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A narrow optimisation engine scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at franchising franchisees, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Optimisation Scheduling for Franchising is an optimisation engine aimed at franchising franchisees, covering scheduling. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by feasibility (35). Typical pricing is $13k–$190k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$128k.
Franchising teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. Every franchising team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
An optimisation engine that handles scheduling end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $785M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $13k – $190k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 77 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $128k |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| 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 |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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