I personally thoroughly enjoyed this company and its presentation. With such a big company it is tough to not let it go public while still maintaining success. They are the world leader in analytics, which is extremely impressive because there are several data analytics companies. I also found that their way of running the business is very interesting and out of ordinary. They have very extensive benefits and their salaries are above the average for this type of industry meaning SAS is and has been on top of their game.
The mission of SAS is to help organizations anticipate and optimize business opportunities. They do this through advanced analytics that turn data about customers, performance, finances, and more into meaningful information. They highly valued the customer saying that their values consist of being approachable, customer-driven, innovative, swift and agile to stay with the market, and trustworthy.
SAS does not have one main customer because data is involved in pretty much every business and organization. It’s amazing when you think about it because the world is now revolving around computer and data storing so heavily so there is literally data analytics in almost everything. The general categories for their customers are the government, retail stores, and healthcare. This is where they get their largest amount of customers because these industries are so large and heavily computer-based.
The customers of SAS value their innovation, which is a main reason why they are the world leader in analytics. SAS is always trying to look for a new way to analyze data quicker and more effectively in order to present to their customer in an easier to understand way. Big data can get to be a huge problem if you are trying to organize it, so SAS gives their customers a way to organize their data in a very simple way and analyze the trends that the companies have that SAS is dealing with. These services are what the customers value and what SAS tries to improve upon every day. The customers value their dedication to helping their own companies improve by analyzing their data and showing them trends to provide innovation in the customer’s company.
The results of SAS are employee satisfaction, new innovative ideas, customer satisfaction and world recognition. In the first presentation we were given, the presenter had a slide discussing the total rewards, which included benefits, compensation, recognition, work life, and development. All of these are amazing results for a private company. The benefits and work life of the company are extensive from day care for children to an on-campus gym and work out facilities. It only makes sense why this is on the list of the top companies to work for.
The plan for SAS moving forwards is to continue to provide their employees and customers with over-the-top satisfaction but also to improve their company in any areas possible. Towards the end of the presentation they discussed what their plans were moving forwards and they stressed the importance of being able to use their services and using visual analytics on mobile devices. They are developing solutions that are user-friendly on mobile devices. They could not stress the importance of innovation in their company and using innovation, along with their values, to make their company run more swiftly and effectively.
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