SONAR

Case Studies

Outcomes, not testimonials.

A selection of recent SONAR projects. Each one is a real business problem, a focused intervention, and a measurable result.

FMCG

Demand forecasting for a regional FMCG brand

Problem

Forecasts were 30%+ off, causing constant stockouts and bloated inventory across 200+ SKUs.

Solution

Built a unified sales pipeline, then deployed seasonal ML forecasting tuned per SKU and channel.

−38%

stockouts

+22%

working capital efficiency

weekly

forecast cadence

Logistics

Cloud + delivery cost overhaul for a mid-size logistics co.

Problem

Cloud bill grew 4x in 18 months. Per-delivery cost climbing with no clear root cause.

Solution

Rearchitected the data layer, optimized compute and storage tiering, and built per-route economics dashboards.

−47%

cloud spend

−14%

cost per delivery

1 dashboard

for whole network

Manufacturing

Predictive maintenance for a multi-line plant

Problem

Unplanned downtime was eating 11% of monthly output. Machine data was siloed in PLCs.

Solution

Unified plant-floor data into a clean warehouse. Trained predictive models for the top failure modes.

−62%

unplanned downtime

+9pts

OEE

0

new hardware

Distributor

Daily sales intelligence for a B2B distributor

Problem

Reps worked off week-old reports. Margin leak across long tail of accounts went unnoticed.

Solution

Built daily sales/margin pipelines and an AI assistant for reps to query account history in plain English.

+18%

rep productivity

+3.4pts

gross margin

minutes

to insight

Operations

From 14 spreadsheets to one operating system

Problem

Operations team ran the entire business off 14 chained spreadsheets. Closing books took 9 days.

Solution

Replaced the spreadsheet stack with proper pipelines, a clean schema, and automated reconciliations.

9 → 1

day month-end close

−80%

manual ops hours

live

P&L

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