Jewellery Retail
Microsoft Fabric
2025
6 min read
Microsoft Fabric Retail Analytics: Real-Time 360° Inventory Case Study
Industry
Jewellery Retail
Channels
Stores · Warehouse · Online
Challenge
Fragmented Inventory · Stockouts
Platform
MS Fabric · Power BI
A prominent multi-channel jewellery retailer was losing sales and customer trust because inventory data was fragmented across stores, distribution centre, and online platform. Online showed items in-stock that weren't available; overstock accumulated in low-demand locations while trending items were absent where demand was highest. Numlytics built a complete Microsoft Fabric retail analytics solution on OneLake, delivering real-time inventory management Power BI visibility across all channels and eliminating the stockout problem entirely.
The Challenge: Fragmented Inventory Across Channels
Without omnichannel inventory analytics, the retailer had no way to see the true inventory picture. Each channel - stores, distribution centre, and online - ran on separate systems with no unified view, creating a cascade of operational problems.
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Inaccurate online inventory: Website showed items as in-stock that were unavailable at stores or the DC, eroding customer trust with every failed order
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Overstock in wrong locations: Inventory accumulated in low-performing stores while high-demand locations ran out, with no omnichannel inventory analytics to redistribute
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Manual, delayed transfers: Store-to-store and DC-to-store stock movements were manually requested, processed, and fulfilled, often too late to capture demand
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No fulfilment flexibility: Online orders couldn't be fulfilled from stores when DC stock ran out missed sales and disappointed customers were the result.
The Numlytics Solution:
Numlytics designed a three-component Microsoft Fabric retail analytics solution on OneLake, unifying all channel data into a single lake, building intelligent allocation and transfer models, and enabling dynamic omnichannel fulfilment.
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Integration
Numlytics integrated POS systems, e-commerce platform, ERP, and distribution centre into Microsoft Fabric's OneLake using Azure Data Factory pipelines. This created the first-ever unified data foundation for real-time inventory management Power BI across all channels, the core of the Microsoft Fabric OneLake case study.
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Intelligent Inventory Allocation
Data models built to recommend dynamic transfers between DC and stores based on demand velocity, sell-through rate, and days-of-cover. At-risk items, both overstock and potential stockouts, are highlighted in Power BI with auto-alerts to merchandisers. Enables proactive retail inventory intelligence dashboard management.
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Dynamic Omnichannel Fulfilment
Numlytics enabled fulfilment logic that routes online orders to stores when DC stock is unavailable, turning stores into fulfilment nodes. Delivery performance, returns, and cancellations are tracked to continuously improve service levels. The complete omnichannel inventory analytics solution.
Before Numlytics
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Online/store inventory mismatch daily
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No cross-location stock visibility
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Manual, delayed stock transfers
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Overstock in wrong locations
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Online orders delayed from DC gaps
After Numlytics
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Microsoft Fabric real-time 360° view
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All locations visible simultaneously
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AI-recommended dynamic transfers
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Smart reallocation to high-demand sites
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Store-as-fulfilment fallback live
The Results
360°
Inventory Visibility
Real-time view by SKU, location, channel, and age on Microsoft Fabric.
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Stockouts
Trending items now available where demand is highest.
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Delivery Delays
Dynamic order routing from stores when DC unavailable.
Smart
Replenishment
AI-guided transfers minimise overstock in low-performing locations.