Out of stock forecasting

requirements/base.txt

@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ requests==2.8.1
 pytz==2015.7
 raven==5.8.1
 pynarlivs==0.9.0
+numpy==1.12.0
+scipy==0.18.1
+scikit-learn==0.18.1

src/shop/admin.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import tempfile
+from datetime import date
 from django import forms
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
@@ -421,10 +422,12 @@ def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
 
 @admin.register(models.Product)
 class ProductAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('name', 'code', 'qty', 'price', 'active',)
+    list_display = ('name', 'code', 'qty', 'price', 'active',
+                    '_out_of_stock_forecast',)
     list_filter = ('active', 'category',)
     search_fields = ('code', 'name',)
-    readonly_fields = ('qty', 'date_created', 'date_modified',)
+    readonly_fields = ('qty', 'date_created', 'date_modified',
+                       '_out_of_stock_forecast',)
     ordering = ('name',)
     inlines = (ProductTransactionCreatorInline,)
     fieldsets = (
@@ -444,10 +447,21 @@ class ProductAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                 'qty',
                 'date_created',
                 'date_modified',
+                '_out_of_stock_forecast'
             )
         }),
     )
 
+    def _out_of_stock_forecast(self, obj=None):
+        if obj is None or obj.out_of_stock_forecast is None:
+            return None
+        fmt = '<span style="color: {};">{}</span>'
+        forecast = obj.out_of_stock_forecast
+        color = 'red' if forecast <= date.today() else 'default'
+        return fmt.format(color, forecast)
+    _out_of_stock_forecast.allow_tags = True
+    _out_of_stock_forecast.admin_order_field = 'out_of_stock_forecast'
+
     class Media:
         css = {
             'all': (

src/shop/api.py

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import logging
+import numpy as np
+from itertools import accumulate
+from datetime import date
 from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.models import Sum
+from django.db.models.functions import TruncDay
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from sklearn.svm import SVR
 from . import models, enums, suppliers, exceptions
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -239,3 +245,89 @@ def assign_free_stocktake_chunk(user_id, stocktake_id):
     chunk_obj.owner_id = user_id
     chunk_obj.save()
     return chunk_obj
+
+
+@transaction.atomic
+def predict_quantity(product_id, target):
+    """Predicts when a product will reach the target quantity."""
+    product_obj = models.Product.objects.get(id=product_id)
+    if product_obj.qty <= target:
+        # No prediction if already at the target quantity.
+        return None
+
+    # Find the last restock transaction
+    qs = product_obj.transactions.finalized()
+    restock_trx = qs.restocks().order_by('-date_created').first()
+    if restock_trx is None:
+        # The product has never been restocked.
+        return None
+
+    initial_qty = qs \
+        .filter(date_created__lte=restock_trx.date_created) \
+        .aggregate(qty=Sum('qty'))['qty'] or 0
+    trx_objs = qs \
+        .filter(date_created__gt=restock_trx.date_created) \
+        .annotate(date=TruncDay('date_created')) \
+        .values('date') \
+        .annotate(aggregated_qty=Sum('qty')) \
+        .values('date', 'aggregated_qty')
+    if not trx_objs:
+        # No data points to base the prediction on.
+        return None
+
+    date_offset = trx_objs[0]['date'].toordinal()
+
+    # At this point we want to generate data-points that we will feed into a
+    # Epsilon-Support Vector Regression model. Initially, the data-points
+    # look like following:
+    #
+    # +---+----+-----+----+----+
+    # | x | 0  |  1  | 2  | 4  |
+    # +---+----+-----+----+----+
+    # | y | -5 | -10 | -2 | -3 |
+    # +---+----+-----+----+----+
+    #
+    # We want however to include the initial quantity and we do that by adding
+    # it at x = -1:
+    #
+    # +---+-----+----+-----+----+----+
+    # | x | -1  | 0  |  1  | 2  | 4  |
+    # +---+-----+----+-----+----+----+
+    # | y | 100 | -5 | -10 | -2 | -3 |
+    # +---+-----+----+-----+----+----+
+    #
+    # In the final step, we want to convert all the values at x >= 0 into
+    # actuall quantity levels, not just differences, so the data looks like
+    # this:
+    #
+    # +---+-----+----+----+----+----+
+    # | x | -1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 4  |
+    # +---+-----+----+----+----+----+
+    # | y | 100 | 95 | 85 | 83 | 80 |
+    # +---+-----+----+----+----+----+
+    #
+    # The cryptic code below does just that.
+    x = [trx_obj['date'].toordinal() - date_offset for trx_obj in trx_objs]
+    x = [-1] + x
+    x = np.asarray(x).reshape(-1, 1)
+
+    y = [trx_obj['aggregated_qty'] for trx_obj in trx_objs]
+    y = [initial_qty] + y
+    y = np.asarray(list(accumulate(y)))
+
+    # Fit the SVR model using above data. We rely here on the linear kernel as
+    # our experiments showed that that gave the best results.
+    svr = SVR(kernel='linear', C=1e2)
+    svr.fit(x, y)
+    if svr.coef_ >= 0:
+        # The function is non-decreasing, so no prediction can be made.
+        return None
+    days = (-initial_qty / svr.coef_).astype(int).item()
+    return date.fromordinal(date_offset + days)
+
+
+@transaction.atomic
+def update_out_of_stock_forecast(product_id):
+    product_obj = models.Product.objects.get(id=product_id)
+    product_obj.out_of_stock_forecast = predict_quantity(product_id, target=0)
+    product_obj.save()

