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Data & AI: the new efficiency of scale for global CPGs

This is a strategy and analytics approach that helps large consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies use their data and AI as a new kind of ‘economies of scale’—not just buying more shelf space or running bigger TV campaigns, but spotting profit opportunities and efficiency gains across brands, markets, and channels using advanced analytics and generative AI.

9.0
Quality
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Executive Brief

Business Problem Solved

Global CPGs struggle to grow margins and market share in a fragmented, low-growth environment despite massive scale, data, and marketing spend. This approach reframes data and AI as a core scale advantage—systematically uncovering growth pockets, pricing and promo efficiencies, and operational improvements across markets and categories, rather than relying on siloed, manual analysis and one‑off initiatives.

Value Drivers

Cost reduction through more efficient trade spend, promotions, and media allocationRevenue growth via better assortment, pricing, and localized activation decisions at store/cluster levelSpeed of insight generation across countries and brands (from months of manual work to days or hours)Risk mitigation by stress‑testing scenarios and decisions with data before full‑scale rolloutImproved ROI on existing data, media, and analytics investments by unifying them into a repeatable AI operating model

Strategic Moat

Defensibility comes from proprietary CPG data (sell‑in, sell‑out, loyalty, panel, media, supply chain), embedded decision workflows, and accumulated insight patterns that competitors cannot easily replicate even if they use similar AI tools.

Technical Analysis

Model Strategy

Hybrid

Data Strategy

Vector Search

Implementation Complexity

Medium (Integration logic)

Scalability Bottleneck

Data integration and data quality across many countries, channels, and legacy systems; plus LLM cost/latency for large-scale what-if and scenario analysis.

Market Signal

Adoption Stage

Early Majority

Differentiation Factor

Positioned specifically around using AI to create ‘efficiency of scale’ for global CPGs—integrating growth analytics, promotion/pricing intelligence, and generative decision support into a unified operating model, rather than selling generic AI or BI tooling.

Key Competitors