✦ AI Use Case — Retail

Unified Retail Inventory &
Sales Integration

A multi-location retailer had inventory, POS sales, and e-commerce data in three separate systems with no integration. Azure Data Factory and AI-assisted mapping unified them into a single analytics-ready warehouse.

🛍 Industry: Retail
🛠 Tools: Azure Data Factory, Copilot for Data Factory, Azure Purview
Impact: 15hrs weekly reconciliation eliminated
🤖 AI + Microsoft Stack: Copilot for Data Factory generated pipeline templates. Azure Purview AI profiled data quality. Power Query fuzzy matching resolved SKU inconsistencies — dramatically reducing manual mapping effort.

Microsoft & AI Stack

Azure Data Factory Power Query SQL Server Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Data Factory Azure Purview SSIS Power BI Azure Blob Storage

Business Problem

Scenario: Three Siloed Systems, Zero Cross-Channel Visibility

Inventory data lived in a legacy ERP, sales data in a POS system, and online orders in a separate e-commerce platform. Product SKUs were inconsistent across systems, making any cross-channel analysis impossible without hours of manual reconciliation each week. Leadership had no unified view of stock levels, sell-through rates, or reorder needs.

AI-Powered Solution

Measured Outcomes

15hrs
Weekly manual reconciliation eliminated
3 Systems
Unified into one analytics warehouse
Nightly
Automated pipeline with zero manual steps
First Time
Cross-channel inventory reporting achieved
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