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Marton Mills
Hi Francis,
I'll be straight — this is a cold approach. We build bespoke operational systems for specialist manufacturers.
I came across Marton Mills while researching textile manufacturers in Yorkshire and put this page together to show what we actually looked at.
What we found — The business
You're running one of the UK's most remarkable manufacturing businesses — a family weaving mill that's been going since 1931
The UK's largest supplier of schoolwear and kilt fabrics. A traditional family-owned weaving mill in Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley. 54 employees. Nearly £10M in annual revenue. 95 years in business — and still weaving. The HRH Princess Royal visited in February 2024, which says something about the reputation you've built.
That longevity is impressive. The operational complexity that comes with 95 years of growth, however, is usually where the biggest modernisation opportunity sits.
Est. 1931
Otley, West Yorkshire
UK's largest schoolwear & kilt fabric supplier
54 employees · ~£9.9M revenue
Something we noticed — Internal operations
Yarn stock, weaving schedules, colour and weight specifications, custom orders — how is production planned?
Running a weaving mill means managing a genuinely complex production process: yarn purchasing and stock levels across multiple types and colours, loom scheduling, weave patterns and specifications per customer, quality inspection, finishing, and delivery. Add custom schoolwear specifications for multiple institutional clients and the coordination challenge is significant.
In businesses of your age and structure, production planning often relies on institutional knowledge and manual processes that work well — but which don't scale easily and create risk when key people aren't available.
"Marton Mills are the UK's largest supplier of schoolwear fabrics. Our range includes Blazer, Trouser & Skirt fabrics in a huge variety of weights, colours and styles."
— martonmills.com · View site
A question — Order management
How are customer orders, fabric specifications and delivery timelines tracked?
With a large number of institutional clients (schools, retailers, kilt makers) placing orders with specific fabric specifications — colour, weight, pattern, finish — managing what's been ordered, what's in production and what's ready for delivery is a coordination challenge that grows with every new client relationship.
Positive — The right scale and complexity
55 staff, £10M revenue and a complex manufacturing operation — this is exactly the profile we build for
You're big enough that operational inefficiency has real cost, but structured enough that a well-designed system would genuinely transform how the back office works without disrupting the production floor.
What we could help with
- Production planning — loom scheduling, capacity management and job prioritisation
- Yarn stock management — levels, purchasing triggers and supplier tracking
- Order management — customer specifications, production status and delivery tracking
- Quality management — inspection records and non-conformance tracking per run
- Customer portal — order history, specification library and delivery documentation
- Reporting — production output, stock levels and order pipeline for management
About us
How we work
We're Identify Digital, based in Wakefield. We build bespoke systems using AI to move faster than traditional development. We can show you a clickable concept of what a purpose-built system for Marton Mills would look like in about a week — no cost, no obligation. We'd come to Otley for the first conversation.
If this sounds worth a conversation, it's easy to get in touch.
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