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Retail verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

Meal Kit Supply Chain Data Mesh

domain Client: A leading global meal-kit provider handshake Provider: Kafka / Databricks schedule Deploy: Q4 2020 (Maturity)
93 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

To manage a highly perishable supply chain, the company adopted a Data Mesh. Domains like 'Menu Planning', 'Procurement', and 'Logistics' publish event-based data products (e.g., 'Ingredient Forecast'). This decoupling allows the logistics team to subscribe to menu changes in real-time, optimizing inventory and reducing food waste.

rate_review Analyst Verdict

"Data Mesh is ideal for time-sensitive supply chains. A central warehouse is too slow for fresh food logistics. Event-driven data products allow for real-time reactivity (e.g., 'Menu A is trending, buy more Kale') without tight coupling between systems."

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warning The Challenge

The company operated in a hyper-growth mode with monolithic tech debt. Data was siloed, leading to inefficiencies—procurement didn't know about menu changes fast enough, causing waste or shortages. Central analytics couldn't keep up with the complexity of 14 markets.

psychology The Solution

They decentralized data ownership. The 'Menu' domain emits events (Data Products) via Kafka. The 'Procurement' domain consumes these to automate ordering. A central 'Data Alliance' team provides the platform tooling but does not own the data.

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Integrations
Kafka, Microservices
Deployment Model
Cloud Native
Data Classification
Operational
Estimated TCO / ROI
Medium
POC Summary (2019-01-01 to 2020-01-01)

"N/A"

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
Event Schema Drift Medium Schema Registry enforcement.
Data Quality Medium Producer-side quality contracts.

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Audited value realization curve

Reduction in food waste % Verified Outcome
Primary KPIDaily processing of millions of events
Audit CycleGlobal standardization of recipe data

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: Food Safety Standards
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Operational

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Verified Case Study
PDF • Version 1
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PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for A leading global meal-kit provider without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-905
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-905

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