7. Presenter
Context Setting Scott Trauthen 5 min
Machine Learning For Forecasting
Forecasting Use Case
Solution – Alteryx, Google Machine Learning, Tableau
SaaS Solution – Planning in a Box Manju Devadas
45 min
Pluto7 Team
10. Forecast accuracy is measured as difference between the forecasted numbers when compared to actuals.
11. Data access to a variety
of data sources.
Develop and build
analytic models.
Data preparation,
exploration and visualization.
Deploy models and integrate
them into business processes
and applications.
High performance and scalability
for both development
and deployment.
Perform platform, project
and model management.
14. • Upsell/Cross Sell
Expedites
• Context embedding within forecasting and predictive analytics driving accuracy
• Right price to charge at the right time to get the most margin and closed sale
• Match location with user preference based on time window and third party data
16. Analyze internal and external data to improve Product Recommendations & Forecasts.
Pain
• Before Predictive Commerce they had significant operational issues due to low
forecast accuracy as well as unexpected product requests from customers.
Solution
• They went through crawl walk run approach of using machine learning for improving
• E-commerce product recommendations
• Followed this up by using machine learning to improve forecast accuracy
Results
✓ 8% ROI improvement over 1 year
✓ Net Revenue uplift improved by 35% in 1 year
✓ Lost sales reduced by 30% in 1 year
✓ Forecast accuracy improved to 92% in 1 year
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18. Step 1
Data Cleansing
For
Machine Learning
Step 2
Machine
Learning
Modeling
Applying Data
Sciences &
Step 3
Model Output
Data
for
Analysis
Forecasting SaaS
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20. HTTP request
Pre-ProcessingData Storage
Training flow
Prediction flow
Local
training
Download
Mobile
prediction
Batch
Online
Training
Prediction
Tooling
Datalab
Datalab
Tooling
Upload
Hosted Model
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23. Speaker LinkedIn - Search for Manju Devadas
Email - manju@pluto7.com
Phone: 510-676-5064 / 408 824 9213
Explore Machine Learning Yourself
Machine Learning with Planning in a Box and Google www.planninginabox.com
Data Cleansing with Alteryx Designer http://www.alteryx.com/products/alteryx-designer
24. To Reach out to the Speaker
Email - manju@pluto7.com
LinkedIn – Search for Manju Devadas