Amazon.com selects SAS e-Intelligence.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000 Five-year deal arms e-tailer to forecast, measure impact of strategic decisions SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. , the market leader in e-intelligence, today announced that leading online retailer Amazon.com has selected SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. (r) e-Intelligence to fine-tune business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , strengthen supplier relationships and enhance customer service as the e-tailer moves toward profitability. An agreement with SAS equips Amazon.com with a range of SAS(r) software and services over the next five years. By providing insight into strategic internal and external processes related to corporate health, SAS e-Intelligence will help Amazon.com employees align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. their efforts with corporate goals through a framework that lets them and their managers share and act on knowledge easily and quickly. With SAS e-Intelligence, Amazon.com will be able to better serve customers by assuring that they receive orders as quickly as possible through improved inventory forecasting and management. "SAS is Amazon.com's 'vendor of choice' for e-intelligence solutions," said John Overdeck, Amazon.com's vice president for customer relationship management. "SAS will provide cutting-edge technology that will contribute to our continued efforts to be the most customer-centric company on the planet. We look forward to further improving our services to customers through the use of SAS e-Intelligence." "Streamlining our internal processes and enhancing customer responsiveness is critical to us," said Jim Miller Jim Miller may refer to any of the following individuals:
"SAS e-Intelligence will give Amazon.com the power to turn raw Web data into real knowledge, transforming the way it does business," said Andre Boisvert, SAS' president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "The agreement we've just signed reflects market reality: to truly succeed at e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , companies must unlock secrets buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. in ever-burgeoning volumes of increasingly complex data." About Amazon.com Amazon.com opened its virtual doors in July 1995 with a mission to use the Internet to transform book buying into the fastest, easiest and most enjoyable shopping experience possible. Today, Amazon.com is the place to find and discover anything online. The Earth's Biggest Selection(tm) of products, including free electronic greeting cards See e-card. , online auctions and millions of books, CDs, videos, DVDs, toys, games and electronics, has made Amazon.com the online shopping destination of choice for 20 million people in more than 160 countries. About SAS e-Intelligence SAS e-Intelligence solutions add intelligence to Web-based processes, improving the effectiveness and profitability of business processes, operations and relationships. About SAS SAS is the world leader in e-intelligence software and services, enabling its customers to turn raw data - including the vast quantity generated by e-business - into usable USable is a special idea contest to transfer US American ideas into practice in Germany. USable is initiated by the German Körber-Stiftung (foundation Körber). It is doted with 150,000 Euro and awarded every two years. knowledge. Software from SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, is used at more than 33,000 business, government and university sites in 110 countries. SAS' 1999 revenues totaled $1.02 billion. For more information, visit www.sas.com . SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (r) indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Copyright (c) 2000 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved. |
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