src/shop/management/commands/predict_out_of_stock.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+import shop.api
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        products = shop.api.list_products()
+        for product in products:
+            shop.api.update_out_of_stock_forecast(product.id)

src/shop/migrations/0017_auto_20170222_2204.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2017-02-22 22:04
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('shop', '0016_auto_20170214_0749'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='product',
+            name='out_of_stock_forecast',
+            field=models.DateField(blank=True, null=True),
+        )
+    ]

src/shop/models.py

@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class Product(UUIDModel, TimeStampedModel):
         currency_choices=settings.CURRENCY_CHOICES
     )
     active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    out_of_stock_forecast = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
 
     # cached quantity
     qty = models.IntegerField(verbose_name=_('quantity'), default=0)

src/shop/querysets.py

@@ -11,5 +11,11 @@ class ProductTrxQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
     def finalized(self):
         return self.filter(trx_status=enums.TrxStatus.FINALIZED)
 
+    def restocks(self):
+        return self.filter(trx_type__in=[
+            enums.TrxType.INVENTORY,
+            enums.TrxType.CORRECTION
+        ])
+
     def quantity(self):
         return self.finalized().aggregate(qty=models.Sum('qty'))['qty'] or 0

src/shop/tests/test_api.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-from unittest import mock
+from datetime import datetime, date
 from decimal import Decimal
+from unittest import mock
 
 from moneyed import Money
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 from ..suppliers.base import SupplierBase, DeliveryItem, SupplierProduct
 from .. import api, models, enums, exceptions
@@ -320,3 +322,72 @@ def test_assign_free_stocktake_chunk(self):
         # Work is finished
         obj5 = api.assign_free_stocktake_chunk(user_obj1.id, stocktake_obj.id)
         self.assertIsNone(obj5)
+
+    def test_predict_quantity(self):
+        initial_qty = 100
+        initial_timestamp = datetime(2016, 11, 14, 0)
+        trx_data = [
+            (-5,  datetime(2016, 11, 15, 0)),
+            (-10, datetime(2016, 11, 16, 0)),
+            (-5,  datetime(2016, 11, 18, 0)),
+            (-5,  datetime(2016, 11, 18, 1)),
+        ]
+        product = factories.ProductFactory.create()
+        # No product transactions yet
+        timestamp = api.predict_quantity(product.id, product.qty - 1)
+        self.assertIsNone(timestamp)
+        factories.ProductTrxFactory.create(
+            product=product,
+            qty=initial_qty,
+            trx_type=enums.TrxType.INVENTORY,
+            date_created=timezone.make_aware(initial_timestamp)
+        )
+        # Product restocked, but no purchases made yet
+        timestamp = api.predict_quantity(product.id, 0)
+        self.assertIsNone(timestamp)
+        for qty, timestamp in trx_data:
+            factories.ProductTrxFactory.create(
+                product=product,
+                qty=qty,
+                date_created=timezone.make_aware(timestamp),
+                trx_type=enums.TrxType.PURCHASE
+            )
+        timestamp = api.predict_quantity(product.id,
+                                         target=product.qty)
+        self.assertIsNone(timestamp)
+        timestamp = api.predict_quantity(product.id, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(timestamp, date(2016, 11, 30))
+
+    def test_predict_quantity_non_decreasing_function(self):
+        initial_qty = 100
+        initial_timestamp = datetime(2016, 11, 14, 0)
+        trx_data = [
+            (-5,  datetime(2016, 11, 15, 0)),
+            (+5,  datetime(2016, 11, 15, 0)),
+        ]
+        product = factories.ProductFactory.create()
+        factories.ProductTrxFactory.create(
+            product=product,
+            qty=initial_qty,
+            trx_type=enums.TrxType.INVENTORY,
+            date_created=timezone.make_aware(initial_timestamp)
+        )
+        for qty, timestamp in trx_data:
+            factories.ProductTrxFactory.create(
+                product=product,
+                qty=qty,
+                date_created=timezone.make_aware(timestamp),
+                trx_type=enums.TrxType.PURCHASE
+            )
+        # Product restocked, but no purchases made yet
+        timestamp = api.predict_quantity(product.id, 0)
+        self.assertIsNone(timestamp)
+
+    @mock.patch('shop.api.predict_quantity')
+    def test_update_quantity_prediction(self, predict_quantity_mock):
+        product = factories.ProductFactory.create()
+        predict_quantity_mock.return_value = date(1337, 1, 1)
+        api.update_out_of_stock_forecast(product.id)
+        predict_quantity_mock.assert_called_once_with(product.id, target=0)
+        product.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(product.out_of_stock_forecast, date(1337, 1, 1))