Standard Wool Working document · April 2026

Standard Wool (UK) Ltd

Digital Transformation

Understanding how the wool trading operation works today, and planning how to improve it through digital products.

Strategy · new

Better returns create more options

The operational levers that turn the working capital loan from structural to optional — and give the board a real choice about where to deploy the freed capital.

Business Analysis

How the business works today

The as-is picture. Who's involved, what systems they use, how the trading process flows from forward sales through to margin reporting, and where the pain points sit.

People, tools, and cross-cutting issues
8-stage trading process map
Metrics inventory with leading and lagging indicators
Metrics drill-down from margin to activity level

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Product Management

How we plan to improve it

The to-be vision. New data models, platform requirements, and interactive prototypes for the digital trading platform that will replace the current systems.

Conceptual and logical data models
Product requirements and user stories
Interactive platform prototypes
Migration and implementation planning

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Client

Standard Wool (UK) Ltd

Business

Wool trading, blending & scouring

Core system

WTS on SQL Server (JHP database)

Prepared by

Specs

Working document

April 2026. Sources: Process walkthroughs, product taxonomy session, WTS code review and data catalog analysis, Sage gap analysis, ROCE strategy session.

Created by Specs for Standard Wool