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The Value of SAS in Manufacturing
Contributed
Eric Brinsfield
Meridian Software, Inc.
Abstract:
SAS offers several extremely powerful and useful products, tools, and solutions for the manufacturing sector. Although many other vendors offer niche products that target that market, SAS fills a definite void. As consultants or as project managers within
a manufacturing company, you may find it challenging to decide when and where the power of SAS is justified or even essential in the short-term and in the long-term.
This paper will clarify
· The offerings from SAS
· Where and when SAS is a
ppropriate to use
· The value SAS brings to the bottom line
· The knowledge required to build SAS applications in manufacturing
To support the discussion, I will present several sample Web-based applications that have been utilized with gr
eat success in manufacturing to capitalize on SAS’s analytical depth and data management flexibility.
Biography:
Eric Brinsfield is President of Meridian Software, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in software application design and development. Eric started using SAS for statistical analysis in 1977 while in graduate school. He worked for the NCSU computing c
enter from 1980 to 1984, for SAS Institute from 1984 to 1990, and started Meridian Software in 1990. Along with extensive SAS expertise, Eric specializes in system design, user interface design, project estimation, and project management.