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Point an optimisation engine at maintenance planning, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at manufacturing maintenance leads, at a tenth of what the enterprise suite charges.
In short: Maintenance Planner for Manufacturing, Run by Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at manufacturing maintenance leads, covering maintenance planning. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by feasibility (26). Typical pricing is $4.2k–$91k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $28k–$93k.
Manufacturing teams lose maintenance done on a calendar rather than on condition. In most manufacturing businesses this job has never had software written for it. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
Point an optimisation engine at maintenance planning, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $580M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 15% |
| Annual contract value | $4.2k – $91k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 63 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $28k – $93k |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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