SupplyTrust: Data Quality Contracts for Procurement–Logistics–Planning
10/10
Demand Score
Bad master and transactional data directly drive expedites, chargebacks, and forecast errors; fixes are slow without cross-system enforcement.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-18k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Checkout and Payment Terms Problems
Competitor Landscape
- Monte Carlo/Bigeye (data observability)
- Collibra/Atlan (governance/catalog)
- MDM suites (generic)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Operational data contracts with enforcement gates
Live DQ scoring and quarantine queues
Entity resolution across SKUs, suppliers, and locations
Auto-suggested fixes with source-of-truth lineage
Write-back automations with approvals
Impact analytics linking DQ to cost and service KPIs
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Safe write-back to transactional systems without side effects
- Stakeholder alignment on blocking/quarantine policies
- Complex entity resolution for SKUs/suppliers/locations
- Change management for data steward workflows
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Reduction in expedites/chargebacks tied to DQ issues
- Improved forecast accuracy from clean inputs
- Adoption by data stewards with fast time-to-fix
- Auditable lineage and policy compliance
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.