this paper, SAS and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business examine the current state of new product forecasting and provide a clear, current look at how your peers are using analytics and technology to improve their new product forecasting capabilities.
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Capitalizing on Sensor Data OpportunitiesFind out who is using embedded sensors and how they are using them. This report explores how sensors can make manufacturers more competitive and provides guidance on using sensor-generated data as a flowing stream of opportunity rather than an unexpected flood that disrupts and distracts.
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Top Strategic IoT Trends and Technologies Through 2023In this report, Gartner examines 10 longer-term IoT technologies and trends that will be important in the 2018 through 2023 time frame.
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Text Analytics for ExecutivesThis paper looks at how organizations in banking, health care and life sciences, manufacturing and government are using SAS text analytics to drive better customer experiences, reduce fraud and improve society.
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Customer Story
Building materials leader optimizes production using analyticsUSG Corporation relies on the SAS Platform to improve its manufacturing process and reduce downtime, costs and energy consumption.
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Modern manufacturing’s triple play: Digital twins, analytics and the Internet of ThingsTechnologies to recreate a digital version of some of the world’s most complex machines present new opportunities for analytics and the IoT. Learn how manufacturers worldwide can monitor equipment from anywhere in the world.
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Charging Ahead with EV AnalyticsThis white paper from Navigant Research, sponsored by SAS and Intel, explores the analytics infrastructure that is needed to prepare for and benefit from the growth of EVs
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IoT Analytics in Practicethis paper will help business decision makers make informed investment decisions about the future of their own IoT analytics projects
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E-Book
Making Sense of AIThis e-book explores the current boundaries of AI, as well as the many ways that modern AI applications can improve our understanding of the world and enable us to make better, faster decisions.
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Analytics Really Do MatterAs companies begin their journey toward digital transformation, there’s a significant focus on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms and applications that run on them. However, the heart of a digital enterprise is data and using it to improve enterprisewide performance. One of the major tools we have to achieve this is analytics.
Industry analyst and advisory firm LNS Research developed this biannual report to explore the results of the 2018 Analytics That Matter survey and the unexpected (and interesting) responses. You will learn:
- What companies measure today, and which metrics have gained traction.
- Where IIoT platforms are being used.
- How industrial analytics affects improvement initiatives and operational performance.
- Why cloud, edge and other operational architecture elements affect analytics sophistication.
- What facts emerged about technology vendors that astonished the researchers and why.
- Recommendations for an industrial analytics program and aligning with your Industry 4.0 initiative.
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Intelligent Analytics for Smart Machines Learn how you can make the flood of IIoT data work for you with an end-to-end analytics platform that combines SAS expertise in analytics with Intel’s leading data center technology.
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Using Multitiered Causal Analysis to Improve Demand Forecasts and Optimize Marketing StrategyMultitiered causal analysis (MTCA) enables consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers to measure the impact of marketing on retail consumer demand and perform what-if analysis to predict and maximize future demand. This case study excerpted from the book Demand-Driven Forecasting, by Charles Chase of SAS, shows how one beverage manufacturer employed MTCA to improve its demand forecasts and optimize marketing strategy.
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Analytics turns service repair data into cost savingsAmerican Honda turns to SAS to help make sense of warranty and service data.
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Demand-Driven Forecasting and Planning: Take Demand Responsiveness to the Next LevelThis research report, produced in partnership with IndustryWeek, explores the way manufacturers currently use demand-driven forecasting and planning, as well as what future technology investments and methodologies will yield even more accuracy – and more revenue.
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IDC Perspective: Highlights from the 2018 European SAS Conference for Industry AnalystsThis IDC Perspective summarizes key takeaways from the annual European SAS Conference for
Industry Analysts.
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E-Book
5 Steps to Accelerate Value From Your Industrial IoT Data The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is flooding today’s industrial sector with massive volumes and varieties of IoT sensor data – from production line equipment to products used in the market, sales data and more. To succeed in this environment, industrial leaders need an edge-to-enterprise IoT analytics
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Modern manufacturing's triple play: Digital twins, analytics, IoTUsing exact duplicates to manage complex systems dates to NASA’s early moon missions. Today, IoT is key to implementing digital twin technology in manufacturing.
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Improving Inventory Replenishment for Retail Product PromotionsThis paper describes how inventory optimization solutions must better mimic real-world conditions to accommodate promotional demands in order to truly optimize the replenishment process.
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E-Book
Four Use Cases Show Real-World Impact of IoT This TDWI e-book explores in detail what IoT means and does for retailers, the automotive industry, state and local governments working with utilities firms, and the manufacturing industry. Common themes include connectedness, data-driven insights, predictive capabilities and transformation.
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The Connected Vehicle. Big Data, Big OpportunitiesThe opportunities for the automotive industry are enormous as the number of connected vehicles is projected to outpace global population growth for the next 10 years. The data collected from these vehicles, up to 30 terabytes each day, will have wide-reaching implications for drivers and manufacturers alike.
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Customer Story
Technology manufacturing backed by data transparencyVecima Networks optimizes its production process with SAS Visual Analytics.
