LineSight

LineSight is a production planning platform for metal service centers focused on slitting optimization — determining how wide metal coils should be cut into narrower strips so that the maximum share of material ships as sold product rather than scrap. The software connects to a customer's ERP, reads open orders and coil inventory in real time, and generates cutting plans that account for order constraints, slitting line constraints and operational preferences. Completed plans flow back into the customer's systems: operators can issue work orders, download PDF plans and update the ERP in a single action.

The product is built around the domain specifics of flat-rolled metal processing, including grades, gauges, slitter capabilities, inside/outside diameter constraints, multiple passes, edge conditioning and PIWs. LineSight positions slitting as a combinatorial problem that planners otherwise solve manually over hours in spreadsheets, and states that its optimization engine evaluates millions of configurations across the whole order book and inventory to identify the most profitable setup, producing schedules in seconds. Alongside slitting plans, the company says it has worked with customers on adjacent workflows such as logistics, sales, procurement and data entry.

A third-party company profile describes LineSight as a pre-seed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and classifies it in the manufacturing software industry.

Business model

LineSight sells software to metal service centers, with a dedicated ERP integration built for each customer during implementation. The company states it charges customers less than the value it saves them: during implementation it analyzes the operation and tests the platform to estimate the additional revenue generated, then charges a fraction of that amount. It also describes an ongoing advisory relationship, acting as an in-house AI resource for adjacent operational workflows.

Value-based pricing tied to measured customer gains — LineSight states it never charges more than it saves, setting fees as a fraction of the incremental revenue quantified during implementation.

Traction

The company publishes a case study with metal service center Elite Steel, quoting VP Abizer Ghadiali, and reports $850K in annualized revenue added, a 2.9% average scrap rate reduction and a 20% gross profit margin increase. It states customers have reduced scrap rates within weeks of going live.