Category: Amazon SageMaker

Retailers use demand forecasting to anticipate customer needs and optimize supply decisions. Like most industries, demand forecasting in retail industry uses large amounts of historical data to predict future consumer demand. These forecasts depend upon analyses of variables that impact demand, such as seasonality, promotions, inventory levels, and market trends. Prediction accuracy is influenced by […]

Tyson Foods Inc. (Tyson Foods) processes millions of pounds of beef, pork, chicken, and prepared foods each week in its facilities worldwide and strives to achieve operational excellence throughout the production process. With large-scale operations, every manual step adds up, creating potential bottlenecks in the production process. That’s why the emerging technology team at Tyson […]

The challenge and value of online discovery The power of cloud elasticity helps online retailers expose large volumes of digital content catalogs for shoppers to browse and purchase products. However, it’s a challenge for many retailers to manage their vast online catalogs. And at the same time, with so much content, customers can become overwhelmed […]

Overview The agricultural industry faces a significant challenge supplying a growing population with the healthiest and most ethical foods possible. The world’s population is expected to reach close to 10B people by 2050 and the arable land utilized to feed this population is on the decline. The farming industry has been functioning near peak efficiency […]

Grocery retailers typically operate high-volume, low-margin business models. All the retailer’s resources need to be deployed in a way to maximize productivity and minimize cost. This isn’t a simple ask because the majority of applications in the industry have grown organically over a long period of time. In the UK, the top five grocers—with the […]

Data is the key enabler to digital transformation and Industry 4.0. Manufacturers can use data to realize a single view of operations and derive operational insights. These insights can be used to improve production quality, make real-time prediction, and generate cost savings. Big Data analytics techniques can provide new capabilities related to measuring performance, maintenance, […]

Deloitte’s Smart Factory Accelerator built on AWS contextualizes the factory of the future through immersive, sustainable experiential lab at Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus Making “factory of the future” a reality For years, the promise of the “factory of the future” was a distant dream; automated design, production, and delivery logistics all managed via a […]

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruption to businesses and global markets. Although most of the world appears to be past the uncertainty and turbulence of the pandemic, companies, especially in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, continue to deal with major challenges. These include supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. Simultaneously, consumer buying patterns and […]

In the training of a machine learning (ML) model, the quality of the model is directly proportional to the quality of data. However, in many cases, in consumer packaged goods (CPG) datasets, there are a lot of missing values affecting the quality of training and prediction in the long run. If your models are already […]

Digital commerce has grown exponentially, and that growth has subsequently increased the digital touchpoints where brands and customers interact. Because contact centers help retailers respond to customer questions and issues, they play a significant role in a retailer’s ability to earn and keep customers’ trust, especially when the contact center can help solve postpurchase challenges […]