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SAS business planning and project management tool
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SAS Institute has announced the zvailabiliiy of a product for business planning, operations research and project management. The SAS/BR product, already installed in over 450 sites worldwide, i? used for such applications as schedcli J and monitoring complex preiects, df;termining product mix, and planning distribution strategies. In addition, the produs:t can help managers evaluate investmelrt profitability and solve transportation problems. SAS/OR procedures are based on linear pr -~gramming and other operations research techniques. The two principle procedures are PRCK CPM (critical path method) for analvsing ap*;v-2ir t*elatioosbzps and producing effective schedules; and PROr I .P (line- 4.~~n~an+-.,$ ’ ti Aolving linear programming models and planning in ;Lhel&f i ._! ~-rod: L I,. krr requirements and constraints. The product also features a $o%ti~~; p’: p-endure, l.,+ TIMEPLOT, for displayiilg schedules, and a macro to COIWCit Thtw-“’ :,a p r’h!rarns into SAS data sets, thereby eliminating an extensive conversion process. The product is i..!y integrated with all the other op?lons in the SAS System, allowing users to; - .ir example, combine data obtained with SAS/OR procedures with the forecas .,~g tools in the SAS/ETS product, or with the financial spreadsheet proce’i:”I c s in the SAS/FSP module to perform ‘what-if’ analyses. Combining the SAS/OR analyses with SAS/GIUPH procedures allows the information to be displayed as coloured grap s, charts or plots. To ?a& advantage of the SAS/OR option. an installation must have the basic SAS product which performs data management, report writing and statistical analysis. The SAS/OR product runs under IBM’s i)S, MVS, MVS/XA and DOS/VSL operating systems, and comprehensive documentation is available for it. AS with di SAS products, a 30 day free trial is also offered. For further information, please contact the SAS institute in Heidelberg, We Germany (see data at previous item).
The SAS Display Manager is a new feature incorporated into the SAS System which makes it much more interactive for the end user.
SAS Institute has announced the zvailabiliiy of a product for business planning, operations research and project management. The SAS/BR product, already installed in over 450 sites worldwide, i? used for such applications as schedcli J and monitoring complex preiects, df;termining product mix, and planning distribution strategies. In addition, the produs:t can help managers evaluate investmelrt profitability and solve transportation problems. SAS/OR procedures are based on linear pr -~gramming and other operations research techniques. The two principle procedures are PRCK CPM (critical path method) for analvsing ap*;v-2ir t*elatioosbzps and producing effective schedules; and PROr I .P (line- 4.~~n~an+-.,$ ’ ti Aolving linear programming models and planning in ;Lhel&f i ._! ~-rod: L I,. krr requirements and constraints. The product also features a $o%ti~~; p’: p-endure, l.,+ TIMEPLOT, for displayiilg schedules, and a macro to COIWCit Thtw-“’ :,a p r’h!rarns into SAS data sets, thereby eliminating an extensive conversion process. The product is i..!y integrated with all the other op?lons in the SAS System, allowing users to; - .ir example, combine data obtained with SAS/OR procedures with the forecas .,~g tools in the SAS/ETS product, or with the financial spreadsheet proce’i:”I c s in the SAS/FSP module to perform ‘what-if’ analyses. Combining the SAS/OR analyses with SAS/GIUPH procedures allows the information to be displayed as coloured grap s, charts or plots. To ?a& advantage of the SAS/OR option. an installation must have the basic SAS product which performs data management, report writing and statistical analysis. The SAS/OR product runs under IBM’s i)S, MVS, MVS/XA and DOS/VSL operating systems, and comprehensive documentation is available for it. AS with di SAS products, a 30 day free trial is also offered. For further information, please contact the SAS institute in Heidelberg, We Germany (see data at previous item).
The SAS Display Manager is a new feature incorporated into the SAS System which makes it much more interactive for the end user.