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A workflow engine that handles proposal writing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at freight brokerage dispatchers, writing down what only one person knows.
In short: Workflow-Powered Proposal Builder for Dispatchers is a workflow engine aimed at freight brokerage dispatchers, covering proposal writing. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (92) and held back by timing (21). Typical pricing is $3.9k–$84k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $7.0k–$21k.
Freight brokerage teams lose proposals rebuilt from scratch that are 80% identical. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A narrow workflow engine scoped to proposal writing 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 | $577M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 14% |
| Annual contract value | $3.9k – $84k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 79 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $7.0k – $21k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Freight brokerage is growing at roughly 13% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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