Peak Produce.

Peak Produce.

AI-Powered Demand Forecasting

AI-Powered Demand Forecasting

How we redesigned a dairy manufacturer's entire demand planning process, improving the forecasting accuracy to 90% while reducing waste by ~12%.

Year

2025

Industry

Food & Agriculture

Scope of work

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Predictive Analytics

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Supply Chain Optimisation

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Sales Forecasting

Timeline

Phase 1: 8 weeks, Phase 2: 4 weeks

AI-Powered Demand Forecasting

How we redesigned a dairy manufacturer's entire demand planning process, improving the forecasting accuracy to 90% while reducing waste by ~12%.

Year

2025

Industry

Food & Agriculture

Scope of work

/

Predictive Analytics

/

Supply Chain Optimisation

/

Sales Forecasting

Timeline

Phase 1: 8 weeks, Phase 2: 4 weeks

The Challenge

The Challenge

Peak Produce, a regional dairy manufacturer, was struggling with a classic agricultural problem: unpredictable demand leading to massive waste and missed opportunities.

Their existing forecasting methods were based on traditional statistical models that, while functional, were significantly less accurate than modern AI approaches.

The result? They'd either overproduce premium dairy products that would spoil, or underestimate demand and disappoint customers. With dairy's short shelf life and complex production cycles, every forecasting mistake was expensive.

The specific pain points:

  • Manual demand planning taking weeks to complete

  • Product waste due to overproduction

  • No way to optimize production across multiple product lines

  • Disconnected data sources making decision-making slow and error-prone

The Solution

The Solution

Phase 1: Process Reimagination + Predictive Analytics

What we built:

  1. Intelligent demand forecasting system that analyzed 2+ years of historical sales data

  2. Web-based dashboard for real-time demand insights and production planning

  3. Multi-agent AI architecture that optimized across the entire supply chain:

  • Demand analysis agent for pattern recognition

  • Production facility optimization agent

  • Sales opportunity identification agent

  • Production scheduling agent

In phase 2, we expanded the product with a fully automated forecasting pipeline using Azure Data Factory and Databricks, enabling real-time model updates that improved predictions as new sales data arrived. The new prediction data was then available via API-first architecture that integrated seamlessly with their existing systems.

The Tech Stack

The Tech Stack

FRONTEND

React-based dashboard for intuitive demand planning

BACKEND

Python with advanced ML libraries (NIXTLA, Prophet, scikit-learn)

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Data Lake Storage

AI/ML

Multi-model forecasting with automated selection and hyperparameter tuning

INTEGRATIONS

REST APIs connecting to existing production systems

The Results

The Results

  • Improved forecast accuracy by 88% compared to their previous statistical models

  • Enabled the reduction of product waste through more accurate production planning

  • Enhanced demand prediction reliability across all product lines

Why This Worked

Why This Worked

Process-First Thinking Instead of just adding AI to broken processes, we redesigned how demand planning actually works.

Integrated Data Strategy We connected previously siloed data sources (sales, production, inventory) into one intelligent system.

Human-Centered Design We designed the system to provide clear recommendations with explanations, keeping humans in control of critical decisions.

Scalable Architecture We built the solution on cloud infrastructure that grows with the business and automatically improves over time.

georgia newton

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