Reinventing Inventory Planning through Reinforcement Learning

[eldorodo]

• Abstract (2-3 lines)
  Maintaining right level of inventory for 1000s of SKUs every day is a difficult proposition. If not monitored properly, companies can end with over stocking or understocking issues. We propose a scalable solution to this problem via reinforcement learning agents. A single agent is able to achieve high service level and optimum inventory coverage even for multiple products !

• Brief Description and Contents to be covered
  o Gentle Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
  o Inventory management problem in brief
  o Building scalable Inventory management agent
  o Model output demonstration with key KPIs

• Pre-requisites for the talk
  None, will cover domain basics as well as reinforcement learning basics

• Time required for the talk
  25 minutes (Including demo)

• Link to slides
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CeM8c_LdsqY3PobkHpg73YQMo1IiaATX/view?usp=sharing

• Will you be doing hands-on demo as well?
  Output of model will be showcased via html web page

• Link to ipython notebook (if any)
  Not available

• About yourself
  I have 7 years of experience in Data Science and analytics. I also hold a postgraduate in management degree and have keen interest in solving business problems using Data Science
  Apart from work I love various sports such as football, table tennis and chess (and of course huge fan of alpha zero !)
  www.linkedin.com/in/hariramg

• Are you comfortable if the talk is recorded and uploaded to PyData Delhi's YouTube channel ?
  Yes

• Any query ?
  No

[MSanKeys963]

Please have a look @shagunsodhani.

[shagunsodhani]

Hey @eldorodo Thanks for proposing the talk. It looks interesting. Best of luck :)

[eldorodo]

Hi @shagunsodhani Thank you ! Looking forward to it
Hi @MSanKeys963 Request to change the tag for the issue. Please let me know the date of the talk

[MSanKeys963]

Thanks for reviewing @shagunsodhani.
Hi @eldorodo, will let you know the date and time of the talk once we schedule it.

[eldorodo]

Thanks for reviewing @shagunsodhani.
Hi @eldorodo, will let you know the date and time of the talk once we schedule it.

@MSanKeys963 Please let me know the data & time of the talk if its finalized

[MSanKeys963]

Hi @eldorodo.
I was just about to ping you. We've finalised your talk for upcoming Sunday i.e. 26th July.
We just need to get on a test call with you to get you familiar with AV logistics. The call would be for 5-10 mins. with the team before Sunday.
We'll let you know about the same soon.

[eldorodo]

Hi @MSanKeys963
Thanks for the information. Will I get some mail /calendar invite? (email = [email protected])
Sure. Please let me know when we can do the test call !

[MSanKeys963]

Yes, will send you an invite.