Predictika · Warehouse trucks, battery systems, service plans, lift height in meters, options and contract years
An AI sales agent prepares a warehouse truck quote: warehouse trucks, battery systems, service plans, lift height in meters, options and contract years. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the product catalog and returns a verdict, every reason and the price it computed.
This validator models warehouse truck quotes for a product line of this style: four warehouse truck types, three battery systems and three service plans, not just the scenarios shown below.
Any quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other Jungheinrich products, real list prices, warehouse layout or racking decisions, or tax and multi-currency quoting.
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A compatibility between two catalogs | Only with workarounds A pairwise compatibility between two catalogs usually becomes one rule per combination, kept in step by hand. | Compatibility is a property of the two products, checked on every call. |
| A figure that must fit two limits | Only with care A number that must fit both a product range and a limit of another product spans several validation rules. | Both limits and the review band are evaluated together. |
| Options that only some products offer | Only with care Option rules per product, extended for every new product or option. | The product lists which options it offers; the check follows from the choices. |
| Discount stacking and approval bands | Only with workarounds Program, volume and extra discounts add up across rules and approval levels, and the total is rarely checked in one place. | The discounts are added once and compared with both the rep authority and the limit. |
| The total the agent states | Only with workarounds Comparing a stated total with a computed one needs a separate rule per quote layout, and price rules rarely run on stated figures. | The stated net total is a field in the request and is checked against the computed total. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
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.
| 1 | A contract of 6 years is longer than 5 years; finance must approve the price lock. |
| 2 | A lift height of 9 is above 8; a mast engineering review is required. |
| 3 | 30 trucks are above 25; a fleet planning review is required. |
| 4 | Total discount of 16 percent is above the 12 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve. |
| 5 | A lift height of 10 is above 8; a mast engineering review is required. |
| 6 | A contract of 7 years is longer than 5 years; finance must approve the price lock. |
| 7 | 28 trucks are above 25; a fleet planning review is required. |
| 8 | Total discount of 15 percent is above the 12 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve. |
| 9 | 70 trucks are outside the 1 to 60 allowed. |
| 10 | The camera assist system is not available on the Autonomous pallet mover. |
| 11 | The fleet management software is not available on the Autonomous pallet mover. |
| 12 | The Lead-acid battery 24V cannot power the very narrow aisle truck. |
| 13 | A lift height of 6 is outside the 2 to 4 range of the Autonomous pallet mover. |
| 14 | A lift height of 8 is above the 6 limit of the Lead-acid battery 24V. |
| 15 | 6 trucks are below the 10 trucks minimum of the Premier service plan. |
| 16 | A contract of 8 years is outside the 1 to 7 years allowed. |
| 17 | Total discount of 14 percent is above the 12 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve. |
| 18 | The quoted net total of USD 155,376 does not match the USD 172,640 the validator computed. |
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 quote the very narrow aisle truck on the lead-acid battery 24V for 30 trucks under the premier service plan, with a lift height of 9 meters and an 8 year service term, with an extra 8 percent discount. The net total is USD 2,334,780. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the very narrow aisle truck on the lithium-ion battery 80V for 30 trucks under the premier service plan, with a lift height of 9 meters and a 5 year service term. The net total is USD 2,738,700. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please quote the very narrow aisle truck on the lithium-ion battery 80V for 24 trucks under the premier service plan, with a lift height of 8 meters and a 5 year service term. The net total is USD 2,268,288. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the autonomous pallet mover on the lithium-ion battery 48V for 4 trucks under the basic service plan, with a lift height of 3 meters and a 3 year service term, with the camera assist system. The net total is USD 298,640. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the order picker on the lithium-ion battery 48V for 4 trucks under the basic service plan, with a lift height of 6 meters and a 3 year service term, with the camera assist system. The net total is USD 186,640. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the order picker on the lithium-ion battery 48V for 12 trucks under the plus service plan, with a lift height of 6 meters and a 3 year service term, with an extra 8 percent discount. The net total is USD 435,052.80. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
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