Retail, FMCG & E-commerce

Every SKU, store and channel in one view: no stock-out surprises.

Stock, orders, returns and supplier data across channels never line up.

The question it answers

“Which SKUs will stock out in which stores next week, and why?”

What changes: Fewer stock-outs, less dead stock, lower returns.

All seven layers

How ForgeOrbis works for retail and e-commerce.

  1. 01

    Connect

    Ingest

    Data sources

    • POS
    • E-commerce platforms
    • ERP
    • WMS
    • Distributor management systems
    • Marketplaces
    • Customer support
  2. 02

    Understand

    Extract

    Facts from unstructured data

    • Supplier invoices
    • Return reasons from tickets
    • Product listings
  3. 03

    Unify

    Resolve

    What must be matched

    • SKUs across channels and suppliers
    • Customers across channels
    • Stores
  4. 04

    Relate

    Model

    Objects and links (the ontology)

    • SKU
    • Store
    • Order
    • Customer
    • Supplier
    • Distributor
    • Return
    • Promotion
  5. 05

    Decide

    Ask

    Example question

    “Which SKUs will stock out in which stores next week, and why?”

  6. 06

    Execute

    Act

    Approved actions

    • Raise replenishment
    • Adjust allocation
    • Dispute supplier invoice
    With approval
  7. 07

    Trust

    Govern

    Trust and compliance

    • Customer data privacy
    • Partner data partitioning

What a pilot measures

Each pilot measures 2 to 3 KPIs you already track, before and after. We publish no benefit numbers until a customer has measured them.

  • Stock-out rate
  • Inventory turns
  • Return rate
  • Fill rate
  • Days of inventory

Who it is for

  • Head of supply chain
  • COO

Where it stands today

What runs today, and what we are still building.

We would rather tell you up front than discover it in week three. A pilot starts with what runs today.

The platform

  • 01ConnectIngestPartly live
  • 02UnderstandExtractPartly live
  • 03UnifyResolveRoadmap
  • 04RelateModelPartly live
  • 05DecideAskLive
  • 06ExecuteActLive
  • 07TrustGovernPartly live

Still to build for retail and e-commerce

  • Enterprise connectorsLayer 1ERP, databases, ticketing, CRM, TMS/WMS, PLM connectors
  • Entity resolution (assets/things)Layer 3Vessels, parts, equipment tags, SKUs, sites across systems
  • Optimization/schedulingLayer 5Berth, crew, production and dispatch planning engines

Live means shipping in the product today. Partly live means part of the layer ships today and the rest is being built. Roadmap means being built and not available yet. We never show it as available.

Book a pilot

One site, one problem, measured in weeks.

Each pilot measures 2 to 3 KPIs you already track, before and after. We publish no benefit numbers until a customer has measured them.