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Point a forecasting model at dispatch, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at staffing agency owners, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Staffing Dispatch is a forecasting model aimed at staffing agency owners, covering dispatch. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (88) and held back by feasibility (33). Typical pricing is $9.3k–$140k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $41k–$100k.
Staffing teams lose routing decisions made from memory at 6am. Every staffing team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
A forecasting model that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes dispatch. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $652M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 13% |
| Annual contract value | $9.3k – $140k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 76 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $41k – $100k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Staffing 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 spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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