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Forecasting Demand for Perishable Items

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Term: 

2012 (Nov)

Students: 

Ankur Pandey, Arun Chaubey , Sanchit Garg, Shahid Siddiqui, Sharath Srinivas

University: 

ISB

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Managing inventory of perishable goods such as fruits and vegetables is a difficult task for big
retail stores as these items have a very short shelf life. If not managed properly, excessive stock
may result in loss of inventory, but at the same time under stocking may result in lost sales. In
this project we are trying to accurately forecast the demand for 4 SKUs - apple, banana, onion

Inventory Management for Dairy Products at Hyper Market

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Term: 

2012 (Dec)

Students: 

Sammilan Dey, Shruti Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar P., Abhishek Bagalkot, Tejveer Bedi

University: 

ISB

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The consumer products sector faces volatility in demand on a high scale and level of complexity, thereby posing challenges in the area of inventory management. Economic volatility and demand variability present challenges that simple models of demand forecasts are not equipped to handle. An important method of tacking demand variability is an effective way to improve the inventory control policy, which should be designed to smoothen stocking response to demand variation arising from the customers.

Forecasting fruit demand - Intelligent Procurement

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Term: 

2012 (Dec)

Students: 

Dinesh Ganti, Ravi Shankar, Shouri Kamtala, Supreet Kaur, Rachna Lalwani

University: 

ISB

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Problem Description/Business Goal - As the fruit supplier to the hypermarket, we wish to match our
procurement with the fruit demand. This is important owing to the perishable nature of fruits. This
reduces over/under stocking. Also, by matching the fruit demand accurately, we can provide value-add
to the hypermarket and stay ahead of the competition.

Forecasting Daily Sales of Perishable Foods to reduce spoilage

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Term: 

2012 (Dec)

Students: 

Akshat Chowdhary, Anushree Gandhi, Kashish Goyal, Ravdeep Chawla, Vaibhav Tripathi

University: 

ISB

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Problem Description - Representing the hypermarket, the objective of our forecasting is to reduce the spoilage of vegetables in the hypermarket by accurately forecasting sales on a daily basis. By using historical data of the last year we plan to forecast daily demand for two SKU's 'Exotic Vegetables' and 'Beans' under the vegetable sub-class.

Forecasting Cement Prices for the Construction Industry in India

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Term: 

2012 (Feb)

Students: 

Amit Tyagi, Harmanjit Singh, Mohini Jain, Nandini Chandrasekhar, Rahul Chakraborty

University: 

ISB

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The aim of this project is to forecast the monthly prices of cement in India from changes in the price of crude oil. The analysis can help construction companies and other involved players manage their inventories effectively and influence their purchasing decisions.

Forecasting US Airways’ international passenger traffic in Phoenix

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Term: 

2012 (Feb)

Students: 

Megan Hanson, Delfin Rico, Filippo Sclafani, Yating Yu

University: 

ISB

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Our analysis aims to reveal insights from monthly international passenger traffic data in the three major U.S. Airways hubs, Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), and Phoenix (PHX), to predict future implications at the newest international hub, Phoenix. Operations in PHX international hub began more recently (2007) than the other two hubs (2000), leading us to focus on creating a forecasting model to predict the monthly flow of international passengers to and from the PHX hub with fuller accuracy using the combination of insights.

Forecasting Women's Apparel Sales

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Term: 

2012 (Feb)

Students: 

Naveen Kumar, Akshay Sethi, Karthik Vemparala, Sruthi Yalaka

University: 

ISB

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This project aims at accurately forecasting retail demand for women’s apparel in the United States, in order to help a large apparel exporter in China to reduce operating expenditure and rationalize capital expenditure in the future.

It's Not Easy Building Green: Predicting Lead time for LEED Certifications

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Term: 

2010

Students: 

Lauren DeStefano, Anu Gupta, Tim Lewis, Scott Lewis

University: 

UMD

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The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) is an independent, third party organization committed to promoting the design, development, and implementation of processes used to increase and measure green building performance and green building practice. GBCI’s LEED certification involves three steps: Registration, Application and Certification.

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