Case Studies · Real buyer briefs
Real sourcing work, published without invented outcomes.
Sephalis publishes anonymized case notes only when the scope, evidence boundary, and current status can be represented faithfully. Customer names, private quotations, and commercially sensitive details are withheld unless publication is explicitly permitted.
Australia · Multi-product sourcing
Australian buyer · 10-product China sourcing brief
A real multi-product buyer brief involving supplier research, quotation collection, commercial comparison, supplier follow-up, and sample-stage planning.
Medical · Surgical sutures
Medical suture supplier comparison for an Australian buyer
How exact needle and thread specifications, MOQ, samples, documents and conflicting supplier statements changed a real supplier comparison.
Medical · Sterile kit
Single-use sterile 4-piece suture kit screening
Why reusable instruments, approximate dimensions, sterile-pack capability and certificate scope could not be treated as equivalent supplier options.
Medical · 5ml saline
5ml sterile saline wound-wash supplier research
A narrow China supplier search where the difficult part was matching intended use, legal manufacturer and EU product-level evidence—not simply finding saline.
Food machinery · Bakery automation
Almond-slice topping machine supplier research
Why a machine that can sprinkle nuts is not automatically able to perform bread-by-bread intermittent almond-slice dosing.
Publication standard
A case note is not a success claim.
Published cases distinguish the buyer request, the work scope, the evidence available, the questions still open, and the current decision stage. Sephalis does not imply that a supplier was selected, an order was placed, or a commercial outcome was achieved unless that fact can be stated accurately.