Coca-Cola's AI cuts waste in Malaysian retail orders

coca-cola introduced coke buddy, an ai-powered platform that suggests products and quantities for malaysian retailers. the perfect basket feature utilizes coca-cola's central recommendation engine to analyze previous orders, ordering frequency, seasonality, weather, and purchasing patterns. this helps optimize inventory and reduce waste. coke buddy currently supports around 39,000 retail outlets across malaysia. this implementation aims to improve the efficiency of coca-cola's supply chain.