AutoZone Revs Its Engines With SAS(R).Auto Parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
CARY, N.C. -- It's about to get easier than ever to find the parts you need at AutoZone, thanks to SAS. The nation's No. 1 auto parts chain is enhancing its product assortment mix by using several powerful SAS retail software products. SAS, the leader in business intelligence, already has begun implementing Marketmax, its powerful integrated merchandise planning Merchandise Planning is a strategic and systematic approach used by retailers, particularly in fashion and non-food areas. It is aimed at maximising return on investment, through planning and monitoring sales, margins and inventory in order to increase profitability. solution, at the auto parts retailer. "We felt comfortable deepening deep·en tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens To make or become deep or deeper. Noun 1. deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound our relationship with SAS because their approach to our business lined up with our long-term strategic vision of advanced planning and forecasting," said Ken Brame, AutoZone CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. . "After looking at several vendors, we decided that SAS offered us the best functionality, ease of use and scalability. SAS has tremendous retail domain expertise, and it's a stable company that's been around for more than 30 years. We're confident they'll be able to help us better plan our business and enhance customer service." AutoZone's investment gives the company access to SAS([R]) Base and Performance Analysis, Financial Planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against , In-Season Management, and Forecasting for Merchandise Planning. AutoZone already uses SAS predictive analytics Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that process current and historical data in order to make “predictions” about future events. for demand modeling, forecasting and business intelligence. "We're confident that these merchandise intelligence solutions from SAS will help AutoZone's merchandise planners better leverage the company's forecasting capability," said Lori Schafer, Vice President of the SAS Global Retail Practice. "Our industry expertise and our experience with merchandise planning and forecasting met AutoZone's expectations and helped push SAS over the edge to win the confidence of the AutoZone team." About AutoZone As of Aug. 26, 2006, AutoZone sells auto and light truck parts, chemicals and accessories through 3,771 AutoZone stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 100 AutoZone stores in Mexico and also sells the ALLDATA brand automotive diagnostic and repair software. On the Web, AutoZone sells diagnostic and repair information and auto and light truck parts through www.autozone.com. About SAS SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to improve performance through insight into vast amounts of data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions; more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; compliance with governmental regulations; research breakthroughs; and better products. Only SAS offers leading data integration, intelligence storage, advanced analytics and business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW([R]). www.sas.com SAS and all other 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. 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.[c] 2006 |
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