Nov 20, 2020ATDWheels Event Spotlights the Hottest in WheelsHere’s a Sneak Peek at the New Styles from TIS, Dropstars, Drifz & more As many begin to wrap up the year, ATDWheels is gearing up for the hottest new wheel styles coming in 2021. These styles were on display during the first-ever, fully interactive ATDWheels Virtual Open House, that…Automotive2 min read
Oct 9, 2020A Comprehensive Introduction to RxJSIn this series, Rob, a senior machine-learning solutions architect from our advance analytics team, will introduce you to RxJS (a Typescript library that he loves) and share the problem space that it fills and its key features. …Rxjs10 min read
Sep 27, 2020Effortless REST with Flask, Part 2In Part 1, we created the base scaffolding for a production-ready Flask API. But what’s an API without data, and if we’re serving sensitive data, how do we go about securing it? Effortless REST with Flask, Part 2 is all about data and security. Follow along step-by-step as we connect…Python7 min read
Sep 15, 2020My Journey into Data ScienceA first-hand look at American Tire Distributors, Data Science Accelerator program — At American Tire Distributors (ATD), we’re committed to helping our associates be at their best by making sure they have the resources needed to take charge of their learning and professional development. One example of this is the Data Science Accelerator (DSA) program. …Data Science6 min read
Aug 5, 2020Effortless REST with Flask, Part 1As an industry leader, American Tire Distributors (ATD), delivers tires and wheels to thousands of customers a day and meeting our customers’ expectations requires us to be as efficient with our time as possible. Meet David, a principal software engineer, who’s a member of our analytics team. During a presentation…API8 min read
Jul 10, 2020Going from Zero to Data Scientist in 8-MonthsMeet the Inaugural Data Science Accelerator Program Graduates — At American Tire Distributors (ATD), whether it’s spending 3–5 minutes a day on our micro-learning platform or attending a peer-led lunch and learn, our associates are always embracing our culture of knowledge. At the end of 2019, our analytics team Launched the ATD Data Science Accelerator Program which provided our…Data Analytics6 min read
Apr 17, 2020Member-onlyRoute Optimization: Leveraging the power of Google Cloud and OSRM to analyze delivery routes in PythonWelcome back to our Route Optimization blog series. In Part 1 we showed you how to get Google Cloud and OSRM set up. In Part 2 of this series we explore how to use the route and table services to analyze delivery routes in Python. …Route Optimization12 min read
Feb 24, 2020Route Optimization: Getting Google Cloud and OSRM set upLooking for some hands-on experience using data analysis to analyze logistics problems? Well look no further, we’re excited to introduce our Route Optimization blog series. In this series we’ll explore the data science behind the one of the industry’s largest supply chain. In Part 1, we show you how to…Route Optimization11 min read
Feb 2, 202010++ Commandments of Data Science ModelingOur analytics team at ATD is comprised of a wide variety of data scientists, data engineers, and software developers. Although we come from different backgrounds, we all touch the data science modeling component at some point or another in our daily work. To make sure we avoid situations where model…Data Science13 min read
Dec 5, 2019Dealing with Large Data Sets Using BigQueryOur Analytics Team needs to adapt quickly when it comes to changes on a project, which is why they’ve been relying on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. The GCP enables our Analytics Team to implement many of its projects to the business seamlessly and is a key part of…Google Cloud Platform3 min read