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Case Study

Raw Materials Pricing Model

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Overview

Our predictive pricing model, which utilizes Machine Learning and AI, has empowered our clients to establish an intelligent pricing governance. By merging historical customer negotiations, index prices, and proposal specifics, our model attains a 75% accuracy rate, serving as a valuable tool to optimize both revenue and margins for the organization.

Challenge

A significant challenge with this model was our client's preference for linear relationships between features and the target. This constraint limited our use of more complex models. However, by employing certain feature engineering techniques, we enhanced the Logistic Regression model to a level where it became viable for the pricing governance.

Problem

Creating a Linear Algorithm that was able to predict the probability of winning a contract based on index pricing and past negotiations with a specific customer.

Approach

We've modeled the relationship by finding several lagged features that were able to predict how a customer would react to pricing changes. With this, we could model the probability of closing a deal along the different price curve, recommending a price that could strike a balance between optimal margin without losing the customer.

Probability of Winning vs. Margin

Although knowing what would be the best probability of winning the deal was important, it was also important to consider what was the margin generated by that specific pricing. Otherwise, our tool would just recommend the lowest price possible!

Time Line

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Baseline Development

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Feature Engineering

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Key Insights

It's very important to listen to business stakeholders to generate value using AI. Even if that means using simpler ML models.

Our model was served using a Microsoft Azure APP. Deploying ML Apps to the cloud is a cost-effective way to bring AI to your business.

Industrial enterprises can derive significant advantages from integrating AI models into their conventional processes. In our project, negotiations were solely managed by one individual, presenting a substantial risk for the company.