SAS^® Strategic Performance Management for Telecommunications

For today's telecommunications provider facing the demands of growing competition and declining profitability, translating business strategy into actions that can be quickly measured and monitored throughout the organization is essential.

In the Spotlight SAS Strategic Performance Mgmt. for Telecommunications A component of SAS Telecommunications Intelligence Solutions

But many companies find it difficult to achieve this goal, given the task of transforming vast quantities of data into the information that executives need to make truly strategic decisions. What's more, communication barriers between groups often slow the delivery of information to those who need it, and a lack of clear performance measurements can make it impossible to execute corporate strategy successfully.

SAS Strategic Performance Management for Telecommunications gathers data from every source throughout the enterprise and then transforms it into the information you need to make better strategic decisions and communicate those decisions throughout the organization.

Employing decades of telecommunications experience through industry-specific models and key performance indicators (KPIs), SAS Strategic Performance Management for Telecommunications includes:

• A map to plan your journey: A design tool that lets telecommunications business users define corporate direction and document strategic objectives, measures, targets and initiatives.
• A compass to keep you on course: A communication tool that allows you to interact, share results and capture your corporate personality. It includes a Web-based interface with powerful strategy maps, tables, charts, graphs and textual commentary.
• A knowledge base to explore new opportunities: Designed to capture, store and exploit corporate knowledge. The knowledge base gives IT professionals the tools to set up communication channels, simplify, organize and audit every byte of information that flows through your enterprise, at whatever pace your business requires.
• An enterprisewide business scorecard: Incorporates telecommunications-specific KPIs to provide a more strategic, single view of your enterprise to drive the business forward.

Comprehensive telecommunications intelligence
SAS Strategic Performance Management for Telecommunications is just one component of SAS Telecommunications Intelligence Solutions, a suite of software and services that combines award-winning analytic and data warehousing technology with decades of industry experience. Through proven, pre-built processes, techniques and models, SAS Telecommunications Intelligence Solutions speed up both implementation and results – yielding significant returns within months, not years.