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Field Notes

What the market looks like from the ground.

Where Roadfly Corp looks, and what it looks for: stores, shelves, plants, ports and trade floors. No client sites, names or logos are ever shown.

Racking at an industrial distributor
Racking at an industrial distributor. Illustrative image.
Distributor market walk

Which brands are on the shelf, and which are only in the catalogue?

What we look for
  • Brands physically stocked versus listed online
  • Stock depth and lead times quoted at the counter
  • Counterfeit warnings and traceability paperwork

Why it matters: a distributor that lists your competitor but does not stock it is a different partner from one that does.

Conveyor idlers on a bulk-handling line
Conveyor idlers on a bulk-handling line. Illustrative image.
Site visit

How a maintenance planner decides what to replace, and from whom.

What we look for
  • Installed-base brands and age
  • The approved-vendor list, and who sits on it
  • Shutdown calendar and emergency-buy behaviour

Why it matters: MRO demand follows the installed base and the shutdown calendar, not national output figures.

Container stacks at the Port of Durban
Container stacks at the Port of Durban, from a public vantage point.
Logistics check

What landed cost really includes once goods reach the quay.

What we look for
  • Clearing-agent quotes and dwell times
  • NRCS and SARS holds on regulated codes
  • Inland transport cost to Gauteng

Why it matters: port delays and holds add weeks and cash, yet buyers still expect delivery in 24–48 hours.

A structured interview across a table
A structured buyer interview. Illustrative image.
Buyer interview

What maintenance buyers say when the supplier isn't in the room.

What we look for
  • Which brands are trusted, tolerated or avoided, and why
  • What an unknown brand must prove to get a trial
  • Who really signs off: engineering, procurement or the stores

Why it matters: buyers tell an independent interviewer what they would never tell a supplier's salesperson.

Trade show

Who is testing South Africa without a local partner.

What we look for
  • Foreign exhibitors without a South African distributor
  • Price lists and terms on display
  • Which local partners visit which stands

Why it matters: trade floors show competitive intent months before it shows up in import data.

On the desk · work in progress

Seven days inside a Market Entry Briefing.

How a Stage 1 briefing gets built, shown without the client.

  1. Day 1Kick-off call; HS codes and target segments confirmed.
  2. Day 2Import series pulled and cleaned: five years, by origin and unit value.
  3. Day 3Visibility audit: distributors, stockists, trademarks, look-alike names.
  4. Day 4Every channel claim marked Verified, Indicated or Hypothesis.
  5. Day 5Barriers checked: duty by origin, NRCS, the B-BBEE partner gate.
  6. Day 6Segments ranked; page one and the three decisions drafted.
  7. Day 7Briefing delivered; 30-minute walkthrough booked with your team.
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