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Combining Analytics and Structured Judgment: A Step-By-Step Guide for New Product ForecastingNew product launches are the most difficult to forecast. The uncertainty associated with a new product is much greater than that of forecasting older, more mature products. This uncertainty and the lack of historical data make traditional time series techniques unreliable. But using historical data associated with similar, previously launched products, combined with your domain knowledge in a structured process, can be an effective approach to forecast the demand for new products.
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Customer Story
SAS Artificial Intelligence leads to improved customer satisfactionMachine learning models powered by the SAS Platform help high-tech company Konica Minolta Japan reduce costs and enhance competitive edge.
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The Internet of Things: Finding the Path to ValueHow U.S. Manufacturing is Responding to the Business Challenges and Opportunities Being Unleashed by the Internet of Things and Advanced Analytics
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Connected vehicles: IoT steers a new direction for OEMsWith IoT and analytics, automakers and their partners can reshape business models, find new ways to monetize data and serve customers better.
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AI in manufacturing: New opportunities for IT and operationsAn AI survey reveals that leaders and early adopters in AI are making important advances and are identifying and expanding on what works as they use AI in more ways and more parts of their organizations.
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Drive Next-Generation Performance With Real-Time Connected Manufacturing This special report sponsored by SAS, Intel and Hortonworks explores how manufacturers are capitalizing on the promise of the IoT, creating new value streams and revolutionizing the relationship with markets.
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Quality 4.0 Impact and Strategy Handbook Quality 4.0 isn't really a story about technology. It's about how that technology improves culture, collaboration, competency and leadership.
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Drive Next-Generation Customer Experiences with Real-Time Connected Product and Service Analytics SAS, Hortonworks and Intel can help you embrace technologies and processes to anticipate a wide range of customer needs, providing the foundation for next-generation customer experiences.
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The Analytics Mandate: The Best Products Are Made With InsightsTo be successful, CPG companies must work with their retailer partners to maximize online awareness while minimizing its impact on other channels. As global consumption increases, investments must be managed in emerging markets while maintaining market share in mature markets. For CPG companies, it’s a constant balancing act and more than ever analytics is needed to gain business advantage.
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Demand Signal AnalyticsThere are challenges to becoming a demand-driven organization. Many of the data sources are new for most companies, so ownership, expertise and governance are important. Many executives say that their organizations are still in the early stages of data integration and cleansing due to poor data quality and lack of internal skills for maximizing analytic benefits. What does it take to move toward becoming an organization that can take full advantage of its data using predictive analytics? In this paper, industry expert Charles Chase explains the tools you will need to become a demand-sensing master.
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The Analytics Mandate: The Future of ManufacturingThis manufacturing-focus report is based on the white paper: The Analytics Mandate.
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An Executive's Guide to Maximizing Production AssetsPredictive maintenance technologies can play a vital role in helping manufacturers achieve higher asset utilization and reliability – and ultimately greater competitiveness. This paper provides the business case for investing in predictive maintenance solutions and how they work to lower maintenance costs and minimize maintenance-related disruptions across operations and what’s required to get started with predictive maintenance today.
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The Evolution of AnalyticsLearn about modern applications for machine learning, including recommendation systems, streaming analytics, deep learning and cognitive computing. And learn from the experiences of two companies that have successfully navigated organizational and technological challenges to adopt machine learning and embark on their own analytics evolution.
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Asset Performance Analytics Learn more about the benefits and opportunities for performance improvement among utilities, oil and gas producers and manufacturers, as well as some of the challenges associated with implementation.
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Customer Story
Artificial intelligence and IoT analytics keep aircraft operational for crucial missionsLockheed Martin revolutionizes aircraft maintenance with the SAS Platform.
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White Paper
Powering Big Data Benefits With Internet of Things IntelligenceA recent MPI study revealed that manufacturers must close strategic and technical gaps preventing them from fully capitalizing on IoT intelligence in order to capture competitive advantage and ensure they don't fall behind permanently.
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The Internet of Things: Understanding the AdventureRemember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from childhood? As the story unfolded, you were presented with options, if you wanted to go up the tree house, you turned to page 36 and if you wanted to go down the scary path, you turned to page 42. Just as you were presented divergent paths in the books, your IoT journey also presents different paths to success. Similarly, the “Choose Your IoT Adventure” experience takes participants down paths – of their choosing – throughout the IoT journey. Whether it is business outcomes or technology challenges, this guide provides the insights to accelerate your IoT journey.
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White Paper
Analytics Accelerates Monetization Opportunities for Connected Vehicle and Mobility ServicesLearn how automakers and their partners are using IoT data and analytics to help them reshape business models, seize new sources of revenue and develop inventive ways to better serve customers.
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Customer Story
IoT data with artificial intelligence reduces downtime, helps truckers keep on truckingVolvo Trucks and Mack Trucks use sensor data and SAS AI solutions to minimize unplanned downtime.
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White Paper
The Internet of ThingsThis report from the International Institute for Analytics explores the many business opportunities IoT presents, details its implementation challenges and describes how organizations can accelerate progress so they don’t fall behind.
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Customer Story
Manufacturing smarter, safer vehicles with analyticsKia Motors America relies on advanced analytics and artificial intelligence solutions from SAS to improve its products, services and customer satisfaction.
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Artificial Intelligence for ExecutivesThis paper outlines the SAS approach to AI and explains key concepts. It also provides process and implementation tips if you are considering adding AI technologies to your business and analytical strategies.
