The Secret of Delivering AI
Models into Production
What can we learn from easyJet?
Dr. Ben Dias
CMath FIMA CSci
27th September 2023
Outline
Q&A
What’s Next
An Example
Use Case
Transforming the Culture
Building stronger
Foundations
Extracting value from
AI Solutions
Introduction
2
What is the Secret of
Delivering AI Models
into Production?
Firstly – It is NOT….
Having the latest and
greatest technology
Having perfect Data
Having a large team of Data Scientists
5
Having everything in a massive
Data Warehouse/Lake/Mesh
Having the whole business engaged
Extracting Value from AI Solutions
Every company has
a different
context
Assess
your Data
maturity
level
Always start with
a business problem
quickly
Build
Products
not Prototypes!
6
Use whatever
you have
Building Stronger Foundations
Business Case
Design and build
stronger foundations
Minimum
Viable
Product
7
Transforming the Culture
8
The Lean Start-Up Approach
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Quickly
Build MVP
MVP
IDEA
Iteratively Test and Learn
DONE
Track Progress throughout via INNOVATION METRIC
Frequent Communication and Collaboration Throughout
FAIL FAST
Fail Fast if not Feasible
The Operating Model
10
What is the Secret of
Delivering AI Models
into Production?
Summary
Generate Value
Evolve Operating Model
12
Strengthen Foundations
Build Products
not Prototypes!
An example Use Case – optimising capacity by
swapping aircraft
Flight A
Thousands of
capacity changes
made per month!!
Use Machine Learning and Optimisation
algorithms to optimise the allocation of aircraft
capacity between flights within the next 6 months,
within given constraints, in order to maximise seat
availability to customers at minimal extra cost to
us, increasing our profits and reducing our carbon
emissions per-passenger as well.
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Flight B
Where do we go from here?
Our People
Data Science & Analytics
Operating Model
Our Customers
Data Science & Analytics
Delivery Capability
Data Foundations
AI Assistance for Everyone at easyJet
Our Shareholders
Q&A
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