Predictika · aircraft models, interior layouts, dealer pricing tiers, seat count, connectivity and service plan years

A quoting assistant's business jet order, checked before it goes to the customer

A quoting assistant puts together a business jet order quote for a corporate customer and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the aircraft model, interior layout, dealer pricing tier, seat count, connectivity suite, service plan, term and quantity together, recomputes the order value, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.

Scope: Business jet order quotes in the style of Bombardier: four aircraft models, three interior layouts and three dealer pricing tiers, with passenger seat count, a connectivity suite, an extended service plan and a service term of 1 to 5 years. Prices are illustrative estimates in US dollars, not Bombardier price lists. See everything this validator covers

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

  • Aircraft models and interiors — a Challenger 3500 class, a Challenger 650 class, a Global 6500 class and a Global 7500 class jet, with an executive, a club or a high-density interior. The executive interior does not include the crew rest compartment that the two long-range models require.
  • Passenger seat count — the seat count is checked against the rating of the model and of the interior, and above 14 seats it needs a cabin configuration review.
  • Connectivity, service plan and dealer tiers — the Ka-band connectivity suite and the extended service plan are available only on some models. Direct list pricing, the authorized sales representative tier and the regional sales partner tier each have their own discount and aircraft minimum.
  • Term and fleet size — a service term of 1 to 5 years, with a finance review above 3 years. An order is limited to 12 aircraft, and above 5 aircraft it needs a fleet order review.
  • Discounts and order value — tier, volume and extra discounts add up: a rep can give up to 6 percent in total, a sales director must approve above that, and 9 percent is the limit. An order above USD 150,000,000 needs a deal desk review.
  • The stated net total — a check that the net total the assistant states matches the order value the validator computes.

Not checked: other Bombardier products and aftermarket services, real list prices, export licensing and country-by-country certification, aircraft performance and range planning, or tax and multi-currency pricing. This page is an independent demonstration built by Predictika; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bombardier Inc.

The quoting assistantPuts the business jet order quote together from the customer'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.

6 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

Predictika validator


      

        
        
        
      

      
Waiting for the call.

      
    

  

  
  

    
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 dealer tierOnly with workarounds
Each tier has its own minimum number of aircraft, so every tier needs its own rule, and a change of quantity or tier has to be re-tested against all of them.		The tier 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 seat count is limited by the model and again by the interior, and the connectivity suite depends on the model, so these look like separate fields to a rule list.		Model, interior, seat count and options are checked against each other on every call.
A review that depends on the totalOnly with care
Tier, 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, interior, options, tier discounts and service years, which a validation rule can hold only by repeating the whole price logic.		The validator computes the order 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 passenger seat count of 12 is outside the 1 to 10 range of the Challenger 3500 class jet.
2The Ka-band connectivity suite is not available on the Challenger 3500 class jet.
3A passenger seat count of 16 is above 14; a cabin configuration review is required.
4Order value of USD 155280000.0 is above USD 150000000 and needs a deal desk review.
5A contract of 6 years is outside the 1 to 5 years allowed.
6Total discount of 10 percent exceeds the 9 percent limit.
7A quantity of 15 is outside the 1 to 12 aircraft allowed.
8Order value of USD 528906000.0 is above USD 150000000 and needs a deal desk review.
9The Executive interior does not include the crew rest compartment that the two long-range models require.
10Order value of USD 152640000.0 is above USD 150000000 and needs a deal desk review.
11A quantity of 2 is below the minimum of 4 for the Regional sales partner tier.
12The quoted net total of USD 51336000.0 does not match the USD 57040000.0 the validator computed.
13A quantity of 7 is above 5 aircraft; a fleet order review is required.
14Order value of USD 187415200.0 is above USD 150000000 and needs a deal desk review.
15A contract of 4 years is longer than 3 years; finance must approve the price lock.
16Total discount of 7 percent is above the 6 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve.
17The quoted net total of USD 57372000.0 does not match the USD 54640000.0 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. Seat count and connectivity: A Challenger 3500 class jet at 12 seats with Ka-band

    
The agent's request. Quote for Harborline Charter Group: 2 Challenger 3500 class jets with the club interior and the Ka-band connectivity suite, set up for 12 passengers, under direct list pricing, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 56,860,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Seat count over the rating. A passenger seat count of 12 is outside the 1 to 10 range of the Challenger 3500 class jet.
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  • Connectivity not available. The Ka-band connectivity suite is not available on the Challenger 3500 class jet.
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2. Seat count and connectivity: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Harborline Charter Group: 2 Challenger 650 class jets with the club interior and the Ka-band connectivity suite, set up for 12 passengers, under direct list pricing, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 72,860,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
3. The total the assistant states: A stated net total below the computed total

    
The agent's request. Quote for Summit Aviation Partners: 2 Challenger 3500 class jets with the executive interior and the extended service plan, set up for 8 passengers, under direct list pricing, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 51,336,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Stated total does not match. The quoted net total of USD 51,336,000 does not match the USD 57,040,000 the validator computed.
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4. The total the assistant states: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Summit Aviation Partners: 2 Challenger 3500 class jets with the executive interior and the extended service plan, set up for 8 passengers, under direct list pricing, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 57,040,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
5. Dealer tier minimum: The regional sales partner tier for 2 aircraft

    
The agent's request. Quote for Northern Lights Air Services: 2 Challenger 650 class jets with the club interior, set up for 10 passengers, under the regional sales partner tier, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 68,362,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Below the tier minimum. A quantity of 2 is below the minimum of 4 for the Regional sales partner tier.
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6. Dealer tier minimum: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote for Northern Lights Air Services: 4 Challenger 650 class jets with the club interior, set up for 10 passengers, under the regional sales partner tier, with a 2-year service term. Net total USD 135,284,800. 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 business jet order quote for a corporate customer and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the assistant sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the aircraft model, interior layout, dealer pricing tier, seat count, connectivity suite, service plan, term and quantity together, recomputes the order 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 Harborline Charter Group: 2 Challenger 3500 class jets with the club interior and the Ka-band connectivity suite, set up for 12 passengers. Net total USD 56,860,000. 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 two findings, all in one answer. A passenger seat count of 12 is outside the 1 to 10 range of the Challenger 3500 class jet. The Ka-band connectivity suite is not available on the Challenger 3500 class jet.
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  6. The validator returned two blocking findings 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 aircraft model to Challenger 650 class jet.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. Both earlier findings are cleared.
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  13. Two problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, 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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