This project aims at providing the best possible sales forecasts for our client, ‘Walmart’.
Walmart is currently facing stiff competition from E-commerce companies like Amazon. It is
commonly observed that customers visit the brick and mortar store to view the product and end
up buying at Amazon at cheaper rates. Individuals prefer doing their repeat purchases online
instead of visiting brick and mortar stores due to the associated convenience. This has led to year
on year declining sales trend of brick and mortar channels.
Business Problem
Wind power has recently started gaining an important role in the energy mix. Several utility
companies have switched to wind power to meet most of their demand. However, there is one
big problem associated with wind power - intermittency. As a result utility companies have to
maintain backup power which is generated using coal. This makes it expensive and dirty. In
order to maintain an optimal level of backup power, the utility companies must have accurate
THE KEY QUESTION: How should the BRICS bank allocate its short-term (around 2 years) loanportfolio
to the 5 constituent countries?
DETAILS – The newly formed BRICS bank, now known as the New Development Bank, has recently
issued its first loan in April 2016 to Brazil, China, India, and South Africa in the renewables energy
space. As an ongoing engagement, the bank has reached out to our team of consultants to help decide
what portion of its loan portfolio it should allocate to each country. Since the bank’s loans are primarily in
Prof. Galit Shmueli, Institute of Service Science, College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Kuang Fu Road Sec. 2, Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
