This document discusses the use of data science and analytics by a medical device company. It provides an overview of: 1) The company's data science group and their current projects related to supply chain planning and optimization. 2) The problem of high inventory deployment costs between primary and secondary hubs that the company aims to address. 3) A proposed solution using a genetic algorithm and simulation to optimize inventory entitlement parameters like lot size, review period, and order frequency to minimize costs. 4) The importance of prototyping solutions and using good coding practices when developing data science applications.