The Client A car manufacturer benefits from being able to catalog problems and solutions into a document management system. This way they can quickly identify problems and solutions based on past experiences. This task requires being able to sift through large amounts of customer service records and internal memos, and then sorting them into relevant groups for the catalog. While sorting is usually no problem for AI, the prevalence of different text jargon from wildly different sources causes major issues. The Solution Text data with varying syntaxes poses a serious challenge for AI. A mechanic and a customer may describe … Continue reading Showcase: Classification

The Client A fast food chain provides quick food to hundreds of thousands of people daily. A key aspect of their business is coordinating their food inventory and meal preparation with immediate demand. To do this they desire a short range sales forecast that is flexible enough to be able to use today’s data to forecast for tomorrow without retraining. This way they could have a forecast for each day that can tell them minute by minute how much food needs to be ready to serve. This leads to prompt service and maximization of sales. The Solution The primary issues … Continue reading Showcase: Sales Forecasting

The Client A dairy producer creates and ships dairy to a number of retailers nation-wide. A key aspect of their business is coordinating supply production with demand. To do this they perform a monthly sales forecast for the dairy sales for the next month. However, forecasts from the dairy producer’s in-house team were only ever able to achieve an accuracy of 83%, and even this varied month to month. Even a small percentage of error could mean losses of millions in a several billion dollar industry. The Solution Difficulties resulting from variations in sales from month to month and the … Continue reading Showcase: Manufacture Forecasting