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On Demand Virtual Workshop: Predicting Churn to Improve Customer Retention

August 7, 2020 by Hector Leano, Bryan Smith, Rob Saker and Steve Sobel in Engineering Blog

The proliferation of subscription models has increased across industries: from direct-to-consumer brands for shaving supplies and prepared meals to streaming media services, at-home...

Analyzing Customer Attrition in Subscription Models

July 15, 2020 by Rob Saker and Bryan Smith in Engineering Blog

Download the notebooks to demo the solution covered below The subscription model is experiencing a renaissance. Gone are the days of the penny...

Customer Lifetime Value Part 2: Estimating Future Spend

June 17, 2020 by Rob Saker, Bryan Smith, Bilal Obeidat and Chris Robison in Platform Blog

Check out the notebook referred throughout the blog and watch the on-demand virtual workshop to learn more. You can also go to Part...

On-Demand Virtual Session: Customer Lifetime Value

June 16, 2020 by Rob Saker, Bryan Smith, Hector Leano and Steve Sobel in Engineering Blog

Before you can provide personalized services and offers to your customers, you need to know who they are. In this virtual workshop, retail...

Customer Lifetime Value Part 1: Estimating Customer Lifetimes

June 3, 2020 by Rob Saker, Bryan Smith, Bilal Obeidat and Chris Robison in Solutions

Download the Customer Lifetimes Part 1 notebook to demo the solution covered below, and watch the on-demand virtual workshop to learn more. You...

How a Fresh Approach to Safety Stock Analysis Can Optimize Inventory

April 22, 2020 by Bryan Smith and Rob Saker in Engineering Blog

Check out the solution accelerator for the accompanying notebook A manufacturer is working on an order for a customer only to find that...

New Methods for Improving Supply Chain Demand Forecasting

March 26, 2020 by Bryan Smith and Rob Saker in Engineering Blog

Quick link to notebooks referenced through this post. Organizations Are Rapidly Embracing Fine-Grained Demand Forecasting Retailers and Consumer Goods manufacturers are increasingly seeking...

On-Demand Webinar: Granular Demand Forecasting At Scale

February 21, 2020 by Rob Saker, Bilal Obeidat, Bryan Smith and Navin Albert in Engineering Blog

We recently hosted a live webinar — How Starbucks Forecasts Demand at Scale with Facebook Prophet and Databricks — During this webinar we...

Fine-Grained Time Series Forecasting At Scale With Facebook Prophet And Apache Spark

January 27, 2020 by Bilal Obeidat, Bryan Smith and Brenner Heintz in Company Blog

Try this time series forecasting notebook in our Solution Accelerator for Demand Forecasting . Advances in time series forecasting are enabling retailers to...