ERP Glide: Friction-Killing Overlay for Any ERP
8/10
Demand Score
Enterprises can’t rip-and-replace ERPs; they need immediate productivity and training cost reductions without a multi-year project.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-12k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
90 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A zero-rewrite UX overlay that wraps legacy and modern ERPs (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics, Epicor) to remove daily user pain: reduces clicks with a command palette and task macros, prefetches next
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- WalkMe
- Whatfix
- Pendo
- Appcues
- UiPath RPA
Must-Have Features for MVP
Cross-ERP command palette and keyboard shortcuts
Predictive prefetch and offline drafts with conflict resolution
Auto-fill templates and rule-based validations
Task micro-UIs for high-volume workflows (e.g., PO approval, vendor add)
Unified omnibox search across modules
Real-time frustration heatmaps and drop-off analytics
Admin flow builder with versioning and rollback
SSO support and role-based personalization
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Coverage across heterogeneous ERPs and customizations
- Maintaining overlays after ERP upgrades
- Performance tuning for prefetch without overloading backends
- IT security review for extensions/agents
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Demonstrated 20–40% reduction in task time within 2 weeks
- Zero data custody and easy uninstall to pass security
- Out-of-the-box micro-UIs for common ERP tasks
- Low-friction deployment (agent/extension) with no ERP code changes
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