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A narrow optimisation engine scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at logistics ops teams, holding service constant on a smaller team.
In short: Automated Scheduling for Logistics is an optimisation engine aimed at logistics ops managers, covering scheduling. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (95) and held back by feasibility (35). Typical pricing is $1.0k–$11k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $30k–$91k.
Logistics teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. In most logistics businesses this job has never had software written for it. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes scheduling. Revenue is flat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.8B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 12% |
| Annual contract value | $1.0k – $11k |
| Pricing model | Flat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 25 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $30k – $91k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Logistics is growing at roughly 15% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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