CaseProof — the buyer's side of a warehouse automation case

A vendor's business case is built on a blended wage, ideal utilisation and the lines their quote does not carry. Paste the quote's own line items and your numbers, and CaseProof re-runs the proposal through the same engine as your case — then says which assumptions have to be confirmed in writing before you sign.

1 · The vendor's quote, line by line

Paste or upload the quote's own line items as CSV rows. Every value is echoed as the vendor wrote it — CaseProof never re-prices a line, and a line the quote leaves blank is reported unpriced, not $0.

Quote line items (CSV)

Upload quote CSVHeader: item, amount_usd, optional category and note.

2 · Your case

The bid structure, your staffing sheet and your tax position as JSON. Money is integer cents; a term you do not state is reported unstated and blocks a pass — it is never filled in for you.

Case (JSON)

{
  "label": "Northline robotics case — Q4 capital request",
  "baseline": {
    "ordersPerDay": 9000,
    "linesPerOrder": 2.2,
    "operatingDaysPerYear": 300,
    "shifts": 2,
    "staffByFunction": [
      {
        "function": "picking",
        "headcount": 78
      },
      {
        "function": "packing",
        "headcount": 34
      },
      {
        "function": "putaway",
        "headcount": 16
      }
    ],
    "hourlyWage": 21.5,
    "paidHoursPerFtePerYear": 2080,
    "payrollBurdenPct": 11.9,
    "benefitsPct": 16.5,
    "overtimeHoursPerWeek": 4.5,
    "turnoverPct": 58,
    "costPerHireCents": 320000,
    "errorRatePct": 0.12,
    "costPerErrorCents": 4300,
    "peakFactor": 1.35,
    "vendorAssumedHourlyRate": 21.5
  },
  "finance": {
    "horizonYears": 5,
    "hurdleRatePct": 12,
    "taxRatePct": 26,
    "section179ElectionCents": 0,
    "inServiceTaxYear": 2026
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "bid-a",
      "vendor": "Northline Robotics",
      "model": "capex",
      "capex": {
        "equipmentCents": 250000000,
        "installCents": 18000000,
        "freightCents": 5000000
      },
      "integrationCostCents": 26000000,
      "facilityCostCents": 18000000,
      "trainingCostCents": 6000000,
      "softwareAnnualCents": 7200000,
      "maintenancePctOfCapex": 15,
      "labourImpact": {
        "fteRemoved": 18,
        "disposition": "cash_out",
        "rampMonths": 9
      },
      "errorReductionPct": 50,
      "throughputClaim": {
        "picksPerHour": 1200,
        "basis": "sustained",
        "availabilityPct": 94
      },
      "vendorClaim": {
        "claimedPaybackMonths": 14,
        "assumedLoadedHourlyRate": 21.5,
        "assumedTurnoverPct": 0,
        "assumedFteRemoved": 52,
        "assumedAvailabilityPct": 100,
        "assumedRampMonths": 0,
        "assumedErrorReductionPct": 0,
        "source": "Northline proposal rev C, 2026-09-14, section 6 'Return on investment'"
      },
      "quoteCsv": "item,amount_usd,category,note\nAMR fleet (140 units),2500000,,\"220 units quoted, 140 in the phased schedule\"\nSite commissioning and installation,180000,install,\nFreight and crating,50000,freight,"
    }
  ]
}

Upload case JSON

Worked scenarios: every number is a stated input, and the vendor's claims are reproduced by the same engine that audits the buyer's case.

Pick a worked scenario or paste your own case, then run the audit. Nothing is calculated until you ask for it.

Rule and clause deep dives

Agent surface: audit_automation_case, compare_automation_bids and after_tax_payback are registered as WebMCP tools and advertised in /.well-known/mcp.json.