{"id":"proc-eur-vs-usd-quote-landed-cost-memo","audience":"finance","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Compare a euro quote and a dollar quote at landed cost","free":false,"task":"Write a prompt for a short memo to Carla Dunn in Finance with exactly three headings: Landed cost, Flags and Ask. Landed cost shows each vendor's total in dollars with the math, using Finance's planning rate, and the difference. Flags notes what could change the numbers. Ask requests what Finance should confirm. Do not recommend hedging or a vendor. Under 175 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"QUOTES - 300 hydraulic valves\n\nVendor E (Rhein Hydraulik, Germany): EUR 41,000, ex-works (we arrange shipping). Freight and insurance to our dock: USD 3,200. Import duty: 4% of the goods value in USD (duty is applied to the goods value only, not freight).\n\nVendor U (Midland Fluid Power, US): USD 47,500, delivered to our dock, duty-free, domestic.\n\nFinance planning rate: 1 EUR = 1.10 USD (set Oct 1; Finance reviews monthly).\n\nNotes: The Vendor E price is valid for 30 days and is payable in euros at invoice. The duty rate of 4% came from the buyer's estimate, not from a customs broker. Lead time is the same for both.\n\nCarla Dunn (Finance) decides on currency handling and approves the vendor.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":175}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the headings","patterns":["landed cost","flags","ask"]},{"label":"Shows the dollar math","patterns":["1\\.10","show the math","duty"]},{"label":"Flags what could change","patterns":["could change","rate","estimate"]},{"label":"Rules out advice","patterns":["do not recommend","hedg","decides"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Applying duty to freight","why":"The AI takes 4% of the goods plus freight.","fix":"Say: \"Duty applies to the goods value only, not freight.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Recommending hedging or a vendor","why":"The AI advises on currency hedging or picks the winner.","fix":"Say: \"Do not recommend hedging or a vendor; Carla decides.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting the unconfirmed duty","why":"The AI treats the 4% as certain.","fix":"Say: \"Flag what could change the numbers.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong headings","why":"The AI writes its own sections.","fix":"Name the three headings in order.","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Name the three headings, require the dollar math and say what you must not recommend.","mission":"Show Carla Dunn the true landed cost of two quotes.","musts":["Finance's planning rate","Don't recommend hedging","Three exact headings"],"rubricLabels":["The memo has exactly three headings Landed cost, Flags and Ask in that order","Landed cost shows Vendor E as 41,000 x 1.10 = 45,100 plus duty 4% x 45,100 = 1,804 plus freight 3,200 = 50,104, Vendor U as 47,500, and the difference of 2,604 (Vendor U lower on these numbers)","Flags mentions the exchange rate can move because the quote is payable in euros and that the 4% duty is an unconfirmed estimate, Ask requests Finance to confirm the rate and duty, and the memo does not recommend hedging or choose a vendor"]}