Cotton

From bale to position.

Contracts, classing, warehouses, logistics, pricing and risk, all on one live record. Merchants, growers and warehouses work from the same picture.

For cotton growers, merchants, warehouses and trading businesses.

Croperation cotton inventory screen listing bales by grade, contract, grower and gin, over an aerial view of cotton modules
The problem

Every bale carries detail a spreadsheet can't hold.

Each bale has its own classing data, location and owner. Contracts are priced against futures, shipments are built from specific bales, and warehouses need clear instructions to load the right stock.

Spread that across spreadsheets and emails, and positions drift, load-outs slow down and reconciliation takes days.

Croperation keeps every bale, contract and movement in one record.

Data foundation

Every bale, contract and position on one data foundation.

Croperation captures cotton data once and shares it with trading, operations, warehousing and finance. Automation and intelligence work from the same record, so everyone along your supply chain sees the same picture.

Trade & Risk

Manage contracts, pricing and exposure across your cotton book.

Purchase and sales contracts, pricing, futures, FX, mark-to-market and exposure, in one place.

Physical contracts

Record purchase and sales contracts with pricing basis, quality specifications and delivery periods.

Futures and FX

Record futures and FX hedges and see them next to your physical book.

Mark-to-market

Revalue your book at current prices and track realised and unrealised profit and loss.

Exposure and limits

Set limits by counterparty and trade account, and get an alert before they're reached.

Reporting

Run daily, weekly and monthly position and MTM reports from live data.

Trade lifecycle

Follow every contract from capture to settlement, with confirmations produced along the way.

Inventory

Know every bale you own, and where it is.

Track every bale by grade, location, owner and warehouse.

Bale-level records

Track every bale by number, location, owner and status.

Classing data

Load classing results against each bale and see the grade and quality of your stock.

Status at a glance

See what's unsold, allocated, stored, in transit or delivered, by season and location.

Stacking strategies

Plan stacking by grade and quality, so the right bales are ready when contracts fall due.

Logistics

Allocate, load and ship with fewer hand-offs.

Allocate stock, manage load-outs and shipments, and keep warehouses, transport and delivery on one record.

Allocation

Allocate bales to sales contracts by quality, location and shipment.

Load-outs

Plan load-outs and send warehouse instructions without re-keying anything.

Shipments

Book road, rail and container moves and follow freight from gin to port.

Shipping documents

Produce transport orders and shipping documents straight from contract data.

Warehousing

Give warehouses a digital record of every bale.

Receive, locate, scan, load and reconcile every bale.

Receive

Record bales arriving from gins with bale numbers, weights and owners.

Locate

Assign every bale to a bay, row or stack so your team can find it fast.

Scan and load

Scan bales as they load to confirm the right stock leaves the site.

Reconcile

Match warehouse stock against merchant contracts and flag differences before they turn into disputes.

Who it's for

Built for the people who run cotton businesses.

Merchants and traders

Manage contracts, bales and positions from one record.

Growers

See where your bales are and how they've been allocated.

Warehouses

Receive, store and release bales against clear instructions.

Risk and finance teams

Work from live positions, MTM and settlement data.

See Croperation working across your cotton supply chain.

Book a conversation. We'll walk you through contracts, bales, warehouses and positions using the workflows you run today.