SDA Express Courier Enhances Operations with SAS Analytics

SAS (News - Alert) Analytics has been selected by SDA Express Courier for the optimization of its most important distribution network. SAS Analytics will assist SDA in decreasing operating costs and also preserving the best-in-class service. SAS software will also aid SDA in enhancing logistics, controlling expenses and augmenting profits.

A comprehensive view of business processes across SDA’s distribution network will be offered by SAS Analytics. SDA will now be able to spot updates and delivery alteration instantaneously. SDA can also classify products in an improved manner, set up procedures and deadlines for cataloging at hubs, and establish the most competent, opportune and affordable transportation processes, thereby augmenting operational proficiencies.

In a statement, Corrado Rabbia, project manager for network optimization, SDA said, “Effectively changing flow management requires reliable, insightful analysis and forecasting. SAS meets our needs with analytics software that can capture every nuance of the business and process extremely large volumes of information.”

SDA can now shift from being reactive to being practical with the analytics and predicting tools from SAS, which assist in foreseeing changes in an improved manner. Despite the variations in logistics flows for each day, SDA has been able to ascertain reliable scenarios with assistance from SAS. SDA has also been able to forecast delivery peaks, like a future holiday season.

Rabbia said, “The SAS optimization model saves SDA between 3 percent and 6 percent. We look forward to the next phase, where we will use SAS Analytics for geo-location of flows for real-time business insight and value.”

SDA Express Courier is a division of the Poste Italiane Group. The organization aims to be an international associate for business and consumer distribution by offering an incorporated system comprised of express courier services and deferred delivery. With an aim to extend customers’ business and their competitive benefits, SDA develops value-added offerings. The organization sends a minimum of 200,000 shipments every day.  

SAS is a major organization offering business analytics software and services. SAS is also the largest autonomous vendor in the business intelligence market. Customers at over 65,000 sites have been able to enhance performance and deliver value using the ground-breaking solutions from SAS.