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An optimisation engine that handles scheduling end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at industrial services field supervisors, proving value before anyone signs anything.
In short: Scheduling for Industrial services, Run by Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at industrial services field supervisors, covering scheduling. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (95) and held back by timing (38). Typical pricing is $800–$17k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $39k–$131k.
Industrial services teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
Scheduling handled by an optimisation engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $291M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $800 – $17k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 48 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $39k – $131k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Industrial services is growing at roughly 14% 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 |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
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