ML Forecasting PoC

A custom ML forecasting model on your data.

A fixed-scope proof of concept to test whether a domain-specific LLM - built on your organisation's knowledge base and running inside your Databricks environment - answers questions the way your business needs. Know if it works before committing to a full build.
Key Benefits

What you get at the end of the engagement

Production-ready ML model

The model is trained on your data during the engagement. By the time the PoC ends, it is already running on your Databricks environment, not a prototype to be rebuilt later.

Using state-of-the-art solutions

The engagement uses the most recent ML frameworks and model architectures for time-series and deep learning forecasting, selected based on your data type, volume, and forecasting horizon.

Easy reproducibility

You receive the full model training code at handover. Your team can retrain the model on new data, adjust the features, or adapt the pipeline without starting from scratch or re-engaging.

Multiple data sources

Databricks data workflows allow the model to combine your internal historical data with external sources - market data, seasonality signals, third-party feeds - for more accurate predictions.

Example Use Cases

Where ML forecasting delivers results

The ML Forecasting PoC applies wherever your business needs to predict a future value from historical patterns - demand, revenue, customer behaviour, or risk signals.
Financial Planning

Predict future revenue, expenses, or investment returns based on historical time-series patterns and seasonal variations. ML forecasting captures non-linear relationships and external signals that statistical models miss.

Customer Lifetime Value

Analyse transaction time-series to estimate future revenue contributions over the customer's lifecycle. Enables personalised retention strategies and better budget allocation across segments.

Fraud Detection

Identify anomalies and irregular activities in transactional time-series patterns, enabling real-time intervention and reducing financial risk before exposure grows.

Scope of Work & Deliverables

Your ML forecasting PoC, from planning to handover

We build the solution around your historical data and relevant external data sources, deploy it in your environment, and hand over the model, training code and documentation so your team can continue using and retraining it.
01
Project Planning
  • Kick-off & requirements alignment
  • Access provisioning
  • Scope confirmed, timelines set
Output
Confirmed scope and data access
02
Exploration
  • Business exploration
  • Data exploration
  • Feature candidates identified
Output
Exploration report: data assessment and confirmed modelling approach
03
Solution Building
  • Train model
  • Performance evaluation
  • Iterative tuning
Output
Trained model with documented performance evaluation
04
Handover
  • Enablement sessions
  • Deployment
  • Business validation
  • Documentation
Output
Deployed model, training code, documentation, enabled team
Package

One engagement.
Everything included.

Three principles shape how this engagement is delivered:
Initial design planning

The model is designed around your data, not applied generically. Business requirements and available data sources (including external datasets) are assessed before training begins.

Easy deployment in focus

You receive both the trained model and its performance evaluation results. Deployment is part of the scope by the end of the engagement, the model is running in your environment.

Business validation

Making business users confident in the predictions is an explicit goal throughout the engagement, not a nice-to-have at the end.

Not in scope: data infrastructure setup, ongoing model maintenance, application development, or front-end visualisation. These can be scoped separately.