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Main Authors: Nguyen, Duong, Ulianovici, Ana, Achour, Sami, Aubry, Soline, Chesneau, Nicolas
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08637
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author Nguyen, Duong
Ulianovici, Ana
Achour, Sami
Aubry, Soline
Chesneau, Nicolas
author_facet Nguyen, Duong
Ulianovici, Ana
Achour, Sami
Aubry, Soline
Chesneau, Nicolas
contents Supply optimization is a complex and challenging task in the magazine retail industry because of the fixed inventory assumption, irregular sales patterns, and varying product and point-of-sale characteristics. We introduce AthenIA, an industrialized magazine supply optimization solution that plans the supply for over 20,000 points of sale in France. We modularize the supply planning process into a four-step pipeline: demand sensing, optimization, business rules, and operating. The core of the solution is a novel group conformalized quantile regression method that integrates domain expert insights, coupled with a supply optimization technique that balances the costs of out-of-stock against the costs of over-supply. AthenIA has proven to be a valuable tool for magazine publishers, particularly in the context of evolving economic and ecological challenges.
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spellingShingle Magazine Supply Optimization: a Case-study
Nguyen, Duong
Ulianovici, Ana
Achour, Sami
Aubry, Soline
Chesneau, Nicolas
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
Supply optimization is a complex and challenging task in the magazine retail industry because of the fixed inventory assumption, irregular sales patterns, and varying product and point-of-sale characteristics. We introduce AthenIA, an industrialized magazine supply optimization solution that plans the supply for over 20,000 points of sale in France. We modularize the supply planning process into a four-step pipeline: demand sensing, optimization, business rules, and operating. The core of the solution is a novel group conformalized quantile regression method that integrates domain expert insights, coupled with a supply optimization technique that balances the costs of out-of-stock against the costs of over-supply. AthenIA has proven to be a valuable tool for magazine publishers, particularly in the context of evolving economic and ecological challenges.
title Magazine Supply Optimization: a Case-study
topic Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08637