SAS builds salary data warehouse for PMO

SINGAPORE - SAS Institute will build a "salary data warehouse" for the Public Service Division (PSD) in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of Singapore to generate salary data based on market surveys and analysis.

SAS's SCANS II (Salary Comparison and Analysis Systems II) streamlines the collection of salary data from tertiary institutions, professional boards and government agencies. It also enables users to generate salary statistical reports from the data warehouse based on their own requirements.

PSD manages personnel and training policies in the Civil Service. One of its key responsibilities is to annually review the Civil Service salary structure including benchmark salaries for ministers and top civil servants. Annual salary reviews identify areas that need adjustment and revise salaries of services which are significantly out-of-line with market rates.

"With this system, we are in control of the standards and quality of the reports generated as our users now have the flexibility of setting their own parameters for their salary reports. This helps to enhance the user's position in performing their analysis more efficiently as well as significantly reducing errors caused by miscommunication. Productivity level is boasted, and the time saved is at least three days," claimed Lim Puay Sze, personnel executive, PMO.