Research on Sourcing, Procurement, and Execution
Clear, practical analysis written from real business experience.
Most business content online is either too shallow to be useful, or too academic to apply. This page is neither. Every piece here is a real, detailed look at one problem — how it shows up, why it happens, and what actually fixes it — written by someone who has spent 21+ years inside supply chain, procurement, and operations.
Short Tips Don't Explain the Whole Problem. This Does.
A LinkedIn post can tell you that sourcing from China has risks. It can't show you exactly which risks, in which categories, at what cost, with what evidence. That's the gap this page fills — long-form, evidence-based research for people who want to actually understand a problem before they act on it, not just skim a headline.
Four Areas of Continuous Investigation
Operations & Process Research
Detailed breakdowns of where work actually breaks down inside growing businesses — with real before-and-after numbers, not just frameworks.
Automation & AI Research
Honest, non-hyped research on where automation and AI genuinely save time in small and mid-size operations — and where they don't.
Procurement & Sourcing Research
In-depth analysis of supplier risk, landed cost, and sourcing decisions — including detailed research on sourcing from China. Contract and commercial-term risk is covered here.
Current Affairs & Finance Research
Independent research on markets, money, and policy — the kind of topics that shape business decisions but don't fit neatly under operations, automation, or sourcing. This is also where founder-led personal finance and investment research lives, starting with sovereign gold bonds.
Detailed Investigations
What 50 Supplier Contracts Taught Us About Hidden Risk
A detailed look at the most common contract gaps we've found across real vendor agreements, and what they actually cost businesses.
The Real Cost of Sourcing From China: A Landed Cost Breakdown
A full walkthrough of tariffs, freight, delays, and paperwork — the same logic behind our free Real Shipping Cost Check calculator.
Sovereign Gold Bonds: What They Actually Return, After Every Cost
A real numbers breakdown of sovereign gold bond returns, tax treatment, and liquidity — measured against physical gold and gold ETFs, not just the headline interest rate.
Where Automation Actually Pays Off in Small Operations Teams
A detailed, numbers-based look at which manual tasks are worth automating first — and which aren't worth the investment yet.
Compare Your Operations Against Our Benchmarks
Access free operational diagnostics to analyze manual errors and landed procurement rates before auditing agreements.
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