Continuity Edge — Offline WMS/TMS Failover-as-a-Service
10/10
Demand Score
Even brief WMS/TMS or network outages halt operations, incurring massive labor idle time and carrier rework fees.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-18k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Expensive Upgrades Required
Competitor Landscape
- Manhattan Active WM (limited resiliency features)
- Blue Yonder WMS
- Korber/HighJump WMS
- Gremlin (chaos engineering)
- Zerto (DR)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Connectors for major WMS/TMS with near-real-time sync
Local OLTP store with write-ahead logging and conflict policies
Offline PWA for scanning, picking, packing, receiving
Carrier label server with cached authorization and rate fallback
Emergency manifest/BOL generation and deferred EDI queue
Auto failover/failback with operator prompts
Chaos drill scheduler and resiliency scorecards
Audit trail and reconciliation dashboard post-incident
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Vendor data model access and change tracking
- Carrier label certification for offline mode
- Data consistency and conflict resolution on re-sync
- Site IT constraints and security hardening
- Ensuring performance for high-SKU, high-velocity operations
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Zero missed carrier pickups during outages
- >90% of core workflows operable offline
- Reconciliation error rate < 0.3% of transactions
- RTO < 2 minutes and RPO < 60 seconds for mirrored data
- >50% reduction in outage-related labor idle time
- Annualized avoided downtime ROI > 5x subscription cost
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