THE GLOBAL COTO PROPOSITION
Clear information helps a good carpet find the right buyer. COTO is being developed to connect international trade with the people, production capacity and business processes behind it.
Platform and programmes in development. Profiles prepare an enquiry; they do not create a live account, listing or order.
A SHARED MARKET, DISTINCT IDENTITIES
The proposed approach serves businesses worldwide, across hand-knotted, hand-tufted, handwoven and machine-made carpets and rugs.
Present your group, production location, techniques and available capacity. Keep group identity and contribution connected to the product record, with appropriate consent and privacy.
Your starting point: group profile, product examples and realistic production capacity.
Show construction, materials, stock, minimum order, monthly capacity and dispatch location. Set out quality evidence, lead time and USD pricing so a buyer can compare suitable offers.
Your starting point: catalogue, capacity, documents and export requirements.
Specify volume, destination, specifications and delivery dates. Compare supplier declarations with independent evidence, agree samples and inspections, then document the chosen terms.
Your starting point: a sourcing brief with volume, destination and USD budget.
Describe the collection or project, style, sizes, quantities and installation schedule. Explore appropriate makers and manufacturers, including repeat supply and custom production.
Your starting point: design brief, quantities, samples and delivery schedule.
BEYOND THE EXCHANGE
Six areas adapted from AMNAYA’s original value-chain framework. A scoped engagement would identify which matter to your business and what evidence will measure progress.
Follow materials, production, quality checks, logistics and payment. Benchmark current performance and identify where information gaps, delays or costs affect the business.
Proposed output: baseline map and agreed priorities.
Assess additional products, services and repeatable ways of working. Test what could improve quality or margins before committing to expansion.
Proposed output: options, assumptions and an implementation plan.
Connect order volume and delivery dates with materials, production locations and available capacity. Explore collaboration among producers with explicit responsibilities and quality requirements.
Proposed output: capacity and supplier coordination plan.
Match product positioning to the destination market. Review buyer specifications, samples and relevant standards or certifications with qualified specialists where required.
Proposed output: market-readiness and quality evidence checklist.
Explore shared sourcing, training, logistics and consortium branding. Identify useful service partners and industry bodies while preserving each member’s identity and agreed obligations.
Proposed output: collaboration model and responsibilities.
Track delivery performance, rejection and rework, production lead time, payment delays and agreed indicators of producer benefit. Compare with the baseline and adjust the programme.
Proposed output: review dashboard with named owners and agreed targets.
ILLUSTRATIVE CLUSTER WORKFLOW
Construction, materials, sizes, volume, destination, quality requirements and deadline become a shared brief.
Participating groups record their location, techniques and realistic delivery capacity. An agreed coordinator confirms allocation, sampling and quality responsibility.
Record the exporter and importer of record, USD price, delivery terms, inspection, payment milestones and how production groups will be paid.
Link maker and lot references to quality evidence, shipment and confirmed receipts. Record exceptions, claims and outstanding balances against the order.
An example of the intended approach, not an active order or a claim that a particular cluster has joined COTO.
INFORMATION THAT SUPPORTS CONFIDENCE
Proposed blockchain records preserve who recorded product details, handovers and later changes. AI can assist comparison, document preparation and exception alerts. People approve decisions and verify claims.
Responsible sourcing would use supplier evidence, independent review and standards against child and forced labour. Technology alone cannot certify working conditions.
Explore the process guides ↗A USD 10,000 order with a USD 3,000 deposit leaves USD 7,000 to collect, before any agreed adjustments. The buyer sees payment obligations and due dates. The seller sees invoices, confirmed receipts and the outstanding balance.
Link documents, freight responsibilities, inspection, claims and fees to one order reference. Bank and any future crypto arrangements require approved providers and supported routes.
Try the USD order planner ↗A SCOPED ENGAGEMENT
The platform proposition and enterprise improvement work support each other. A subscription would cover the agreed platform services; a tailored business programme would have a separate scope and fee.
Understand the business, map current processes and establish a measurable starting point.
Agree priorities, commercial assumptions, responsibilities and the changes worth testing.
Develop suitable workflows and tools, train participants and review agreed results. Technology choices follow the business need.
Begin with an enquiry and mutual review. Where needed, agree confidentiality arrangements before exchanging business information. The proposal then sets out deliverables, milestones, responsible people, fees and review arrangements. Duration depends on the agreed scope.
Subscriptions, bidding, accounts, automated records and payments are not yet operational. No prices, performance guarantees or fixed completion times are offered on this page.
Discuss a programme for your business ↗HOW THE BUSINESS WOULD EARN
The proposed model combines volume-linked subscriptions and bidding participation with paid recommendations and statistics, market-entry programmes and consortium branding. Each fee would have a defined scope. Pricing and availability remain to be validated.
See the revenue model and validation plan ↗PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY & LEARNING / PROPOSED OPERATING MODEL
The proposed Productivity, Quality and Learning Observatory connects cluster and production capability with comparable specifications, independent quality checks, costs, payment delays and buyer-to-producer learning.
Read the productivity-mapping model (PDF, 6 pages) ↗
Download the blank observation template ↓
Proposed design, not an activated service or populated sector map. Research on Egyptian rug producers informs the measurement approach; it is not evidence of COTO outcomes. Source: Atkin, Khandelwal and Osman (2017) ↗.
