ERP Digital Twin & Canonical Warehouse (TwinERP)
9/10
Demand Score
Legacy ERPs throttle innovation; teams need governed, current data without risking ERP performance or availability.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$1k-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Legacy tools and siloed data:
Competitor Landscape
- Fivetran
- Hevo
- Stitch
- HVR
- Boomi
- Celigo
Must-Have Features for MVP
Agent-based CDC or scheduled extract with change hashing
Canonical data model for core ERP domains with lineage
Time-travel snapshots for audit/reconciliation
Event bus for downstream consumers (inventory, order state)
Query acceleration cache and workload isolation
Validation and safe write-back queue with retries and alerts
Prebuilt dashboards for stock, ATP, order status, and pricing audits
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Limited CDC capabilities on older ERPs/databases
- Complex pricing/discount logic normalization
- Data governance and PII handling
- On-prem connectivity and security reviews
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Migrate BI/reporting off ERP within 30 days
- Reduce ERP read load by >60%
- Achieve <5 min freshness on priority tables
- Demonstrated rollback/replay for governed changes
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.