{"id":"acct-inventory-title-ownership-include-table","audience":"accounting","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"constraints","level":"advanced","title":"Decide which inventory items belong in our year-end count","free":false,"task":"You're deciding which items to include in our inventory at year-end. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Item, Value, Include and Reason, one row per item in the listed order. Include is exactly Yes or No. Include items to which we hold title: consigned goods from others are not ours; goods shipped FOB shipping point belong to the buyer once shipped; FOB destination goods belong to the seller until delivered; customer returns we have accepted are ours. Reason is under 8 words. After the table add \"Inventory to count:\" with the sum shown. Under 150 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"INVENTORY OWNERSHIP REVIEW - Dec 31 cut-off (values at our cost)\n\n1. Warehouse stock we purchased and own: $120,000\n2. Consigned stock from Kline Co on our shelves, we pay Kline only when we sell it: $30,000\n3. Purchase from Atlas Metals, shipped Dec 29, FOB shipping point, arriving Jan 3: $8,000\n4. Sale to Duro Builders, shipped Dec 30, FOB destination, arriving Jan 3: $5,000 at our cost\n5. Customer return accepted Dec 28, goods back in the warehouse awaiting inspection: $2,000 at our cost\n6. Purchase from Zeta Parts, shipped Dec 30, FOB destination, arriving Jan 4: $6,000\n\nNotes: the warehouse manager counted only what is physically on our shelves on Dec 31, which gives $152,000 (items 1, 2 and 5). The CFO wants the inventory total to reflect ownership, not shelf location. The count total is reviewed by the auditors in January.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":150}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["item","value","include","reason"]},{"label":"States the title rules","patterns":["fob shipping point","fob destination","consigned"]},{"label":"Includes accepted returns","patterns":["return","accepted"]},{"label":"Asks for the total","patterns":["inventory to count"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting by shelf location","why":"The AI includes the consigned goods and omits goods in transit.","fix":"Say: \"Include items we hold title to, not items on our shelves.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Reversing FOB terms","why":"The AI mixes up shipping point and destination.","fix":"Add: \"FOB shipping point: buyer owns once shipped. FOB destination: seller owns until delivered.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Long reasons","why":"The AI writes full sentences.","fix":"Add: \"Reason under 8 words.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the total","why":"The AI forgets the last line.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Inventory to count with the sum shown.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each part short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Ownership, not location. Spell out the FOB and consignment rules, and ask for the sum line.","rubricLabels":["The table has six rows in the listed order with Include values Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes, No","Reasons are brief (no more than 8 words each) and cite ownership or title rather than the invoice date","The last line is \"Inventory to count:\" showing $120,000 + $8,000 + $5,000 + $2,000 = $135,000"]}