Industries / Commodities & Supply Chain
Commodity trading moves fast. Operational chaos moves faster.
We build trade infrastructure for commodity businesses that are done managing complexity on spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads, and disconnected tools.
The Challenge
Commodity trading and supply chain operations carry a level of complexity that most software vendors have never seriously tried to solve. Trade lifecycles that span weeks with dozens of moving parts. Vendor relationships that require careful tracking across contracts, performance history and payment terms. Inventory positions that need to reflect reality in real time — not what was entered into a spreadsheet three hours ago.
Most commodity businesses reach a point where the informal systems that got them here — the spreadsheets, the shared drives, the WhatsApp groups — stop being good enough. Not because the people using them aren't capable, but because the volume and complexity of the operation has outgrown what those tools were ever designed to handle.
The options available are usually a choice between two bad alternatives. Generic ERP systems that cost a fortune, take a year to implement, and still don't handle the specific logic of commodity trading properly. Or custom development projects that start with good intentions and end with half-finished systems that nobody fully understands.
The result is operations running on a combination of enterprise software and manual workarounds — paying for a system that doesn't fully work while still depending on the spreadsheets it was supposed to replace.
Use Cases
We built Cluster specifically because this problem deserved a real solution. A purpose-built trade infrastructure platform for commodity businesses — covering the full operational lifecycle without the implementation overhead of a generic ERP or the risk of a from-scratch custom build.
For operations with requirements that go beyond what Cluster covers out of the box — we build around your specific complexity. Every commodity business has logic that's particular to how they operate. We take the time to understand that logic before building anything.
End-to-end trade lifecycle management
From contract initiation through execution, settlement and reconciliation
Vendor and counterparty management systems
Contracts, performance tracking, communication history and payment terms
Automated inventory tracking
Maintains accurate position data in real time across multiple locations and product categories
Payment and account management infrastructure
Tracks obligations, schedules and settlement status without requiring manual reconciliation
Multi-tenant platforms
Brokers and trading houses managing operations across multiple clients or business units
AI-powered demand forecasting and supply chain intelligence
Turns your operational data into forward-looking insight
Integration layers
Connect your trade infrastructure to logistics providers, banking systems, compliance platforms and market data feeds
Our Approach
Commodity trading doesn't forgive operational gaps. A position that isn't tracked accurately. A payment that gets missed. A vendor commitment that wasn't properly documented. The cost of these failures isn't just operational — it's financial and reputational.
The systems that run your operation need to be as serious as the business they support. We build them that way.
Start Your Project
Your operation has specific complexity.
It deserves infrastructure built around it — not around someone else's simpler problem.
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