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Site selection handled by an optimisation engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at manufacturing plant supervisors, so the work stops following people home.
In short: Automated Site Scorer for Manufacturing is an optimisation engine aimed at manufacturing plant supervisors, covering site selection. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (88) and held back by feasibility (28). Typical pricing is $2.1k–$42k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $42k–$133k.
Manufacturing teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
An optimisation engine that handles site selection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 14% |
| Annual contract value | $2.1k – $42k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 46 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $42k – $133k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Manufacturing is growing at roughly 16% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow