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Point an optimisation engine at pricing, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at food production ops teams, proving value before anyone signs anything.
In short: Food production Pricing Engine on Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at food production ops managers, covering pricing. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by timing (25). Typical pricing is $4.7k–$99k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $33k–$90k.
Food production teams lose a price list last revised when costs were 30% lower. In most food production businesses this job has never had software written for it. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
An optimisation engine that handles pricing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $440M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 13% |
| Annual contract value | $4.7k – $99k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 60 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $33k – $90k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Food production is growing at roughly 15% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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