Predictika · New-vehicle order validation

An AI sales agent's Tata Nexon order, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares an on-road quote for a new Tata Nexon, with a trim, engine, gearbox, edition, discount, accessories, extended warranty and finance terms. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the Nexon variants and order limits and returns a verdict, every reason and the on-road total it computed.

Scope: Tata Nexon new-vehicle orders: ten trims, petrol, diesel and CNG, manual, AMT and dual-clutch gearboxes, Dark editions, dual-tone roof, discount, accessories, warranty and finance. See everything this validator covers

This validator models Tata Nexon order quotes, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Variants — the ten Nexon trims from Smart to Fearless+ PS with petrol, diesel and CNG engines, the manual, AMT and DCA gearboxes, the Dark and Red Dark editions and the dual-tone roof, and which combinations are offered.
  • Order limits — retail orders of one or two vehicles, fleet orders of five or more, a discount limit with a manager approval band, an accessories limit, an extended warranty of up to three years, and a manager sign-off for very large fleet orders.
  • Finance and total — the down payment and loan tenure for a financed order, and the on-road total the quote states, which must match the total computed from the ex-showroom price, registration, insurance, warranty, accessories and discount.

Any Tata Nexon order quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: the Nexon EV, other Tata models, and trade-in or insurance products. Trim, fuel, gearbox and edition names follow the public Nexon variant lists; the variant availability matrix, every price, tax and insurance percentage, and the discount, accessory, warranty and finance limits are modeled from comparable products and are not published by Tata Motors, so all figures are illustrative. The validator shows a computed on-road total but no line-item table.

The AI sales agentBuilds the Nexon order quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
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 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

Predictika validator


      
Waiting for the call.

Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong

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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 caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
A variant matrix of engine, gearbox, trim and editionOnly with care
Each trim allows different engine and gearbox pairs and only some editions, so a table of allowed combinations has to be built and kept up to date.
The trim, engine, gearbox and edition are in one request and checked together on every call.
A roof option that depends on trim and editionOnly with care
The dual-tone roof is allowed on some trims and never with a Dark edition, which needs rules that refer to two other choices.
The roof, trim and edition are all in the request, so the combination is checked on every call.
A discount with a block limit and an approval bandOnly with workarounds
A block above one percentage and an approval above another need separate rules that must agree with each other and with the ex-showroom price of the chosen variant.
The discount is compared with the computed ex-showroom price on every call and returns a block, an approval or nothing.
A stated on-road total that must match the computed totalOnly with workarounds
The total is built from the price, registration, insurance, warranty, accessories and discount, so a separate rule must recompute it and compare it with the stated figure.
The stated total is a field of the request and is compared with the computed on-road total on every call.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often 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 order; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

1The Smart trim is not offered with a diesel engine.
2The AMT gearbox is not offered on this trim with this fuel.
3The dual-clutch (DCA) gearbox is offered only with the petrol engine on the Creative, Creative+ PS and Fearless+ PS trims.
4The CNG Nexon is offered with the manual gearbox only.
5This Dark edition is not offered on this trim.
6A dual-tone roof is not offered on the Smart trims or together with a Dark edition.
7The discount of 36,451 rupees per vehicle is over 3 percent of the 1,215,000 rupee ex-showroom price; a sales manager should confirm it.
8The discount of 97,200 rupees per vehicle is over 3 percent of the 1,215,000 rupee ex-showroom price; a sales manager should confirm it.
9The discount of 97,201 rupees per vehicle is over 8 percent of the 1,215,000 rupee ex-showroom price.
10Accessories of 182,251 rupees per vehicle are over 15 percent of the 1,215,000 rupee ex-showroom price.
11A retail order is for 1 or 2 vehicles; this one has 3. Orders of 5 or more are placed as a fleet order.
12A fleet order needs at least 5 vehicles; this one has 4.
13An order of 25 vehicles is priced case by case; a fleet sales manager should confirm it.
14The order has 0 vehicles; at least 1 is needed.
15Extended warranty of 4 years is outside the 0 to 3 year range.
16A down payment of 9 percent is under the 10 percent minimum for a financed order.
17A loan tenure of 11 months is outside the 12 to 84 month range.
18A loan tenure of 73 months is over 72 months; the financier should confirm it.
19A loan tenure of 84 months is over 72 months; the financier should confirm it.
20A loan tenure of 85 months is outside the 12 to 84 month range.
21The order states a total of 1,396,024 rupees; the computed on-road total is 1,396,025 rupees.
22The order states a total of 1,397,025 rupees; the computed on-road total is 1,396,025 rupees.
23The discount of 200,000 rupees per vehicle is over 8 percent of the 1,201,000 rupee ex-showroom price.
24A down payment of 5 percent is under the 10 percent minimum for a financed order.
25A loan tenure of 80 months is over 72 months; the financier should confirm it.

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. Variant, roof, quantity and discount: A Smart diesel AMT order for three vehicles with a Dark edition, dual-tone roof and a large discount

The agent's request. Please quote a retail order for 3 Tata Nexon Smart diesel with the AMT gearbox, in the Dark edition with the dual-tone roof, a discount of 100,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 25,000 rupees per vehicle and 1 year of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 60 months, for an on-road total of 3,531,015 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Blocked.

