Case Catupiry and Skyone

The goal of the Catupiry Cloud Transformation was to modernize the IT foundation of a 113-year-old FMCG company, ensuring resilience, scalability, and readiness for the next century of growth.
Our objectives were clear:

• Eliminate operational bottlenecks caused by legacy on-premises infrastructure.

• Enable faster decision-making by reducing critical process times (e.g., production and financial reports).

• Guarantee business continuity across four factories, a logistics distribution center, and retail operations.

• Prepare 22 years of historical data for analytics, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives.

• Build a collaborative ecosystem where business and IT teams could learn and grow together.

This project was not just about migrating to the cloud — it was about creating the technological backbone to support Catupiry’s transformation from a traditional food brand into a data-driven, innovation-ready FMCG enterprise.

The cloud migration delivered immediate and measurable business impact across Catupiry’s FMCG operations:

• Milk process closure time reduced from 12 hours to 3 hours.

• Complex reports accelerated from 3 hours to 20–30 minutes.

• Overall system performance improved by up to 50%.

• Elimination of single-point dependency on São Paulo infrastructure, with factories now directly connected to the cloud.

• 22 years of historical data curated and restructured, creating a foundation for AI and advanced analytics.

• Zero downtime during migration, ensuring uninterrupted production and logistics across all units.

Beyond efficiency, the project redefined Catupiry’s ability to scale, innovate, and compete globally. What began as a technical challenge became a strategic transformation — turning a 113-year-old FMCG brand into a cloud-native, data-driven enterprise ready for the next century.

The project was executed through a full-scale cloud migration, leveraging enterprise-grade cloud and auxiliary systems to ensure scalability and resilience:

• Cloud Infrastructure: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), implemented and managed via Sky.One Cloud Platform (IaaS/PaaS), delivering secure, redundant, and high-performance environments.

• ERP System: TOTVS Protheus, fully migrated and optimized for the OCI environment.

• Database & Data Management: Microsoft SQL Server, with 22 years of historical data migrated, curated, and optimized for future AI/ML use.

• Middleware & Integration: Sky.One APIs and native OCI integration services ensuring seamless communication across ERP, finance, and production systems.

• Business Applications: Legacy BI and reporting solutions, reconfigured to run in the cloud with performance boosted up to 50%.

• Auxiliary Systems: VPN, redundant network architecture, and OCI monitoring dashboards for proactive performance and security management.

By combining Sky.One expertise with OCI’s enterprise-grade infrastructure, Catupiry shifted from a centralized legacy environment to a cloud-native FMCG model, capable of sustaining both daily operations and future digital innovation.

The project faced a high level of complexity due to decades of legacy infrastructure and fragmented practices. All critical links and systems were centralized in the São Paulo headquarters, creating a single point of failure for four factories, logistics, and retail operations. The environment was on-premises, poorly documented, and had accumulated years of inadequate maintenance, increasing risks and unknown dependencies.

Migrating 22 years of historical data from disparate and unstructured sources required careful curation, validation, and reorganization. The challenge was further amplified by the need to avoid any downtime in a continuous FMCG production environment, where delays could disrupt the supply chain and market distribution.

Despite these difficulties, the team successfully executed a full cloud migration in only three months, synchronizing milestones with national holidays to minimize risks. The project demanded detailed planning, rigorous testing, and cross-functional collaboration to transform a fragile legacy environment into a modern, cloud-native platform — without interrupting daily operations.

Catupiry is one of the most iconic food brands in Brazil, with 113 years of history in the FMCG sector. Its ecosystem includes four factories, a logistics distribution center, retail stores with restaurant and emporium, and more than 130 products in its portfolio. Despite its strong legacy, the company’s IT infrastructure could no longer keep pace with the demands of a highly digital, data-driven market.

The main challenges were clear:

• Critical operational bottlenecks, such as production and financial processes that took hours to complete.

• High dependency on on-premises infrastructure, located in São Paulo, which created operational risks and scalability limitations.

• Delayed reporting and decision-making, with complex reports requiring up to three hours to generate and the strategic milk management process taking up to twelve hours.

Recognizing the urgency, Catupiry launched an ambitious project to migrate its entire IT environment to the cloud, a bold decision in the FMCG industry where reliability and operational continuity are non-negotiable.

After a rigorous vendor selection process with six competitors, Sky.One was chosen as the strategic partner for its deep understanding of the business and ability to ensure a smooth transition. The selected architecture leveraged Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as the enterprise-grade backbone, integrated with Sky.One’s platform for cloud management, automation, and resilience.

The project timeline was as aggressive as it was symbolic:

• January: Project kickoff and environment assessment.

• Carnival period: Construction of the homologation environment.

• Easter: Final migration completed.

In only three months, the entire infrastructure was migrated, with zero disruption to end users. The transition was designed so that business operations continued seamlessly — employees noticed the change only in the form of faster systems and greater efficiency.

The measurable results were immediate and significant:

• Milk process closure time reduced from 12 hours to 3 hours.

• Reports that previously took up to 3 hours now run in 20–30 minutes.

• Overall system performance improved by up to 50%.

• Complete elimination of dependency on São Paulo infrastructure.

• Direct factory-to-cloud connectivity, reducing risks and ensuring resilience.

Beyond performance, the project had a profound data and innovation impact. With 22 years of historical data curated, migrated, and restructured, Catupiry created the foundation for advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and future machine learning and generative AI initiatives. This transformed the company’s rich legacy into a strategic asset for the next century.

Equally important was the cultural dimension. The initiative was not only technical but collaborative: Sky.One’s experts immersed themselves in the company’s business processes, while Catupiry’s teams embraced cloud concepts through workshops and co-creation sessions. This fostered a true partnership and knowledge exchange, ensuring the change was embraced at every level.

The uniqueness of this project lies in bringing cloud-native agility to a century-old FMCG brand, proving that tradition and innovation are not opposites, but complementary forces. By combining the heritage of one of Brazil’s most beloved food companies with state-of-the-art OCI infrastructure, Catupiry is now positioned to expand beyond national borders, innovate faster, and sustain growth for the next 113 years.

As Head of Technology at Catupiry, I can state with pride: this was more than a migration — it was the foundation for a new era of resilience, data-driven intelligence, and sustainable innovation in FMCG.

The project encompassed Catupiry’s entire national FMCG ecosystem in Brazil, with operations spread across multiple states and regions:

• São Paulo: two factories located in Bebedouro and Santa Fé do Sul, as well as the corporate headquarters in São Paulo city, which previously hosted all on-premises IT infrastructure.

• Goiás: one factory in Doverlândia, a strategic hub for dairy and food production in the Midwest.

• Minas Gerais: one factory in Santa Vitória, expanding reach in the Southeast.

• Logistics Distribution Center: central unit ensuring nationwide supply and market distribution.

• Retail Operations: a flagship store in São Paulo, with an emporium and restaurant.

By migrating the entire environment to the cloud, the project eliminated the critical dependency on the São Paulo data hub and created direct cloud connectivity for every factory and business unit.

Although implemented within Brazil, this transformation now positions Catupiry to scale internationally, supporting its expansion strategy and preparing digital infrastructure for global export markets.