Ever wondered what it would be like if we weren’t able to see all of a sudden? Being born blind and facing blindness and low vision at a later stage are very different experiences. When you first feel the loss of vision, the panic and the helplessness are real. It’s that feeling of losing something important that we took for granted. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate that we can read this all thanks to our healthy eyesight.
GEODIS Distribution & Express, a subsidiary of GEODIS, is the leader in France for reliable last-mile delivery service (deliveries within 24 to 48 hours). In 2020 alone, its 115 agencies handled 100 million parcels and carried out 5,000 rounds per day in more than 35 countries across Europe. Nathalie Mandjee, Business Intelligence Manager at GEODIS Distribution & Express, discovered that this part of the company was growing into a profit center for the larger business.
Machine learning is more accessible than ever, with datasets available online and Jupyter notebooks providing an easy way to explore and train models. In building a model, we often forget that it will be incorporated into an application that will provide value to the user. Therefore, we wanted to demonstrate how we can "use" the models we build in an application.
Data volumes are increasing exponentially with no sign of slowing. Experts predict that by 2025, the global volume of data will reach 181 zettabytes — that’s more than four times pre-COVID levels in 2019. Data analysts at Centogene agree: “Every mouse click, keyboard button press, swipe or tap is used to shape business decisions. Everything is about data these days - data is information, and information is power.”