Merillgrove / Examples
Anonymised past procurement decisions and sample outputs, so you can see the work before you buy it.
These show how the work is structured. Client and commercially sensitive details are anonymised.
A multi-country furniture and fixed-carpentry tender compared supplier options across several Asian countries. Specification, landed cost, installation and quality control changed the commercial answer.
Change the sourcing strategy rather than award the apparent lowest supplier option.
A structured contractor tender created an external benchmark for a major project scope, and helped management validate keeping the work in-house while keeping qualified contractors for future capacity.
Stay with the current route based on a market benchmark rather than inertia.
A materials supply base spanning local, Southeast Asian, Chinese and European sources was restructured around supplier qualification, landed-cost analysis and repeatable import workflows.
A stronger system for the next buying decision as well as the current one.
They show the decision process. They do not promise the same outcome for another buyer.
Trade TriggersAnti-Dumping Duties in Australia: Check Your Supplier ListAustralian dumping duty is set by goods, country and exporter. A six-step exposure check for your supplier list, a landed cost example and dates to watch.
Price IncreasesPrice Increase From a Sole Supplier: What You Can Still DoNo alternative supplier? You can still control timing, validity, terms and the next increase. A low-leverage playbook with a worked Australian example.
Price IncreasesHow to Ask a Supplier for a Cost BreakdownWhat to ask for, wording by leverage level, answers to the five usual refusals, and how to estimate the breakdown yourself when the supplier says no.Tell us what you are buying and what is in front of you. We reply to confirm fit and the fee.
