Case Study: Sonae Distribuição Brasil cuts stalled inventory by R$6M (48%) and analyzes 100% of stores with ACL Analytics

Acl Analytics Generate Cost Savings

Sonae Distribuição Brasil (SDB) is one of Brazil’s largest supermarket chains, operating 150 stores and thousands of employees across retail and wholesale channels. Faced with thin margins and high inventory volumes, the company’s internal audit team needed a way to identify and monitor stalled merchandise, improve turnover and supplier payment cycles, and consolidate inventory data spread across multiple stores and systems.

The audit team built an ACL analytics solution that analyzes 100% of in-store inventory and produces detailed stalled-inventory reports in about 90 minutes. Within four months SDB cut stalled inventory by over R$6 million (US $2.15 million)—a 48% reduction—while freeing storage space, improving turnover and supplier payments, and creating repeatable monitoring that delivers ongoing cost savings.

Sonae Distribuição Brasil

Antonio Edson Maciel Dos Santos

SDB Internal Audit Manager