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A narrow optimisation engine scoped to dispatch alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at last-mile delivery dispatchers, taking the phone queue off a human entirely.
In short: Optimisation-Powered Dispatch for Dispatchers is an optimisation engine aimed at last-mile delivery dispatchers, covering dispatch. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (90) and held back by feasibility (35). Typical pricing is $2.2k–$43k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $37k–$102k.
Last-mile delivery teams lose routing decisions made from memory at 6am. In most last-mile delivery businesses this job has never had software written for it. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to dispatch alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $2.2k – $43k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 29 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $37k – $102k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Last-mile delivery is growing at roughly 21% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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