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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes route planning. Aimed at last-mile delivery ops teams, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Route Optimiser Built for Ops Teams is an optimisation engine aimed at last-mile delivery ops managers, covering route planning. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (94) and held back by open field (25). Typical pricing is $1.0k–$21k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$89k.
Last-mile delivery teams lose routes cut once a year and patched ever since. In most last-mile delivery businesses this job has never had software written for it. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes route planning. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $994M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 23% |
| Annual contract value | $1.0k – $21k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 51 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $89k |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
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