This summer, seven students from our MSc in Information Systems program embarked upon a real-world data science project. Their tasks included analyzing data, conducting through research into various prediction models and then developing an effective prediction model.

The project seminar led by Tobias Brandt entitled “Exploratory Data Science with the Alliance Automotive Group” was a collaboration between the Chair of Digital Innovation and the Public Sector (DIPS) and the Alliance Automotive Group Germany.

The Alliance Automotive Group in Germany is headquartered in Münster and services the automotive aftermarket in Germany as a leading supplier of OEM parts.

The students worked with multiple years of customer and sales data, applying machine learning methods to improve sales forecasts at the customer and item levels.