Guardrailed ERP Agent Orchestrator

Integration & Automation
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Operations teams must eliminate manual ERP work under cost pressure without risking bad automations or compliance breaches.
🌊
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$3k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

A secure orchestration layer that turns ERP events into safe, automatable work. It auto-builds an event stream from ERP logs/APIs (e.g., invoice posted, PO change, MRP exception), maps them to busines

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:

Competitor Landscape

  • UiPath
  • Automation Anywhere
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • SAP Build Process Automation
  • Workato
  • Tray.io
  • Tonkean
  • Kore.ai

Must-Have Features for MVP

ERP event stream builder and object mapping
Agent DSL with strict action constraints
Human-in-the-loop approval UI and SLAs
Sandbox/simulation mode with unit tests for flows
Prebuilt ERP automations with KPIs
Audit logs, versioning, and rollback
Policy engine for data access and PII redaction

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • ERP API limits and change windows
  • InfoSec approval for AI components
  • User trust and approvals for agents
  • Complex exception scenarios requiring human judgment

Risk Level: Moderate

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Demonstrable time savings on top 3 processes in 30 days
  • Zero unapproved actions in production
  • Fast connector performance with backpressure handling
  • Clear governance model that satisfies audit/compliance

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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.