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An optimisation engine that handles maintenance planning end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at industrial services field supervisors, closing the loop while everyone is asleep.
In short: Maintenance Planner Built for Field Supervisors is an optimisation engine aimed at industrial services field supervisors, covering maintenance planning. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by feasibility (33). Typical pricing is $2.2k–$45k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $31k–$104k.
Industrial services teams lose maintenance done on a calendar rather than on condition. 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 maintenance planning 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 | $337M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $2.2k – $45k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 30 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $31k – $104k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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