ReconPilot: No-Touch Entry & Three-Way Match Workbench for ERP
10/10
Demand Score
Month-end close delays, growing backlog of unmatched invoices/receipts, and late payment penalties/cash flow risk.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-12k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
An ingestion-to-posting service that captures POs, invoices, GRNs, bank statements, and vendor emails from PDFs, spreadsheets, EDI, and portals; validates against ERP master data; and posts balanced t
Competitor Landscape
- BlackLine
- Rossum
- Hyperscience
- UiPath
- Automation Anywhere
- Tipalti
Must-Have Features for MVP
Multi-channel capture (email inbox, SFTP, portal scraping, EDI)
Template-first OCR with confidence thresholds; model assist for new layouts
Two- and three-way match with tolerance policies
ERP-safe posting proposals and reversible journal/GRN adjustments
Exception workbench with root-cause explanations
Auto vendor-chase workflows and portal links
Duplicate detection and fraud flags
Real-time STP rate and cycle-time analytics
Master data validation (vendor, item, tax codes, currencies)
Continuous learning of vendor-specific patterns
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Data privacy and vendor PII handling
- Write permissions and posting rules in ERP
- Vendor format variability and edge cases
- Change management for AP/AR teams
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- >85% straight-through processing within 60 days
- >70% reduction in manual keying time
- Close-book time reduced by several days
- Fewer payment penalties and improved early-pay discounts
- Auditor-approved controls and traceability
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.