FlowFabric: Auto-Compose ERP Task Orchestrations
9/10
Demand Score
Headcount and errors scale non-linearly with complexity; CFOs and COOs need immediate cost containment without multi-year ERP projects.
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
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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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