Hi, I'm Jeremy and I'm giving this SaaS entrepreneurship-thing a fair shot.
Here's my first project: t.co/Jytr9IhkCL
There are lots and lots of Foodservice Inventory Management Systems out there.
But, what StockCount does different is it prioritizes operational speed and ease-of-use.
In other words, I'm trying to make the onboarding, the integration, and the continuous usage of a digital Inventory Management System into your foodservice operations as dead simple AND as fast as possible.
The problem thesis I've developed for this niche boils down to:
1) As of today, doing physical counts is definitely unavoidable.
2) For operators, implementing an inventory systems is a challenge, but training the staff, and continuously and successfully using the software is 10x more challenging.
3) A lot of restaurant software conversations eventually become operational workflow conversations (instead of feature conversations). Tiny friction points become huge once you scale headcount or locations. UX is a wall.
4) And also, some of the current enterprise tools look great, but SMBs can't justify the $330-$480 (full features) if their 51-seat bar/restaurant is averaging $50k in sales a month (around ~5k profit / month).
So, as a response to this thesis the solution I've developed:
1) Full AI-native and multi-modal data entry.
**sigh....** yes I know.. AI, BUT hear me out. These are AI features intended for SPEEED. It's all about the speed.
Again, with traditional inventory software, most of the operator's time isn't spent doing the counting of the inventory. It's spent operating the piece of software required input the data. It's spent in the annoying nitty-gritty data-entry busy work. The AI collapses that. The AI's whole job is to take what you'd naturally say or do and translate it into the exact sequence of clicks and operations the inventory system needs in order to correctly input your data.
The simplest way I can describe it: the AI is like a trained employee who already knows how to use the inventory software, and you just talk to them. You don't learn the system. You don't navigate the screens. You tell the AI what you need, and he goes and does the clicking. That's really what it is under the hood.
2) Data analysis and Task Prioritization
The AI is aware of the state of your data. It knows when any data is stale and when there are holes that makes your numbers untrustworthy. It'll recommends and prioritizes actions for your staff to take. It helps direct effort in order to faster uncover useful data.
That's basically it. The hope is to make this into a digital inventory system a SMB restaurant actually keeps using. And for that to happen, it has to be faster than the clipboard and simpler than the spreadsheet.
Anyway. That's the first project. It's live at t.co/Jytr9IhkCL
PS: Thanks for reading this! If any of you want to try it out for free, send me a DM. I'd be happy for give you credits, in exchange for feedback :D
