FlexFlow: Policy-Driven Adaptive Workflows that Compile to ERP Transactions
9/10
Demand Score
Rigid ERP flows block new customer requirements and compliance mandates, causing lost deals, workarounds, and audit risk.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
9 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A rules-and-policy engine that lets ops define flexible variants of core processes (e.g., customer-specific approvals, plant-specific routing, risk-based QC) without breaking ERP. It compiles policies
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- ServiceNow Flow Designer
- Camunda
- Pega
- Decisions
- ProcessMaker
- SAP BTP Business Rules
Must-Have Features for MVP
Declarative policy DSL with approvals and constraints
Compiler that emits ERP-safe actions and UI overlays
Per-customer/plant/channel variants and priority rules
In-situ simulator showing outcomes and SoD impacts
A/B testing and phased rollouts with rollback
Embedded controls: thresholds, SLAs, dual approvals
Evidence logs and export for auditors
Guardrails to block illegal state transitions
Impact analysis on lead time and capacity
Versioned policy repository with Git/PR workflows
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Translating policies to safe ERP primitives
- Performance under complex branching/approvals
- Change governance and versioning of policies
- Ensuring SoD and audit controls remain intact
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Faster onboarding of customer-specific requirements
- Reduced shadow IT workarounds
- Maintained or improved compliance posture
- Shorter cycle times despite added flexibility
- High business ownership of process changes without IT backlogs
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.