🛫 GateGenius

AI-Powered Airline Catering Intelligence Platform

Transforming how airlines manage in-flight catering with smart automation and predictive analytics

HackMTY 2025
Built with: React • Tailwind CSS • Vite

🎯 The Problem

Gategroup, the world's largest airline catering company, faces $164 million in annual losses due to:

Food Waste from Expiration: Products expire before being used, creating massive waste.
Over/Under-Provisioning: Without consumption data, airlines load too much or too little.
Workforce Inefficiency: Manual drawer assembly planning leads to over/understaffing.

💡 Our Solution

GateGenius is an AI-powered platform that combines three intelligent modules to solve these critical operational challenges:

📅 Module 1: Expiration Intelligence

Real-time tracking of product expiration dates
Critical alerts for products expiring today
Warning system for items expiring within 7 days
Visual scanning with AI-powered barcode recognition
Value-at-risk calculations to quantify potential losses

📊 Module 2: Consumption Prediction

Historical consumption analysis by flight type and route
AI-driven predictions for optimal product quantities
Waste reduction recommendations
Stockout risk identification
Route-specific consumption patterns

👥 Module 3: Workforce Planning

Automated worker-hour calculations
Peak time analysis for optimal shift planning
Complexity-based task allocation
Real-time utilization metrics
Cost optimization recommendations

🚀 Killer Feature: Smart Flight Assignment

Our Smart Assignment AI combines all three modules to:

Automatically match near-expiry products with flights that have high consumption rates
Prioritize assignments based on:
- Days until expiration (urgency)
- Historical consumption rate (likelihood of use)
- Flight type and route compatibility
- Product value (maximize waste prevention)

Result: Zero-waste optimization that prevents expiration while ensuring products are used efficiently.

📈 Business Impact

Reduction of food waste through intelligent expiration tracking
Optimization of flight provisioning to balance demand and supply
Increased operational efficiency through workforce automation

ROI Breakdown

Scale	Annual Savings	Facilities
Single Facility	\$93,600	1
Regional Network	\$18.7M	200
Global Network	\$164M	1,754

🛠️ Technology Stack

Frontend

React 19.1 – Modern component-based UI
Vite 7.1 – Lightning-fast build tool
Tailwind CSS 3.4 – Utility-first styling with dark mode
Zustand – Lightweight state management
Recharts – Beautiful data visualizations

Data & AI

PapaParse – Efficient CSV data processing
Gemini AI – Vision API for product scanning
Smart Algorithms – Custom optimization logic

🎨 Features

🌙 Dark Mode – Complete light/dark theme support
📱 Responsive Design – Works on all devices
📊 Real-time Analytics – Live data processing
📥 Export Capabilities – PDF, CSV, and Excel reports
🎨 Professional UI – Clean, modern interface

⚙️ Quick Start

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ and npm

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/oscarcv125/HackMTY2025.git

# Navigate to project directory
cd HackMTY2025

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run dev