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Intelligent Data Pipelines Built to Clean, Prevent, and Scale — Powered by Azure & Databricks

Industry:Retail & eCommerce

Category:AI & Data

Intelligent Data Pipelines Built to Clean, Prevent, and Scale — Powered by Azure & Databricks

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Client Overview

One of the largest retail chains in the United States approached us to improve the data quality of their Retail Management System (RMS). Their platform manages millions of products, customers, and orders, but data inconsistencies were creating bottlenecks in analytics, reporting, and operational efficiency.

They needed an intelligent solution to clean existing anomalies and prevent future ones, all within a scalable, cloud-native architecture.

The Challenge

Their system faced anomalies in three core domains:

Product information

Customer profiles

Order transactions

These issues impacted downstream dashboards, supply chain decisions, and even customer experience. The goals were two-fold:

Product information

Customer profiles

Order transactions

The Challenge

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Key Constraints

High Data Volume: Millions of records spread across rapidly growing tables necessitated real-time or near real-time anomaly detection and handling.

Limited Native Features: The RMS platform lacked modern validation and detection capabilities; external pipelines were necessary.

Enterprise Standards: The solution had to be secure, compliant, and fully cloud-native; no legacy scripts or manual workflows.

Key Constraints
Our Approach

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Our Approach

We engineered a robust data pipeline using Azure, Qlik Replicate, and Databricks, structured around a Medallion Architecture to ensure clarity, observability, and scale.

Step 1: Azure-Based Data Ingestion

Migrated data using a two-tiered approach:

  • Full load for historical records.
  • Change Data Capture (CDC) for real-time updates.
  • Used Qlik Replicate for low-latency, high-throughput data movement from RMS to Azure.

Step 2: Medallion Architecture in Azure Data Lake

  • Bronze Layer: Raw RMS data.
  • Silver Layer: Cleaned and normalized data.
  • Gold Layer: Aggregated, anomaly-free datasets ready for reporting and model training.

Step 3: PySpark + ML Pipelines in Databricks

  • Built custom PySpark jobs to clean and normalize product codes, orders, and profiles.
  • Applied ML techniques like Isolation Forest and DBSCAN for anomaly detection.
  • Scheduled via Databricks Workflows for full automation.

Step 4: Real-Time Anomaly Prevention

  • Incoming data was validated using learned anomaly patterns.
  • Flagged or suspicious records were auto-logged and alerted.
  • The system continuously learned and adapted over time.

The Outcome

90%+ Reduction in Anomalous Data Across RMS Tables

Real-Time Validation Prevented Bad Data from Entering Production

Fully Automated, Low-Latency Pipelines Using Qlik + Databricks

Cloud-Native and Scalable Design Supporting Millions of Records Daily

Reliable Data Enabled Confident Decisions Across Multiple Business Units

The Outcome

What Made This Work

Layered Architecture: Medallion structure ensured clean separation of raw, refined, and curated data for transparency and control.

ML-Powered Detection: Machine learning helped uncover subtle, pattern-based anomalies that traditional rules missed entirely.

Real-Time Ingestion: Qlik Replicate enables fast and efficient data sync without the need for legacy ETL tools.

Databricks Flexibility: Unified batch and stream processing under one scalable platform using PySpark and MLlib.

Workflow Automation: Replaced manual tasks with scheduled, orchestrated jobs for cleaning and transformation.

Improved Trust: Transparent audit trails and alerts boosted stakeholder confidence in the RMS data ecosystem.

What Made This Work

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Need to bring structure, accuracy, and automation to your enterprise data systems? From ingestion to intelligent validation, we design end-to-end data workflows that scale with confidence.

Want to make the most out of your data systems?Let’s talk.

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