Discover how powerful competitive advantage
can be achieved using advanced analytics!
As described in the book,
Competing on
Analytics 1, the use of advanced analytics,
including statistics, data mining, and
predictive modeling, has become the latest
and often only remaining frontier to drive a
competitive advantage for your organization.
However, confusion over how to begin using
these methods is a common occurrence,
particularly for small to medium-sized
businesses.
In this three-day consulting
engagement, your fears will be laid to rest
as we guide you through the first-steps to
discovering how powerful competitive
advantage can be achieved using advanced
analytics at your organization - no
programming skills or Ph. D. required.
1 Davenport, Thomas, and Jeanne
Harris. Competing on Analytics. Boston:
Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
During the 3-Day session, a consultant
will work with your team to:
• Identify areas where analytics may have
a significant impact for your firm.
• Define short and long-term analytical
goals and objectives.
• Demonstrate some of the latest SAS
technologies available to do high-impact
analysis with no programming skills
required.
• Formulate a written blueprint that clearly
defines the next steps to move forward and
succeed using analytics.
As always, we will be available to help you
implement your customized blueprint and can
provide guidance at every step of the way.
We are here to help you succeed using
analytics.

Process Flow (Above) - Click to Enlarge
This figure illustrates a flow diagram that
is automatically comparing six types of
predictive models within SAS Enterprise
Miner technology. Neural networks and
decisions trees are among the data mining
models being tested to predict the spending
behavior of retail clients. With this
knowledge, the retailer aims to increase
revenue by improving marketing strategy for
different segments of the population.

Hypercube (Above) - Click to Enlarge
Graphical exploration is a fundamental step
in analytical inquiry and often helps
identify areas to investigate further. In
this figure, the visual relationship between
multiple clinical measures is being explored
using a hypercube within SAS Visual Data
Discovery technology.
To Register for your 3 Day Consulting
Engagement, Please contact:
Timothy D’Auria or
Ken Gustin
CREATIVE COMPUTING, INC.
100 Middle Street
Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865
Tel 401-727-2400
Fax 401-727-4998