Predictika · Flame retardant order checks
An AI sales agent prepares an order for a halogen-free flame retardant for a plastics compounder: the Exolit OP grade, the polymer it goes into, the loading, the wall thickness, the melt temperature, the resin moisture, any added synergist, the packaging, the quantity against the compounding plan, the monthly use, the discount, and the need and total the order states. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of how these choices fit together, and returns a verdict, every reason and the total it computed.
This validator models orders for five Exolit OP grades, not just the scenarios shown below.
Any Exolit OP order that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other Clariant product lines. The grade names, target polymers, typical loadings, melt limits, moisture limits, packaging and shelf life follow Clariant public product pages; the minimum loadings for combinations they do not state, the extra loading at 0.4 mm, the maximum loading, the synergist and big-bag rules, all prices and the discount ceilings are modeled and are not published by Clariant.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Grades that fit only some polymers | Only with care Each Exolit grade is intended for particular polymers, so every grade needs a rule on the polymers it may go into. | The grade and the polymer are fields of one order and are checked together on every call. |
| Limits that depend on the grade, the polymer and the wall | Only with workarounds The loading needed for V-0 depends on the grade and polymer together and rises for a thin wall, while the melt limit follows the grade and the moisture limit follows the polymer. | Every limit is computed from the grade, polymer and wall in the same order and compared on every call. |
| A quantity that must match the compounding plan | Only with workarounds The need is batch size times batches times loading, so raising the loading to fix one problem makes the order short, and the shelf life limits how big the order can be. | Need, order size and months of use are recomputed together, so a fix that creates the next problem shows at once. |
| A stated need and total that must match the computed ones | Only with workarounds The order total depends on the grade price, the packaging, the quantity and the discount, so a separate rule must recompute it and compare it with the stated figure. | The stated figures are fields of the order and are compared with the computed ones on every call. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, so the agent can fix them in a single pass. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the order; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | The selected Exolit grade is not intended for the selected polymer. |
| 2 | The compounding melt temperature is 335 C; the selected grade should not be processed above 330 C. |
| 3 | The resin moisture is 450 ppm; the limit for this polymer is 400 ppm. |
| 4 | A loading of 19 percent is below the 20 percent this grade needs for UL 94 V-0 in this polymer at this wall thickness. |
| 5 | A loading of 31 percent is above the 30 percent this model covers. |
| 6 | UL 94 V-0 at 0.4 mm wall thickness should be confirmed in the customer compound. |
| 7 | The selected grade already contains its synergists; an added synergist applies only to OP 1,230 and OP 1,240. |
| 8 | 500 kg big bags need a big-bag discharge station; the customer has none. |
| 9 | The compounding plan needs 4,000 kg of flame retardant; the order has 3,500 kg. |
| 10 | At 300 kg a month this order takes 14 months to use; the shelf life is 12 months from shipping. |
| 11 | The order states a need of 3,800 kg; the validator computes 4,000 kg. |
| 12 | The order states a total of 34,000 euros; the validator computes 34,888. |
| 13 | The customer has not confirmed dust fire and explosion controls (VDI 2,263 or national rules) for the powder; a person should confirm them. |
| 14 | The order asks for 5 percent discount; the standard ceiling for 4,000 kg is 3 percent. |
| 15 | The order asks for 7 percent discount; for 4,000 kg the most that can be approved is 3 percent. |
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.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1240 for PBT: 12 batches of 2,500 kg at a loading of 15 percent, a resin moisture of 600 ppm and a melt temperature of 270 C, with melamine polyphosphate added, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 2,000 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 4,500 kg and a total of 26,166 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1240 for PBT: 12 batches of 2,500 kg at a loading of 20 percent, a resin moisture of 350 ppm and a melt temperature of 270 C, with melamine polyphosphate added, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 2,000 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 6,000 kg and a total of 26,166 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1240 for PBT: 12 batches of 2,500 kg at a loading of 20 percent, a resin moisture of 350 ppm and a melt temperature of 270 C, with melamine polyphosphate added, as 12 500 kg big bags, using 2,000 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 6,000 kg and a total of 52,332 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1230 for PA66: 10 batches of 2,000 kg at a loading of 15 percent, a resin moisture of 800 ppm and a melt temperature of 290 C, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 1,500 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 3,000 kg and a total of 28,812 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1314 for PA66: 10 batches of 2,000 kg at a loading of 15 percent, a resin moisture of 800 ppm and a melt temperature of 290 C, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 1,500 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 3,000 kg and a total of 21,462 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1230 for PA6T66: 10 batches of 2,000 kg at a loading of 15 percent, a resin moisture of 900 ppm and a melt temperature of 340 C, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 1,500 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 3,000 kg and a total of 28,812 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please order Exolit OP 1230 for PA6T66: 10 batches of 2,000 kg at a loading of 15 percent, a resin moisture of 900 ppm and a melt temperature of 328 C, as 6 500 kg big bags, using 1,500 kg a month, with a 2 percent discount. The order states a need of 3,000 kg and a total of 28,812 euros. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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