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H09 P09 Responsibility blueprint
A request-led physical-spot concept
Hermes is a proposed Singapore-headquartered concierge sourcing desk for non-expert business buyers seeking help with physical spot commodities.
Buyer lane
It is intended for business buyers who have a physical commodity requirement but do not have deep commodity-trading expertise.
Provide what you know. Decide whether to continue after the open questions are visible.
Proposed human lane
A human sourcing specialist would ask about the requirement and identify questions that still need discussion. This conditional role labels a possible responsibility without assigning ownership beyond clarification.
Clarify the requirement. Name what remains outside the proposed starting scope.
Illustrative responsibility blueprint
You Proposed specialist Boundary
The source recommends validating the idea as a manual, request-led service. This four-step path is illustrative, not a live operating workflow.
Paired step spotlight
Choose a step to emphasize both responsibilities and its boundary. No step is hidden.
Step 1 is spotlighted. All four steps remain visible.
Share what you need, its intended use, any known specifications, an approximate quantity, destination, and timing. It is acceptable not to know every detail.
Buyer responsibility
Describe the material and intended use. Choose which known details to include and leave unknown details open.
Proposed human responsibility
Clarify which details are known and which questions would need follow-up before any possible path is discussed.
A human sourcing specialist would review the inquiry, ask follow-up questions, and identify what is known, unknown, and outside the proposed starting scope.
Buyer responsibility
Review the open questions. Confirm what is accurate and decide whether to add information.
Proposed human responsibility
Ask follow-up questions and separate what is known, unknown, or beyond the proposed starting scope.
If there may be a fit, the specialist would discuss which sourcing, verification, logistics, fulfillment, or documentation questions could be coordinated through qualified providers. No provider or service is promised.
Buyer responsibility
Consider the questions raised and decide whether a possible coordination discussion should continue.
Proposed human responsibility
Discuss which questions could require qualified-provider input while keeping any possible coordination conditional.
Before any work outside this prototype, the parties would need to clarify responsibilities, commercial terms, required checks, and the applicable operating and regulatory posture.
Buyer responsibility
Review the open responsibilities and terms. Decide whether to continue only after the required questions are addressed.
Proposed human responsibility
Explain which responsibilities and checks would still need confirmation before any work outside the prototype.
Questions, not product modules
Ownership · scope to confirm
These are areas to discuss, not a claim that services are currently available.
Four limits cross every lane
No implied handoff
B-01 / Before preview
A request does not reserve inventory, accept a price, identify a guaranteed supplier, or guarantee quality, origin, compliance, savings, availability, or delivery.
B-02 / Operating posture
Whether Hermes would act as principal or as an agent/arranger, and its exact licensing or exemption status, remain unresolved and require professional confirmation. The launch commodity, providers, availability, pricing, service levels, and detailed workflow also remain to be validated.
B-03 / Transaction limit
Hermes is being explored as a human-led physical-spot sourcing service. This concept does not support buying, selling, trading, payment, custody, escrow, brokerage, or derivatives transactions.
B-04 / Headquarters context
Singapore is the proposed headquarters context in the source brief. It is not evidence of a licence, exemption, operating footprint, cultural identity, or current service coverage.
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Local prototype · no transmission
Use this local prototype to preview the information a future sourcing inquiry could contain. Nothing is transmitted, saved, matched, priced, or submitted.
Use fictional contact details. Do not enter confidential, payment, or commercially sensitive information in this demonstration.
Prototype preview only. Nothing was sent or saved. Review the information on this page to understand the proposed human-led next step and its limits.