SyncGraph—Real‑Time ERP ↔ Inventory/Purchasing Orchestrator
10/10
Demand Score
Unsynced ERP, WMS, and purchasing cause stockouts/over-ordering and costly manual work; finance and fulfillment are impacted daily.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$4k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A domain-specific integration layer that learns your ERP, inventory, and purchasing schemas, builds a canonical SKU/PO graph, and runs real-time, bidirectional sync via CDC and APIs. It ships with ver
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Competitor Landscape
- MuleSoft
- Dell Boomi
- Celigo
- Workato
- SAP Integration Suite (CPI)
- Oracle Integration Cloud
- Jitterbit
Must-Have Features for MVP
CDC connectors for SAP/Oracle/Dynamics/NetSuite and popular WMS/IMS
Canonical SKU/PO graph with mapping templates per vertical
Policy‑based dual‑write (saga, idempotency keys, compensating actions)
Reconciliation dashboard with anomaly detection and lineage/replay
Built‑in EDI translator (X12 850/855/856/810; EDIFACT ORDERS/DESADV/INVOIC)
Dry‑run simulation against production snapshots
Exception queue with SLAs, auto‑retry, and approval routing
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- On‑prem firewall/VPN requirements for CDC
- Highly customized ERP fields and user exits
- Supplier EDI dialect variance
- Ensuring strict consistency across dual‑write flows
- Poor master data quality (SKUs, UOMs, vendors)
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- >99.95% sync success with <5 min lag
- 80%+ reduction in manual rekeying within 30 days
- 1‑click rollback and exhaustive audit logs
- Prebuilt vendor packs accelerate onboarding of top suppliers
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