"Forecasting Sales with Machine Learning" sample project unavailable?
Hi,
Was the "Forecasting Sales with Machine Learning" sample project and related blog posted moved? The project links now return a 404:
- Blog post: https://www.dataiku.com/learn/samples/forecasting-sales/
- Project link: https://gallery.dataiku.com/projects/DKU_STORESALES/
I found the project's description in some old personal notes:
Forecasting Sales with Machine Learning
View this sample project to learn how to prepare data and build a model to forecast sales at each store in a retail chain.
This sample project is based on data from a Kaggle challenge.
Many retail businesses need accurate forecasting of the revenue produced by each of their stores. These forecasts allow for planning, staffing optimization, as well as sure that each store has the necessary supply. Without these forecasts, businesses may waste money by overstocking a store, or worse yet, lose out on revenue because a store does not have enough supplies to handle predicted revenue.
In this project, we use historical data from the Rossman pharmacy chain to build a predictive model to forecast the revenue of each of their stores. This model can be run weekly or monthly and provide business actors with accurate predictions about the revenue for coming days or weeks. This information can then be used to optimize business practices and streamline operations.
Can we get the project back? IMO it was a really nice use case and beginner-friendly introduction to Dataiku.