StockSync Guardrail — Real-Time Inventory Truth and Reconciliation
10/10
Demand Score
Mismatch drives stockouts/overstocks, missed sales, expedited freight, and write-offs—costs accrue daily.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-10k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A streaming consensus layer that triangulates inventory across ERP, WMS, POS/ecom, and supplier ASNs. Uses CDC to capture deltas, then runs a probabilistic reconciliation engine to assign confidence s
Competitor Landscape
- E2open
- RELEX Solutions
- NetSuite native inventory
- SPS Commerce
- Cin7
Must-Have Features for MVP
Change Data Capture connectors (e.g., Debezium/Kafka) for ERP/WMS/POS
Probabilistic reconciliation and confidence scoring per SKU-location
Consensus ledger with explainability and reversible adjustments
Targeted cycle count mobile app with smart pick paths
Auto-push corrections via API to ERP/WMS and alerting to ops
Anomaly models for ghost inventory, shrinkage, and timing drifts
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- CDC access to ERP/WMS databases or events
- Supplier EDI/ASN variability
- Data latency and API rate limits
- Warehouse adoption for targeted counts
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Fast reduction in mismatches (>60% in first month on pilot SKUs)
- Low-friction deployment (read-first mode; push only on approval)
- Clear financial impact (avoided stockouts, corrected value)
- Explainable decisions to win ops trust
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.