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Amazon consulting business: brand analysis, 60% automated

PPS Consulting India built a brand analysis tool in Google Sheets for an Amazon consulting business, with the same measures for every brand across marketplaces. It automated 60% of the manual data processing, and the client has used it for four or more brand evaluations.

At a glance

60% automated

of the manual data work in brand evaluations drawing on 20+ sources

Client
An Amazon consulting business that evaluates brands for its clients
Sector
E-commerce
The work
Process systems
Tools
Google Sheets
Led by
Rahul Kulkarni

What was the problem?

The business evaluated brands for its clients across several Amazon marketplaces, pulling data from 20+ sources by hand.

There were no standard criteria for comparing brands, benchmarking competitors or spotting growth, and no repeatable way to assess a brand.

What did we do?

  1. Diagnose

    An assessment of the data sources and the reporting, and of the measures a brand evaluation actually needs.

  2. Design

    Standard measures: performance by marketplace, category and product-level analysis, competitive benchmarking and opportunities, and profitability with growth recommendations.

  3. Build

    A Google Sheets tool with automated data aggregation and preset formulas, adaptable to different brand structures and marketplaces, and a standard operating procedure for using it, from extracting the data to writing up the insights.

The method, phase by phase

What did we build?

Brand analysis: from 20+ sources to one assessment Illustrative schematic, not a client document
  1. 20+ data sources
  2. Automated aggregation
  3. Standard measures
  4. Brand assessment
  5. Recommendations

The standard measures

  • Performance by Amazon marketplace
  • Category and product-level analysis
  • Competitive benchmarking and opportunities
  • Profitability and growth recommendations

Built to be reused

  • Preset formulas, automated aggregation
  • Adapts to different brand structures and marketplaces
  • A step-by-step procedure for each evaluation

What changed?

  • 60% of the manual data processing automated.
  • The same assessment for every brand, so evaluations can be compared.
  • Used for four or more brand evaluations.
  • Faster insights for the business's own clients.

Is this relevant to you?

It is if:

  • Your team rebuilds the same analysis from scratch for every client.
  • Your data comes from many sources and the combining is done by hand.

Where would we start with you?

With the PPS Backbone Review: four weeks, a fixed fee of ₹1,50,000 to ₹3,50,000 plus GST and expenses, one fix working by the end, and a plan with owners and measures that is yours to keep, whether or not we build it with you.

How the Review works

5x locations, 7x fleet

from one pharmacy and location to two pharmacies and five locations in four months, and from 3 drivers to 20+

Medical delivery startup: one location to five in four months

Relevant if you are about to open your second, third or fifth location, and the first one still runs on you.

Logistics and freight · United States

Runs without the founder

SOPs for the recurring work, one workspace, and a weekly rhythm the operations lead now runs

Marketing operations team: running without the founder

Relevant if every client question in your business still reaches the founder.

Professional and business services

All results

  • 100+ engagements
  • 62,000+ delivery hours
  • Top 1% Expert-Vetted on Upwork
  • 100% job success, independently verified

Across Upwork and direct contracts, including the people on our project teams.

  • MIT MicroMasters, Supply Chain
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner

Questions about this case

Why build it in Google Sheets?

The tool had to adapt to each brand's structure and marketplaces, and a Google Sheets tool with automated aggregation and preset formulas did that without new software.

By Rahul Kulkarni, MIT MicroMasters (Supply Chain) · Last updated

Tell us two things.

What you're trying to achieve in the next 90 days, and what's breaking in execution. We'll tell you plainly what we'd fix first.

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