SAIL Rules
Sentences · tables · code · tested · replayed · approved · recorded
How a rule works
01 Sentence
WhenA purchase order from Harbor Home Stores changes quantity by more than 5% within 48 hours of the ship date
ThenHold it for the account owner, with the change and the stock position attached
Owner: Customer operationsGenerated from the rule
02 Table
| Trading partner | Quantity change | Hours to ship | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Home Stores | > 5% | < 48 | Hold for account owner |
| Harbor Home Stores | ≤ 5% | any | Accept |
| any | > 10% | any | Flag for planner |
| any | any | any | Accept |
Hit policy: First match. No overlaps, no gaps.
03 Decision point
order.changedOutcomeHold for account owner
Recorded with what it read: quantity, ship date, partner. Rule versions v7, v12, v3.
Illustrative example · sample data
“When … then …” · your business names
For business ownersPasted from a spreadsheet · overlaps and gaps marked
For many cases at onceJTScript · sandboxed · tested · approved
For the rare exceptionScope and precedence
Pay invoices that match the order and receipt within 2%
DefaultWithin 1% for every retailer in the program
More specificWithin 0.5%, and never above contract price
Most specific · winsIllustrative example · sample data
One partner · one document type · sets aside the broader rule
Locked for the network · narrower rules only add
Publishing stops · the disagreeing transaction shown
Every change
01
From real transactions · every test passes
02
Your history · 30 days to a year · every changed decision
03
The owner · never the author · never AI
04
New version · effective-dated · next transaction
05
One click · recorded
What it read · every version it used
Permanent, with the transactionSimulation · nothing sent · no credentials
See what would have happenedIn the background · live traffic untouched
Report only, pause any timeYour authority
The agents watch and report. Nothing is proposed.
The agents prepare the fix. Your team decides.
The agents act once a person approves.
The agents act inside your limits. You can undo within the window.
The agents act inside your limits and report what they did.
Limits set by a person
Resolution Short-pay invoice overcharges
Agents 70%Freight audit 30%
Emergency stopEvery agent back to Suggest, at once
Illustrative example · sample data
Steps of 10% · set by you
Proposed by an agent · approved by a person
Every agent back to Suggest · at once
Rules about time
No ship notice within 12 hours of the order acknowledgment: escalate to the supplier manager.
Something must happen in timeNo status update on a load for 3 hours: ask the carrier, then raise it to the lane owner.
Silence is a signalAn invoice may not arrive before its ship notice: hold it until the ship notice does.
Things happen in orderInvoiced quantity no more than shipped, shipped no more than ordered, within your tolerance.
Documents agreeDescribe it in words
No ship notice within 12 hours of the PO acknowledgment escalates to the supplier manager. Start with our top 40 suppliers.
Drafted as a rule about time for your top 40 suppliers, owner Supplier compliance. Replayed on the last 30 days of acknowledgments before anything goes live.
| On the last 30 days | Orders | The rule would have |
|---|---|---|
| Ship notice within 12 hours | 18,204 | Done nothing |
| Ship notice late, arrived after | 41 | Recorded the breach |
| No ship notice at all | 312 | Escalated to supplier managers |
A draft only. Supplier compliance approves it; JT Assist never can.
Your IP
In Import
Imported as drafts · macros never run
Out Export
Same decisions in an empty account · never used for training
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