Making complex commodity positions easier to understand

Croperation futures trade table and risk gauge over an aerial view of cotton fields

Croperation’s trade and risk experience gives commodity trading teams a clear, current view of their position: what has been bought, what has been sold, what remains open and how physical execution affects it. This information often had to be reconstructed from multiple sources, which made timely decisions and reliable reporting difficult.

Upgrowth designed one connected workspace for contract management, pricing and fixation, open positions and commercial exposure, with role-based reporting and traceability from every reported position back to its source activity.

Learn what a CTRM platform is, or read how Croperation is moving Australian cotton into the future.

Services

Customer Research
Service Design
Product Strategy
UX/UI Design
Design Systems
Solution Architecture
Engineering
Integration
Ongoing Product Development

Website

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What we did

One connected workspace for trading and operations

Croperation brings commercial and operational information into one connected workspace. Upgrowth designed experiences that link each contract to the inventory and fulfilment activity behind it.

Contracts and pricing

Purchase and sales contract management, contract quantities, commitments and status, pricing and fixation workflows, and approvals and controlled workflows.

Positions and exposure

Visibility of open physical positions, connections between contracts, inventory and fulfilment, commercial exposure and performance views, and traceability from reported positions to source activity.

Reporting and collaboration

Role-based dashboards and reporting, with collaboration between trading, operations, finance and management.

Outcome

A stronger foundation for commercial decisions

The product helps users understand not only the current position, but also the operational events contributing to it.

This creates a stronger foundation for commercial decision-making while reducing dependence on manually assembled reports and separate versions of the truth.

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Croperation inventory dashboard on a tablet in front of cotton modules

Inventory Management

Creating a trusted view of physical inventory. Operations and warehouse teams can receive, store and allocate stock, with a clear record of who changed a record and why.

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Croperation platform dashboards shown on two tablets

Product Design and Development

Turning the research into a working platform. We designed the experience and the design system, set the solution architecture, and built the product with Croperation, then kept adding capability as the business grew.

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Logistics

Connecting commercial commitments with physical delivery. Task-focused workflows help logistics teams plan and complete movements, and each delivery is linked back to the contract it fulfils.

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