23% Reduction in Inventory
Wastage and 3 Weeks Reduction
in Management Reporting
Through real-time operational analytics for a leading F&B (FMCG)
producer in KSA.
Client Overview
A large food & beverage producer in the Middle East with multiple production facilities and a complex distribution network serving both modern trade and traditional channels. The organization operates high-volume production, procurement, and sales operations with strict cost, margin, and shelf-life considerations.
Business Challenge
The client faced limited end-to-end visibility across production, inventory, sales, and finance. Data was spread across in-house operational systems, procurement platforms, and finance applications, resulting in delayed margin insights, limited control over wastage and expiry, and heavy reliance on manual reporting processes.
Leadership teams lacked timely, trusted insights to identify inefficiencies across plants, warehouses, and routes to market.
Solution Delivered by DataPhi:
DataPhi designed and implemented a centralized Azure-based data and analytics platform to drive operational transparency and financial control.
Integrated data from in-house manufacturing systems, inventory platforms, sales systems, and finance applications into Azure Data Lake Storage
Built scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks, with embedded data quality and reconciliation checks
Designed optimized analytical data models using Azure Synapse to support performance and margin analysis
Delivered governed, self-service Power BI dashboards for operations, supply chain, finance, and executive leadership
Solution Delivered by DataPhi:
DataPhi designed and implemented a centralized Azure-based data and analytics platform to drive operational transparency and financial control.
1. Manufacturing & Cost Performance Analytics
Early identification of cost leakages across raw materials and processing
2. Inventory, Wastage & Expiry Analytics
Warehouse-level tracking of inventory aging, expiry exposure, and write-offs
Proactive actions to reduce wastage and improve stock rotation
3. Sales & Margin Visibility
Product, channel, and customer-level margin insights
Alignment of sales performance with cost and supply chain realities
Business Impact & ROI
23% reduction in inventory wastage through improved visibility into aging and expiry risks
28% improvement in margin variance detection, enabling faster corrective actions
Reduced monthly management reporting cycles by 3 weeks, Reduced monthly management reporting cycles by 3 weeks,
Improved accountability across plants and warehouses through consistent, trusted KPIs
Why it Matters
The engagement converted fragmented operational data into actionable, enterprise-grade analytics, enabling better cost control, reduced wastage, and faster decisions — all on a scalable Azure data platform.