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Enterprise CPG operational intelligence. Not templates.

Unolabs engineers enterprise CPG operational intelligence ecosystems for modern commerce transformation — governed demand forecasting systems, retailer analytics frameworks, pricing intelligence architectures, and supply chain observability platforms that speed operational decisions across the full CPG value chain.

ARCHITECTURE FLOWCPG INTELLIGENCE
COMMERCE SIGNALS

POS, ERP, ECOMMERCE, PROMOTIONS

Retail telemetry + operational demand signals

CPG INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE

DOMAIN-AWARE DECISION SYSTEMS

Demand orchestration + pricing intelligence

OPERATIONAL OUTCOME

PLANNING, ANALYTICS, AUTONOMY

Operational insights + automated execution

Expertise in Enterprise Ecosystems
Azure
AWS
Databricks
Snowflake
SAP
MS Fabric
8–12 week first intelligence release
60% faster than custom-built models
SAP · Snowflake · Databricks · Power BI · MS Fabric
For the CIO

Commerce intelligence without a two-year build

Your commercial teams argue about numbers while competitors act on live retailer signals — and another bespoke analytics programme is not a pitch your CFO will fund. The CPG accelerator starts from governed industry domain models, so the first intelligence release lands in 8-12 weeks instead of a multi-year build. New brands and markets then onboard through configuration, which is how the economics stay defensible.

CPG Transformation Failure

Why CPG transformation initiatives fail

Fragmented Retailer Intelligence

Disconnected retailer data systems that prevent unified sell-through, distribution, and inventory visibility across channels and geographies.

Disconnected Supply Chain Systems

Siloed supply and demand planning environments that operate without shared context, causing chronic forecast misalignment and inventory inefficiency.

Inconsistent Demand Forecasting

Fragmented forecasting models built in isolation prevent consensus forecasting and degrade operational responsiveness at scale.

Siloed Commerce Analytics

Disconnected category, channel, and trade analytics that prevent a unified view of pricing performance, promotion ROI, and margin optimisation.

Poor Operational Visibility

Absence of real-time operational cockpits means CPG leadership makes decisions on stale, aggregated reporting rather than live commerce intelligence.

Weak Governance and Standardisation

Without governed data definitions and standardised KPI taxonomies, commercial teams report conflicting numbers and waste cycles reconciling truth.

Strategic Impact

Business Outcomes

Demand Signals Are Scattered

POS, ecommerce, distributor, promotion, weather, inventory, and shipment data live in different systems with different grains.

Promotion Blindness

Teams cannot connect campaigns, pricing, stockouts, cannibalisation, and sell-through fast enough to adjust.

Slow Custom Modelling

Every CPG analytics build recreates product, customer, channel, geography, and time models from scratch.

Data Architecture Design

How CPG Intelligence Accelerator delivery works

The view below shows how work moves through the delivery flow — from inputs, through governed controls, to operational outputs.

Engineering Flowchart

CPG and Retail Data Flow

Read left to right: source systems enter, Unolabs applies engineering treatment and control gates, then production assets are served to users, applications, or AI.
Input

Source Layer

01
POS, ERP, Ecommerce, Promo

Commercial and operational feeds arrive across channels, stores, SKUs, distributors, and campaigns via SAP, Snowflake, and cloud connectors.

Batch + APIs
Treatment

Engineering Layer

02
Governed CPG Intelligence Domains

Product, customer, channel, geography, promotion, inventory, and time domains are standardised into governed enterprise intelligence templates.

Industry template
03
Demand, Pricing & Promo Features

Features support consensus forecast, stockout detection, lift measurement, margin analysis, velocity scoring, and replenishment optimisation.

Feature mart
Output

Activation Layer

04
Planner, BI, Agents

Demand planners, category managers, supply teams, and autonomous agents receive recommended actions via Power BI, Tableau, and MS Fabric.

BI + workflow
What enters

POS, ERP, Ecommerce, Promo

What Unolabs does

Governed CPG Intelligence Domains -> Demand, Pricing & Promo Features

What exits

Planner, BI, Agents

Control Points

Signals -> Model -> Intelligence -> Action

Access

Identity, RBAC, purpose, and least privilege.

Quality

Freshness, completeness, validity, and anomaly checks.

Lineage

Source, transformation, owner, and consumer traceability.

Operations

Monitoring, retry, alerting, runbooks, and evidence.

Our Approach

How Unolabs engineers CPG Intelligence Accelerator

01

Domain Model Fit

We map your product, customer, channel, store, distributor, promotion, and inventory entities to governed, reusable CPG intelligence templates.

02

Signal Integration

We combine POS, ERP, ecommerce, syndicated, warehouse, and external signals into standardised intelligence layers powered by Snowflake, Databricks, and SAP.

03

Demand and Supply Views

We publish forecast-ready features, stockout indicators, service level metrics, and replenishment signals for demand planners and supply teams.

04

Promotion Intelligence

We connect campaign calendars, pricing, volume, margin, lift, cannibalisation, and inventory outcomes into a single promotion observability framework.

05

Semantic BI Layer

We define governed measures for sell-in, sell-out, gross margin, availability, velocity, and forecast accuracy across Power BI and Tableau environments.

06

Operational KPI Governance

We establish standardised KPI taxonomies and data stewardship models that eliminate conflicting commercial reporting across functions.

Strategic Assessment

Enterprise CPG Intelligence Maturity Model

Where does your organisation sit on the path to autonomous operations? Use this model to identify your current stage and the critical engineering gaps preventing progression.

Level 1

Fragmented commerce reporting

Isolated, manually assembled sales and supply reports with no unified commerce intelligence or standardised data definitions.

