Predictika · droplet digital PCR systems, reagent and software packages, purchase programs, weekly throughput, options and service years

A quoting assistant's droplet digital PCR quote, checked before it goes to the laboratory

A quoting assistant puts together a droplet digital PCR quote for a laboratory and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the system, reagent and software package, purchase program, weekly sample throughput, options, term and quantity together, recomputes the contract value, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.

Scope: Droplet digital PCR system quotes in the style of Bio-Rad: four system configurations, three reagent and software packages and three purchase programs, with weekly sample throughput, two options and a service term of 1 to 5 years. Prices are illustrative estimates in US dollars, not Bio-Rad price lists. See everything this validator covers

This validator checks any quote of this kind, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Systems and reagent packages — a single-lane system, a high-throughput system, a manual droplet system and a clinical diagnostic configuration, with a research, quality-controlled or clinical grade reagent and software package. The research package is not validated for the clinical diagnostic configuration.
  • Weekly throughput — the weekly sample throughput is checked against the rating of the system and of the reagent package, and above 600 samples it needs a laboratory workflow capacity review.
  • Options and purchase programs — the automated droplet generator and the extended service and software validation package are available only on some systems. List purchase, the academic consortium program and the core facility agreement each have their own discount and system minimum.
  • Term and order size — a service term of 1 to 5 years, with a finance review above 3 years. An order is limited to 30 systems, and above 10 systems it needs a project desk review.
  • Discounts and order value — program, volume and extra discounts add up: a rep can give up to 12 percent in total, a sales director must approve above that, and 20 percent is the limit. An order above USD 500,000 needs a deal desk review.
  • The stated net total — a check that the net total the assistant states matches the contract value the validator computes.

Not checked: other Bio-Rad products such as antibodies, chromatography, clinical immunoassay or quality control materials, real list prices, assay validation or regulatory decisions, or tax and multi-currency pricing. This page is an independent demonstration built by Predictika; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bio-Rad Laboratories.

The quoting assistantPuts the droplet digital PCR quote together from the laboratory's request and says it is ready to send.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The quoting assistant says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: quoting assistant (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where a rules-based CPQ gets this wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtA rules-based CPQPredictika
A minimum that depends on the purchase programOnly with workarounds
Each program has its own minimum number of systems, so every program needs its own rule, and a change of quantity or program has to be re-tested against all of them.		The program and the quantity are in one request and every minimum is checked together on every call.
Limits that depend on each otherOnly with care
The reagent package must be validated for the system, throughput is limited by both the system and the package, and options depend on the system, so these look like separate fields to a rule list.		System, reagent package, throughput and options are checked against each other on every call.
A review that depends on the totalOnly with care
Program, volume and extra discounts add up, and the approval band depends on the sum, so a rule that checks one discount at a time misses it.		The total discount is computed and the approval rules are applied to it.
The net total the assistant statesOnly with workarounds
The stated total has to be recomputed from the catalog, program discounts and years of service, which a validation rule can hold only by repeating the whole price logic.		The validator computes the contract value and compares it with the stated total.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Form checks usually stop at the first failing field, so a rep fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1A contract of 4 years is longer than 3 years; finance must approve the price lock.
2A weekly sample throughput of 650 is above 600; a laboratory workflow capacity review is required.
312 systems are above 10; a project desk review is required.
4Order value of USD 810806.4 is above USD 500000 and needs a deal desk review.
5Total discount of 13 percent is above the 12 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve.
6Order value of USD 997795.2 is above USD 500000 and needs a deal desk review.
735 systems are outside the 1 to 30 allowed.
8Order value of USD 2364852.0 is above USD 500000 and needs a deal desk review.
9The automated droplet generator is not available on the Manual droplet digital PCR system.
10The extended service and software validation package is not available on the Clinical diagnostic droplet digital PCR configuration.
11The Research reagent and software package is not validated for the clinical diagnostic configuration.
12A weekly sample throughput of 250 is outside the 1 to 200 range of the Manual droplet digital PCR system.
13A weekly sample throughput of 520 is above the 500 limit of the Research reagent and software package.
143 systems are below the 6 systems minimum of the Core facility agreement.
15A contract of 6 years is outside the 1 to 5 years allowed.
16Total discount of 24 percent exceeds the 20 percent limit.
17Order value of USD 546288.0 is above USD 500000 and needs a deal desk review.
18The quoted net total of USD 194076.0 does not match the USD 215640.0 the validator computed.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Service term: A 6 year service term on a three-system order

    
The agent's request. Quote for Cedar Hollow Genomics: 3 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 6 years. Net total USD 217,920. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Service term over the maximum. A contract of 6 years is outside the 1 to 5 years allowed.
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2. Service term: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Cedar Hollow Genomics: 3 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 4 years. Net total USD 216,780. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Finance approval for a long term. A contract of 4 years is longer than 3 years; finance must approve the price lock.
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3. Service term: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Cedar Hollow Genomics: 3 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 2 years. Net total USD 215,640. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
4. Reagent package for the clinical configuration: A clinical diagnostic configuration with the research reagent package

    
The agent's request. Quote for Meridian Clinical Laboratories: 3 clinical diagnostic configurations with the research reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 2 years. Net total USD 378,720. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Reagent package not validated. The Research reagent and software package is not validated for the clinical diagnostic configuration.
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5. Reagent package for the clinical configuration: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Meridian Clinical Laboratories: 3 clinical diagnostic configurations with the clinical grade reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 2 years. Net total USD 403,680. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
6. Purchase program minimum: A core facility agreement for 3 systems

    
The agent's request. Quote for Eastbrook University Core Facility: 3 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under the core facility agreement, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 2 years. Net total USD 198,389. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Below the program minimum. 3 systems are below the 6 systems minimum of the Core facility agreement.
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7. Purchase program minimum: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Eastbrook University Core Facility: 6 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under the core facility agreement, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 2 years. Net total USD 383,839. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

  

  

    
Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. A quoting assistant puts together a droplet digital PCR quote for a laboratory and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the system, reagent and software package, purchase program, weekly sample throughput, options, term and quantity together, recomputes the contract value, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Quote for Cedar Hollow Genomics: 3 single-lane systems with the quality-controlled reagent and software package under list purchase, a weekly throughput of 300 samples, for 6 years. Net total USD 217,920. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with one finding, all in one answer. A contract of 6 years is outside the 1 to 5 years allowed.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for limits that depend on each other, a rules-based CPQ is error-prone for this.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the service years to 4.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. Not blocked, but held for a person.
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  12. The one blocking finding is cleared; one approval remains for a person: finance approval for a long term.
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  13. The agent resubmits once more.
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  14. The revised request. It changes the service years to 2.
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  15. It calls the validator once more.
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  16. This time the validator clears it.
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  17. The earlier finding is cleared.
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  18. One problem caught in one call, fixed in two passes, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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