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Maintenance planning handled by an optimisation engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at logistics ops teams, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Logistics Maintenance Planner is an optimisation engine aimed at logistics ops managers, covering maintenance planning. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (93) and held back by feasibility (36). Typical pricing is $15k–$218k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$132k.
Logistics teams lose maintenance done on a calendar rather than on condition. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
Maintenance planning handled by an optimisation engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is managed service, 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) | 18% |
| Annual contract value | $15k – $218k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 74 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $132k |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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