Level 2

Department-level retail analytics

Category and channel analytics exist but remain siloed, with limited cross-domain demand or supply visibility.

Level 3

Governed enterprise CPG intelligence

Standardised demand, supply, and pricing models with governed KPI taxonomy and cross-functional operational visibility.

Level 4

Real-time operational commerce visibility

Live inventory, promotion, and demand signals power operational decisions across planners, category managers, and supply teams.

Level 5

Autonomous commerce intelligence ecosystems

Agentic supply chain orchestration and self-optimising commerce intelligence that adapts to real-time market and demand signals.

Industry Benchmarking

Forecast Accuracy
Typical Pattern
55–65%
Our Design Target
85%+
Intelligence Deployment
Typical Pattern
9–12 Months
Our Design Target
8–12 Weeks (Templated First Release)
Retailer Visibility
Typical Pattern
Lagged Reporting
Our Design Target
Real-Time Dashboards

Transformation Progression

1

CPG Intelligence Audit

Assessment of current commerce data estate, demand signal coverage, retailer data gaps, and forecasting maturity.

2

Architecture Design

Designing the enterprise CPG domain model, demand intelligence layer, and supply chain observability framework.

3

Domain Model Deployment

Deploying standardised product, channel, geography, promotion, and inventory domains with governed KPI definitions.

4

Intelligence Activation

Publishing demand forecasting features, promotion analytics, and retailer performance cockpits for operational teams.

5

Autonomous Commerce Operations

Enabling agentic supply chain orchestration, automated replenishment signals, and self-optimising demand planning workflows.

Vertical Expertise

CPG Intelligence Use Cases

Demand Forecasting

Consensus demand planning with retailer POS and syndicated signal integration

Promotion Intelligence

Lift analysis, cannibalisation detection, and trade promotion ROI optimisation

SKU Rationalisation

Velocity-based portfolio optimisation and distribution performance intelligence

Supply Chain Observability

Real-time inventory, replenishment, and service level monitoring architecture

Retailer Performance Analytics

Sell-through, distribution, and on-shelf availability intelligence platforms

Commerce Margin Optimisation

Gross-to-net pricing, category margin, and channel profitability analytics

In Depth

What this means in practice

Templates Preserve Industry Logic

The CPG intelligence model includes industry-specific grains and relationships so teams do not waste months debating basic domain structures or KPI definitions.

From Reporting to Orchestration

The same governed data products power dashboards, promotion alerts, consensus forecast models, and agentic supply chain orchestration workflows.

Reusable Across Brands

Once the CPG intelligence architecture is established, new markets, brands, categories, and retail channels onboard through configuration rather than custom builds.

Dynamic Data Flow

CPG and Retail Data Flow

The CPG intelligence flow shows how commercial, operational, and external signals converge into governed demand, supply, and pricing intelligence ecosystems.

CPG Intelligence AcceleratorData Flow Architecture
1
Signals

POS, ERP, Ecommerce, Promo

Commercial and operational feeds arrive across channels, stores, SKUs, distributors, and campaigns via SAP, Snowflake, and cloud connectors.

Batch + APIs
2
Model

Governed CPG Intelligence Domains

Product, customer, channel, geography, promotion, inventory, and time domains are standardised into governed enterprise intelligence templates.

Industry template
3
Intelligence

Demand, Pricing & Promo Features

Features support consensus forecast, stockout detection, lift measurement, margin analysis, velocity scoring, and replenishment optimisation.

Feature mart
4
Action

Planner, BI, Agents

Demand planners, category managers, supply teams, and autonomous agents receive recommended actions via Power BI, Tableau, and MS Fabric.

BI + workflow
Lineage tracked
Policy enforced
Outputs reusable
Flowchart

CPG Intelligence Accelerator: from input to operational asset

The flowchart turns the service into a delivery sequence so buyers can see the real work, not just the promise.

1

Business Input

Demand Signals Are Scattered

2

Architecture Decision

Domain Model Fit

3

Data Treatment

Governed CPG Intelligence Domains

4

Controls Applied

Demand, Pricing & Promo Features

5

Operational Output

Planner, BI, Agents

Deliverables

Visible work products, not vague advice

Each deliverable is designed to be used by executives, architects, engineers, data owners, and operations teams after the engagement ends.

Enterprise CPG intelligence architecture
Governed domain model
Demand forecasting ecosystem
Retailer analytics framework
Pricing intelligence system
Promotion observability architecture
Inventory intelligence framework
Semantic BI layer & KPI governance
Roadmap

The delivery path

1

Discover

Audit commerce data estate, demand signal coverage, retailer data gaps, forecasting models, and operational KPI conflicts.

2

Design

Define the enterprise CPG domain model, governance taxonomy, demand intelligence architecture, and supply chain observability framework.

3

Build

Deploy governed domain templates, demand features, promotion analytics, and operational dashboards across Snowflake, Databricks, and Power BI.

4

Scale

Expand the CPG intelligence architecture across new brands, markets, and channels through configuration rather than custom engineering.

Outcomes

What changes after the work

Faster demand forecasting cycles

Improved supply chain visibility

Better pricing and promotion intelligence

Increased inventory optimisation

Faster operational decision-making

Improved retailer performance visibility

Reduced operational inefficiencies

Enhanced commerce responsiveness

Engagement Mechanics

How an engagement starts

A 45-minute scoping call with a CPG data lead — bring your demand and promotion reporting pain points; leave with a read on template fit and a proposed first-release scope.

What you bring
A commercial sponsor plus demand or supply planning SMEs for week 1
Access to POS, ERP, and promotion data samples for domain-model fit
A BI owner to align KPI definitions with existing reporting

Bring your forecast and promo pain points. Leave with a first-release scope.