SAS(R) Human Capital Management Connects SAS HR Strategies to Healthy Bottom Line.Integrated HR Data is Springboard for Effective Decisions Companywide CARY, N.C. -- Business intelligence leader 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. has received another nod for its famous corporate culture. Deloitte Research and Deloitte Consulting LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol cite SAS among top-performing companies in a new study titled Connecting People to What Matters. The study, released today, shows that employees who are connected with one another, goals and resources can have a positive effect on the bottom line. This is hardly news to SAS, with three decades of revenue growth and a reputation as one of the world's best employers. Last month, SAS marked its 10th appearance on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. "Deloitte has discovered and reported, in an accurate and compelling way, what we call SAS' 'secret sauce,'" said Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Vice President Jeff Chambers. "When you have a corporate culture based on trust between employees, customers and the company, increasing revenue and profits are almost a given. A key ingredient in the SAS approach is that we use SAS Human Capital Management (http://www.sas.com/solutions/hrmanagement/index.html), which enables us to make workforce decisions based on facts." SAS employs more than 10,000 worldwide. Well-known well-known adj. 1. Widely known; familiar or famous: a well-known performer. 2. Fully known: well-known facts. perks perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. - such as on-site on-site adj. Done or located at the site, as of a particular activity: on-site monitoring of a production run; an on-site film shoot. child care, free on-site fitness and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , generous health benefits, and more - help keep SAS' turnover around 5 percent in an industry in which 20 percent is the norm, saving the company millions each year in recruiting and training costs. Deloitte's study notes ways that SAS goes the extra mile to help employees and customers meaningfully connect with one another, connect to a sense of purpose and connect to resources needed to do outstanding work. Not part of the study, but playing a critical role in talent management at SAS and other organizations (http://www.sas.com/success/indexByTopic.html#1200.0000.0000) around the world, is SAS Human Capital Management. At SAS, the workforce optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. solution includes a SAS data warehouse that brings together internal information from IT, corporate finance, and applicant and recruiting systems with information from external sources, such as competitive salary surveys. "With SAS Human Capital Management, we can analyze any number of changes in our employee value proposition," Chambers said. "The solution helps us make decisions about compensation levels and benefits, such as introducing new insurance programs, by spelling out the impact that adding or altering programs may have on the bottom line. "This means we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are making the best possible decisions and retaining high-quality people. At SAS, people are our intellectual capital, and that's where we're investing our money." 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] 2007 |
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