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Point a forecasting model at scheduling, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at industrial services field supervisors, writing down what only one person knows.
In short: Industrial services Scheduling is a forecasting model aimed at industrial services field supervisors, covering scheduling. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (95) and held back by feasibility (30). Typical pricing is $3.1k–$67k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $30k–$78k.
Industrial services teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. A typical industrial services operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
Scheduling handled by a forecasting model, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $596M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 12% |
| Annual contract value | $3.1k – $67k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 74 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $30k – $78k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Industrial services is growing at roughly 14% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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