During 1999/2000, CSIS was engaged by the Australian Wool Exchange Ltd.(AWEX) to provide an independent business and technology audit of a proposed new Electronic Wool Market System.

CSIS prepared a detailed technical report for the AWEX Board, reviewing the proposed Electronic Selling (ES) system against recognised best practice in automated exchange environments. Subsequently, CSIS prepared an industry integration strategy with the objective of rationalising the existing industry networks of AWEX and the Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA) into a single cost effective and integrated market.

Finally, CSIS was asked to provide a short technical review of the vendor proposals tendered for the creation of a new national trading network for the AWEX ES market.