Vienna (pts019/08.04.2013/15:05) – SAS, one of the world’s largest software manufacturers, is founded on 1 January 2013. May 2013 a new Center of Excellence for the industrial sector. The new unit operates internationally from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The line is located in Heidelberg. SAS aims to provide its international customers with fact-based future-oriented analysis of Big Data in the Industry 4.0 environment.
SAS also has international expertise in the automotive and shipbuilding industries, consumer goods, chemicals and steel industries, as well as manufacturers of electronic components and machine suppliers and the semiconductor industry due to its customer base of more than 2,000 companies in the industrial sector. Trending topics such as Industry 4.0 and the associated need for companies to evaluate their machine data are driving the establishment of the business unit. This trend is confirmed by a representative Forsa survey commissioned by SAS.
New Forsa study confirms trends in the industry
On behalf of SAS, Forsa, Society for Social Research, from 4 to 15. In March 2013, a representative survey of companies in the manufacturing industry on the topic of Industry 4.0, evaluation of machine data and industry trends was conducted. This study can be downloaded free of charge at the following link: http://www.sas.com/offices/europe/germany/press/download/SAS Forsa Studie.zip.
For the 200 companies surveyed, Industry 4.0 is the industry trend. Over 80 percent assume that the analysis of machine data will continue to gain importance, and see great potential for their company. But the aspect of „new production processes“ in the form of networked or communicating production facilities is also a key driver for the market for 84 percent.
From the future trend back to the present
Already today, 80 percent of companies evaluate machine, sensor and service data for more than 600 employees. 81 percent of them expect to be able to react quickly to a lack of product quality or errors in the production process. 77 percent expect to improve customer satisfaction, 69 percent think they can make their service more effective, and 51 percent want to prevent image loss by evaluating this data, because they avoid recalls from the outset. For companies under 600 employees, the percentage points are even higher.
The potential for SAS analytics software is therefore great. Because the estimated importance of the evaluation of machine data and the actual use are diametrically different. So no company evaluates 100 percent of the data: Only 57 percent of companies with over 600 employees analyze less than 60 percent of their machine data. The percentages are even lower for companies with fewer than 600 employees.
The new unit of SAS is headed by Gerhard Altmann. Altmann has been Senior Director of Services and Technology at SAS Deutschland since February 2008. He joined Siemens AG, where he was Head of Value Added Services. In his new role, he continues to report to Wolf Lichtenstein, Member of the Board SAS EMEA/AP.
In this business area, several hundred industry experts in the SAS national subsidiaries and business regions are already oriented towards the Industrial Sector. Organising and managing these in a focused manner is the task of the new business unit, says Lichtenstein.
The industrial market is moving rapidly in our direction. Integrated Industry requires the analysis of data from machines, plants and materials. The aim is to improve services in terms of downtime, maintenance and warranty. But also to save costs by rethinking processes and sharpening the dialogue between digital factory and company management. There is currently no comparable solution on the market that exceeds SAS in terms of analytical quality and speed: one billion data sets in nine seconds, explains Gerhard Altmann, internationally responsible for the manufacturing division at SAS.
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Source: SAS Institute Software GmbH
Contact person: Brigitte Naylor-Aumayer
Tel: 596 88 82 – 0
Email: pr@aut.sas.com
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