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Point an optimisation engine at scheduling, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at franchising franchisor ops, so the work stops following people home.
In short: Optimisation-Powered Scheduling for Franchisor Ops is an optimisation engine aimed at franchising franchisor opss, covering scheduling. It scores 77/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (96) and held back by feasibility (24). Typical pricing is $4.2k–$91k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $42k–$106k.
Franchising teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. Every franchising team solves this the same way: someone stays late. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $452M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 15% |
| Annual contract value | $4.2k – $91k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 68 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $42k – $106k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Franchising is growing at roughly 17% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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