One log holds the decision, the moment it changed, and every action taken on it since, including the ones that were stopped.
Default customer pricing
Mar 3
Starting price set
Billing system
Price list v1
Apr 18
All prices raised 8%
Slack
#customer-renewal
“Let’s take enterprise up 8% from May.”
Apr 18
Flagged to the owner
Rithmo
Price list out of date
Apr 21
Renewal emailed
Agent · without Rithmo
$4,800.00 to Acme Inc.
Apr 21
Blocked the renewal
Rithmo
Wrong price, nothing sent
Apr 22
Price list updated
Billing system
Back in sync, v2
Apr 22
Renewal emailed
Agent · with Rithmo
$5,184.00 to Acme Inc.
On April 21 the renewal agent was about to email Acme Inc. a price that was three days out of date. Rithmo checked the price list against the decision, found they did not match, and stopped the send. The person who owns pricing was told. Both went into the log.
That is the line you need when someone asks whether a wrong invoice ever reached a customer. An agent that is never stopped leaves nothing behind to show that anything was ever checked.
Here the April 18 price change is open: who changed it, where they said it, who confirmed it, and the price list it contradicted.
Default customer pricing
Mar 3
Starting price set
Billing system
Price list v1
Apr 18
All prices raised 8%
Slack
#customer-renewal
“Let’s take enterprise up 8% from May.”
Why this line exists
Slack · #customer-renewal
“Let’s take enterprise up 8% from May.”
VP Sales, April 18
Pricing review
“Agreed. 8% across the enterprise tiers.”
Confirmed by the CFO, April 18
Renewals thread
“Anything renewing after May 1 goes out at the new number.”
April 19
What it contradicted
Billing system
Enterprise price list: $4,800.00
Apr 18
Flagged to the owner
Rithmo
Price list out of date
Apr 21
Renewal emailed
Agent · without Rithmo
$4,800.00 to Acme Inc.
Apr 21
Blocked the renewal
Rithmo
Wrong price, nothing sent
Apr 22
Price list updated
Billing system
Back in sync, v2
Apr 22
Renewal emailed
Agent · with Rithmo
$5,184.00 to Acme Inc.
Rithmo holds the decision each one was checked against, and the record of every action it took.