  • Retail order over 2 vehicles. A retail order is for 1 or 2 vehicles; this one has 3. Orders of 5 or more are placed as a fleet order.
  • Diesel not offered on Smart. The Smart trim is not offered with a diesel engine.
  • AMT not offered on this trim. The AMT gearbox is not offered on this trim with this fuel.
  • Dark edition not offered. This Dark edition is not offered on this trim.
  • Dual-tone roof not offered. A dual-tone roof is not offered on the Smart trims or together with a Dark edition.
  • Discount over 8 percent. The discount of 100,000 rupees per vehicle is over 8 percent of the 1,071,000 rupee ex-showroom price.

2. Variant, roof, quantity and discount: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

The agent's request. Please quote a retail order for 2 Tata Nexon Creative+ S diesel with the AMT gearbox, in the Dark edition, a discount of 30,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 25,000 rupees per vehicle and 1 year of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 60 months, for an on-road total of 3,357,950 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Allowed.

  • Order summary. Ex-showroom price 1,445,000 rupees per vehicle, on-road total 3,357,950 rupees for the order, loan amount 2,686,360 rupees (modeled prices).

3. Accessories, warranty and stated total: A Fearless+ PS order with large accessories, a four-year warranty and a stated total

The agent's request. Please quote a retail order for 1 Tata Nexon Fearless+ PS petrol with the DCA dual-clutch gearbox, in the standard edition, a discount of 20,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 250,000 rupees per vehicle and 4 years of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 60 months, for an on-road total of 1,798,720 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Blocked.

  • Accessories over 15 percent. Accessories of 250,000 rupees per vehicle are over 15 percent of the 1,472,000 rupee ex-showroom price.
  • Extended warranty over 3 years. Extended warranty of 4 years is outside the 0 to 3 year range.
  • Stated total does not match. The order states a total of 1,798,720 rupees; the computed on-road total is 1,948,720 rupees.

4. Accessories, warranty and stated total: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

The agent's request. Please quote a retail order for 1 Tata Nexon Fearless+ PS petrol with the DCA dual-clutch gearbox, in the standard edition, a discount of 20,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 150,000 rupees per vehicle and 3 years of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 60 months, for an on-road total of 1,836,720 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Allowed.

  • Order summary. Ex-showroom price 1,472,000 rupees per vehicle, on-road total 1,836,720 rupees for the order, loan amount 1,469,376 rupees (modeled prices).

5. Fleet size, discount and loan tenure: A small fleet order of CNG Nexons with a large discount and a long loan

The agent's request. Please quote a fleet order for 4 Tata Nexon Creative+ S CNG with the manual gearbox, in the standard edition, a discount of 125,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 25,000 rupees per vehicle and 1 year of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 90 months, for an on-road total of 5,646,700 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Blocked.

  • Fleet order under 5 vehicles. A fleet order needs at least 5 vehicles; this one has 4.
  • Discount over 8 percent. The discount of 125,000 rupees per vehicle is over 8 percent of the 1,345,000 rupee ex-showroom price.
  • Loan tenure out of range. A loan tenure of 90 months is outside the 12 to 84 month range.

6. Fleet size, discount and loan tenure: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

The agent's request. Please quote a fleet order for 25 Tata Nexon Creative+ S CNG with the manual gearbox, in the standard edition, a discount of 67,000 rupees per vehicle, accessories of 25,000 rupees per vehicle and 1 year of extended warranty, financed with a 20 percent down payment over 72 months, for an on-road total of 36,741,875 rupees. It is ready to send.

Verdict: Needs approval.

  • Discount over 3 percent. The discount of 67,000 rupees per vehicle is over 3 percent of the 1,345,000 rupee ex-showroom price; a sales manager should confirm it.
  • Bulk order of 25 or more. An order of 25 vehicles is priced case by case; a fleet sales manager should confirm it.
  • Order summary. Ex-showroom price 1,345,000 rupees per vehicle, on-road total 36,741,875 rupees for the order, loan amount 29,393,500 rupees (modeled prices).

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 an on-road quote for a new Tata Nexon, with a trim, engine, gearbox, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the Nexon variants and order limits and returns a verdict, every reason and the on-road total it computed.
  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
  3. The agent says. Please quote a retail order for 3 Tata Nexon Smart diesel with the AMT gearbox, in the Dark edition with the dual-tone roof. It is ready to send. The rest of the request is on screen.
  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
  5. Blocked, with six findings, all in one answer. A retail order is for 1 or 2 vehicles; this one has 3. Orders of 5 or more are placed as a fleet order. The Smart trim is not offered with a diesel engine. The AMT gearbox is not offered on this trim with this fuel. The other three are on screen.
  6. The validator returned six 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 order are checked against each other.
  7. What this shows: for a roof option that depends on trim and edition, a rules-based CPQ is error-prone for this.
  8. Now the agent resubmits.
  9. The corrected request. It changes the vehicles to 2, the trim to Creative+ S, the dual-tone roof to no, the discount per vehicle to 30,000 rupees and the on-road total stated on the quote to 3,357,950 rupees.
  10. It calls the validator again.
  11. This time the validator clears it.
  12. All six earlier findings are cleared.
  13. Six problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean order. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.