FlowFabric: Auto-Compose ERP Task Orchestrations

Integration & Automation
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Headcount and errors scale non-linearly with complexity; CFOs and COOs need immediate cost containment without multi-year ERP projects.
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7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$3k-12k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

A sidecar SaaS that observes ERP user activity (GUI telemetry + audit logs), clusters repetitive task sequences, and instantly turns them into governed, event-driven automations. Prebuilt ERP action p

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:

Competitor Landscape

  • UiPath
  • Automation Anywhere
  • Celonis
  • SAP Build Process Automation

Must-Have Features for MVP

ERP-specific activity mining (SAP GUI/OData, Oracle logs, NetSuite saved searches)
No-code runbook composer with event triggers
Prebuilt action packs for common finance/supply chain tasks
Exception routing and human approval steps
Full audit trails and SoD-aware execution policies
ROI dashboard (hours saved, cycle-time reduction)
Blue/green rollout and safe rollback

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Deep ERP permissioning and change controls
  • Bot credentials and segregation-of-duties concerns
  • Version fragmentation across ERP instances
  • Data residency/compliance for logs

Risk Level: Moderate

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Time-to-first-automation under 2 weeks
  • >40% reduction in manual steps for targeted workflows
  • Zero production incidents from automations (provable guards)
  • Adoption by process owners, not just IT
  • Measurable error-rate reduction

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