{"id":"proc-supplier-share-excluding-freight-flag","audience":"procurement","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Compute supplier shares without pass-through freight and flag the top","free":false,"task":"Write a prompt for plain text with exactly four lines: \"Apex:\", \"Birch:\", \"Cobalt:\" and \"Flag:\". Each supplier line shows spend excluding pass-through freight divided by the total excluding freight, as a percent with one decimal. The Flag line says whether any supplier is over the policy limit and that the sourcing manager decides. Under 100 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FASTENER CATEGORY SPEND - last 12 months (AP export)\n\nApex Fasteners: $312,000 (includes $48,000 of freight billed at cost to us on Apex invoices as a pass-through)\nBirch Hardware: $108,000\nCobalt Industrial: $60,000\n\nPOLICY (supplier concentration): Flag any supplier whose share of category spend is over 60%. Share is calculated excluding pass-through freight. Flagging does not mean a change; the sourcing manager reviews flagged categories and decides what to do.\n\nContext: A buyer wrote, \"Apex is 65% of the spend (312 of 480), so obviously we have to move volume.\" The freight on Birch and Cobalt invoices is already in their own prices (not pass-through).","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Quotes the four labels","patterns":["apex:","birch:","cobalt:","flag:"]},{"label":"Excludes freight","patterns":["excluding","pass-through","48,000","remove"]},{"label":"Gives the line format","patterns":["one decimal","432,000","/"]},{"label":"Leaves the decision","patterns":["sourcing manager decides","do not tell"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including freight","why":"The AI follows the buyer's 65% (312 of 480).","fix":"Say: \"Remove the pass-through freight first; the total is 432,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Recommending moving volume","why":"The AI says to switch suppliers.","fix":"Say: \"Do not tell anyone to move volume; the sourcing manager decides.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong lines","why":"The AI writes a table.","fix":"Quote the four labels.","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI adds bold, headings and bullets by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted.","fix":"Say \"plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks\".","checks":["plainText"]},{"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":"Say what to remove first, give the line format and say what Flag must not recommend.","mission":"Find each supplier's spend share and whether any is too big.","musts":["Exclude pass-through freight","Percent to one decimal","Sourcing manager decides"],"rubricLabels":["There are four lines starting Apex:, Birch:, Cobalt: and Flag: in that order","Apex shows (312,000 - 48,000) / 432,000 = 61.1%, Birch shows 108,000 / 432,000 = 25.0% and Cobalt shows 60,000 / 432,000 = 13.9%","Flag says Apex is over the 60% limit and that the sourcing manager decides what to do, without telling anyone to move volume"]}