Predictika · high-content imaging systems, analysis software packages, purchase programs, plates per day, options and service years

An AI sales agent's high-content imaging quote, checked before it goes to the customer

An AI sales agent prepares a quote for high-content imaging systems with an analysis software package, a purchase program, a plates-per-day workload and optional service. Before the quote goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks every rule at once and reports every problem it finds in one pass, with the price it computes.

Scope: Revvity style high-content imaging system quotes: four imaging system configurations, three analysis software packages and three purchase programs, with prices in US dollars (illustrative estimates, not real list prices). A quote check, not a regulatory decision. See everything this validator covers

This validator models Revvity style high-content imaging system quotes. It handles any quote made of these systems, packages and programs, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Systems and analysis software — a benchtop confocal imager, a high-throughput confocal imager, a live-cell imaging configuration and a regulated screening configuration, with a research, advanced 3D analysis or regulated screening software package. The research package is not validated for regulated screening use.
  • Plates per day — the daily plate count must be within the rating of the system and the rating of the software package, and above 60 it needs a laboratory workflow capacity review.
  • Options and purchase programs — the automated plate handler and the extended service plan with software validation are only available on the systems that offer them. List purchase, academic consortium and core facility agreement programs each have their own system minimum and discount.
  • Term and order size — a service term of 1 to 5 years, with a finance review above 3 years. An order is limited to 15 systems and above 6 systems it needs a project desk review.
  • Discounts, order value and the stated net total — 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 600,000 needs a deal desk review, and the net total the agent states must match the value the validator computes.

Any quote made of these systems, packages and programs is in scope, not only the scenarios pictured here. Not checked: other Revvity products such as reagents, assays, diagnostics screening or detection instruments, real list prices, assay validation or regulatory decisions, and tax or multi-currency quoting.

The AI sales agentPrepares the high-content imaging quote for the customer 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 AI sales agent says

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

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where 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 caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
A package that is not allowed with a systemOnly with workarounds
Every system and software pairing needs its own exclusion rule, and each new package multiplies the list.		The system and package are fields of one request, and the compatibility rule is checked against both on every call.
Limits that depend on each otherOnly with care
The plates per day must fit the rating of the system and the rating of the software at once; a quote that passes one check can still fail the other.		Plates per day, system and package are in one request and re-evaluated together on every call.
A price that must match the quoteOnly with workarounds
Price rules compute a total, but comparing it with the net total the agent states is usually left to a person.		The stated net total is a field of the request, and a mismatch with the computed value is a finding.
Approvals that depend on size and valueOnly with care
The deal desk review above USD 600,000 and the project desk review above 6 systems depend on quantity, discount and options together.		Quantity, discount and value are computed together, and each approval appears only when it applies.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Validation rules usually stop at the first failing field, so the agent 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 quote covers 1 to 15 systems.
2The number of systems must meet the minimum of the purchase program.
3The plates per day must be within the range of the system.
4The plates per day must not be above the rating of the analysis software package.
5The research analysis software package is not validated for regulated screening use.
6The automated plate handler is only available on systems that offer it.
7The extended service plan with software validation is only available on systems that offer it.
8The service term must be 1 to 5 years.
9A total discount above 20 percent is not allowed.
10More than 60 plates per day needs a laboratory workflow capacity review.
11A service term above 3 years needs finance approval of the price lock.
12More than 6 systems need a project desk review.
13A total discount above 12 percent, within the limit, needs approval.
14An order value above USD 600,000 needs a deal desk review.
15The net total the agent states must match the value the validator computes.

  

  

    
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. Regulated screening for a pharma services lab: Two regulated screening systems with the research software

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Northgate Pharma Services: two regulated screening configurations with the research analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 30 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 972,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Software not validated for regulated screening. The research analysis software package is not validated for regulated screening use, so it cannot be quoted with the regulated screening configuration.
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  • Deal desk review. The order value of USD 972,000 is above USD 600,000 and needs a deal desk review.
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  • Price. Estimated list price USD 972,000 for 2 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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2. Regulated screening for a pharma services lab: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Northgate Pharma Services: one regulated screening configuration with the research analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 30 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 486,000. I cut the order to one system. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Software not validated for regulated screening. The research analysis software package is not validated for regulated screening use, so it cannot be quoted with the regulated screening configuration.
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  • Price. Estimated list price USD 486,000 for 1 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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3. Regulated screening for a pharma services lab: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Northgate Pharma Services: one regulated screening configuration with the regulated screening software package, bought on a list purchase, at 30 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 538,000. I changed the software package. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price. Estimated list price USD 538,000 for 1 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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4. Benchtop imagers and the plates-per-day rating: A daily load of 35 plates on a benchtop imager

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Lakeshore Cell Biology Core: two benchtop confocal imagers with the advanced 3D analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 35 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 484,800. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Plates per day over the system rating. A load of 35 plates per day is outside the 1 to 30 range of the benchtop confocal imager.
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  • Price. Estimated list price USD 484,800 for 2 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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5. Benchtop imagers and the plates-per-day rating: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Lakeshore Cell Biology Core: two benchtop confocal imagers with the advanced 3D analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 28 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 484,800. I lowered the daily load. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price. Estimated list price USD 484,800 for 2 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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6. A stated net total that does not match: A net total 10 percent below the computed value

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Pinecrest University Imaging Facility: two benchtop confocal imagers with the advanced 3D analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 25 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 436,320. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Stated net total does not match. The quoted net total of USD 436,320 does not match the USD 484,800 the validator computed.
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  • Price. Estimated list price USD 484,800 for 2 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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7. A stated net total that does not match: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please check this quote for Pinecrest University Imaging Facility: two benchtop confocal imagers with the advanced 3D analysis software package, bought on a list purchase, at 25 plates per day on a 2-year term, no plate handler and no service plan. The net total I am quoting is USD 484,800. I corrected the net total. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price. Estimated list price USD 484,800 for 2 systems over 2 years, before discount; total discount 0 percent.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares a quote for high-content imaging systems with an analysis software package, a purchase program, a plates-per-day workload and optional service. Before the quote goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks every rule at once and reports every problem it finds in one pass, with the price it computes.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please check this quote for Northgate Pharma Services: two regulated screening configurations with the research analysis software package, bought on a list purchase. The net total I am quoting is USD 972,000. 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 one finding and one approval, all in one answer. The research analysis software package is not validated for regulated screening use, so it cannot be quoted with the regulated screening configuration.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding and one approval 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, 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 number of systems to 1 and the stated net total to $486,000.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. Still blocked, with one finding, all in one answer. The research analysis software package is not validated for regulated screening use, so it cannot be quoted with the regulated screening configuration.
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  12. One finding cleared. Still blocking: software not validated for regulated screening.
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  13. The agent resubmits once more.
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  14. The revised request. It changes the analysis software package to regulated screening software package and the stated net total to $538,000.
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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. Two problems caught in one call, fixed in two passes, and a clean $538,000 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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