Predictive Analytics
Consulting
SAP Performance and Insight Optimization
April 2012
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SAP in a Nutshell
Largest German software company with
55,700+
employees
SAP helps
183,000
customers worldwide run better
Sales and development locations in more than
50
countries
Total revenue in 2011:
€
12.4
billion
R&D investment:
€
1.7
billion
SAP is the world market leader in enterprise application software
1.75
1.81
3.44
2.51
2.4
4.45
2009
2010
2011
Profit after tax (billions)
EUR
USD
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IT Trends 2012
Major analysts agree on the following three directions in 2012
Cloud computing
Mobile
Big Data Analytics
Analytics market is estimated between $15
-
$21 billion
BI Analytics and Performance Management will grow 12.4% in 2012
Big companies are using analytics:
Big Data Analytics is a hot topic
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„Advanced Analytics“
Advanced Analytics as a Competitive Differentiator
Competitive Advantage
Analytical Maturity
Standard Reporting
Ad
-
hoc Analysis
Data
M
ining
Modelling
Optimization
SAP provides
products and services
that cover all stages of analytical
maturity
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PIO Portfolio
Optimization and Decision Making for Retail
Load Management and Pricing Optimization for Utilities
Advanced Analytics and Forecasting for Banking
Forecasting, Strategy and Planning for Discrete Manufacturing
Cross industry solutions
PIO portfolio covers a large number of industries
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Market Basket Analysis
Affinity Analysis 2.0 is a tool for sales
analysis on market basket level
Ad
-
hoc calculation of many different market basket
KPIs
Maximum flexibility for analysis in product and store
hierarchies
Intuitive user interface
High performance computations powered by SAP In
-
memory technology
Affinity Insight 2.0 allows flexible computations on market basket level
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Zone Optimization
Retailers make
better decisions related to store chain strategic planning.
Demand
Modelling
Distance
Calculation
Hierarchical
Clustering
Price
Optimization
Zone Optimization helps retailers gain
insights on the shopping habits of their
customers relative to their location
Scientific algorithms take into account
historical sales data as well as
demographic and census data
Large retail chains can find the optimum
number of price zones in order to
maximize profit
profit
overhead
national
store
-
level
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The PIO Team
Globally distributed team of professionals
Science and technology teams in Romania, Germany and the US
Industry expert teams in the US, UK, Germany, France
Performance analytics consultants in the US, UK and Argentina
57 people in total, 5 in Bucharest
Customers worldwide
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PIO Jobs
Software Research Scientist
Strong in mathematics and statistics
Strong software development experience
Experience in mathematical modeling and optimization
Performance Analytics Consultant
Experience with Business Intelligence tools
Data Warehousing, ETL
Building Management dashboards
Business Communication and workshop facilitation
Industry specific experience is a plus !
Thank You!
Contact information:
Marius Ion
Research Scientist
marius.ion@sap.com
+40/758235565
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