Oregon Steel Mills Takes the Plunge
Pittsburgh, PA
March 14, 2005
Oregon Steel Mills (OSM) recently became the first steel producer customer of STEELFACTS. After viewing the service, the analytical capabilities and timesavings provided by STEELFACTS convinced OSM to take the plunge. Staff from OSM underwent training in March to maximize their experience.
STEELFACTS is an online service that provides customers with advanced analytical capabilities to assist in the sometimes-overwhelming task of analyzing the steel market. STEELFACTS combines domestic shipment data from the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) with import/export data from the US Department of Commerce to provide a complete picture of the domestic steel marketplace. Import and Export values are calculated and the data goes back a decade in time. STEELFACTS uses business intelligence tools from industry leader COGNOS TM to provide an exceptional tool to the end user.
STEELFACTS is a partnership between the AISI and John Daniel Associates Inc., formed to provide steel market participants with a tool to simplify the analysis of the domestic steel market while allowing the information to become a factor in critical business decisions.
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