StockProof: Real-Time Inventory Reconciliation Ledger
10/10
Demand Score
Inventory mismatches cause stockouts and line stops today; immediate reconciliation prevents revenue loss and expedite costs.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A software-only event-sourced overlay that sits between scanners, WMS, ERP, and supplier ASNs to maintain a cryptographically chained truth ledger of inventory movements. StockProof ingests scans (tel
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
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Competitor Landscape
- Manhattan WMS
- Blue Yonder
- SAP EWM
- Oracle WMS
- RFID/CV point solutions
Must-Have Features for MVP
Event-sourced inventory ledger with hash-chained entries
Multi-source ingestion (scanners, WMS, ERP, EDI)
Real-time validation against ERP documents
Guided micro cycle-counts and mobile exception workflows
Auto-generation of ERP-safe reversal/adjustment postings
Lost-unit path inference and anomaly scoring
Lot/serial/UoM normalization and conversion
Offline-capable edge collector for poor Wi-Fi zones
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Parsing heterogeneous scanner streams and telnet protocols
- Posting reversals safely into different ERPs
- Operator adoption of exception prompts
- Supplier ASN data quality
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Fast pilot in one DC/plant with measurable shrink reduction
- Cuts mismatches by >50% within weeks
- No forklift upgrade of WMS/ERP required
- Operators resolve exceptions in under 60 seconds
- Audit-ready trail simplifies compliance and supplier chargebacks
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This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.