At at Seafood Processing Europe we demonstrated the Product Manager and our traceability solutions. The Product Manager can be connected to varoius onboard labelling systems where traceability info are added to the label. This includes containers for fresh fish or boxes of fish frozen at sea.
Please scan the code on the label with you smart phone to see full details of the product, or click on the label.
At the annual meeting for Promote Iceland April 30th was the graduation of participants in the project Export and Growth (UH), where selected companies work on a marketing strategy to promote a product for an international market. The project has been ongoing on an annual basis for 23 years with participants from some of the most successful Icelandic companies in export.
This year Trackwell was among the nine participating companies. An award is given annually to the marketing plan that is considered the best, and this year Trackwell was awarded this award for Timon Time and Attendance system. Thorunn Sigfusdottir, VP of Workforce Services represented Trackwell in the project and accepted the award.
Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, Director of Trackwell Maritime and Steingrímur Gunnarsson, Sales Manager of Trackwell Fisheries Solutions
We will be at the Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels from 23-25 of April 2013. You are welcome to visit our stand 6127 in hall 4 to learn more about software tools that improve sustainability and traceability for fisheries.
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An article published in the Icelandic Fishing Industry Magazine in April 2013:
Electronic logbooks are becoming mandatory for most commercial fisheries in most countries. In most cases they are used solely as a mandatory reporting system for the fishing authorities. It is however possible to use the logbook as a base for additional collection of information for the benefit of the fishing companies. To minimize the effort and improve efficiency, Trackwell has launched Product Manager, a system that keeps track of all production registration onboard and links the product data to fishing grounds and catch activity data collected by the e-Logbook. This eliminates multiple entries of data and enables tracing of fish products all the way to the location and time where and when the fish was caught. The system also maintains information on production value, packaging usage, utilization factors and quality inspections.
Some seafood companies have started to use the full-featured Product Manager Service from Trackwell. HB Grandi, one of the largest fishing companies in Iceland, is using the system to collect data from the vessels and automatically transfer the information to the company’s ERP system, which is based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This reduces errors and saves labour costs by minimizing double entries of data. It also allows company managers to allocate the product on inventory before it has been landed.
Product Manager has been installed onboard five factory vessels owned by the Canadian company Ocean Choice International. The registrations from the vessels are collected in a database on a central server, enabling company managers to monitor the latest information on the catch and production, along with the tracking and positioning of vessels.
Many modern fishing companies are meeting higher standards on sustainability, with more detailed registration of catch and onboard production.
Fisheries are increasingly facing demand frombuyers for more traceability of the product and for certification of sustainable fishing and quality in processing. In order to fulfil that, it is necessary for the fisheries to collect and keep track of various data and store it in a database.
Trackwell Product Manager is designed to collect the catch- and production data and to organize in a database for easy generation of various reports and statistics out of the data.
A fish supplier from the Westfjords in North Iceland shows one practical example of how it is possible to make use of the solution. The company is supplying first class quality cod to restaurants in England and the United States.
The fish is taken by vessels where the catch is registered with the Trackwell system, and when the fish is shipped fresh by air cargo tobuyers, a QR Code is created. The code is printed with each lot of fish, allowing the restaurants to display them on the menu daily. The customer then has the possibility to use his smartphone to scan the QR Code and get detailed information about the catch. This includes a map, showing the exact location where the fish was caught, along with environmental parameters.
Another aspect of how the system can be used is the monitoring of the productivity of the fishing. Product Manager keeps track of the value of the catch per haul. It can also be used to monitor the cost, time and effort of the fishing expedition.
The system logs the speed and sailed distance of the vessel along with all its activity, including when hauls begin and towing times. It is therefore possible to link the oil consumption with the fishing activity in order to analyze the actual cost per kg of catch. This also makes it possible to estimate the cost of different options of fishing in advance for the captains. In order to improve things, they have to be controllable and measurable. The monitoring of the cost is therefore very ––important to ensure the most sustainable way of fishing.
We will be at the Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels from 23-25 of April 2013. You are welcome to visit our stand 6127 in hall 4 to learn more about software tools that improve sustainability and traceability for fisheries.
Today, the North Atlantic Fish Fair was launched for the sixth time. It is held in the Faroe Islands during the period from April 9 till April 11 2013.
Trackwell takes part in the exhibition and is located on stand B152.
Trackwell Maritime will participate in the following trade shows this spring. You are most welcome to visit us at our stand and take a look at the future of sustainable fishing management and product traceability.
Seafood Processing America
Where: Boston
When: March 10-12, 2013
Stand: 573
www.bostonseafood.com
North Atlantic Fish Fair
Where: Klaksvik, Faroe Islands
When: April 9-11, 2013
Stand: B152
www.fair.fo
Seafood Processing Europe
Where: Brussel
When: April 23-25, 2013
Stand: 6127 – Hall 4
www.seafoodprocessingeurope.com
“Trackwell CatchViewer is a very valuable tool to help locate the best fishing grounds with respect to the intended processing.”
“We have been using Trackwell eLogbook with excellent results. It simplifies and saves work with respect to logging catch information and helps planning future fishing trips.”
Trackwell will take part in the IT exhibition and Conference UT Messunni in Harpu 8.-9. february 2013.
The event will take place at Harpa Conference Centre and is twofold; a whole day conference on Friday and a big exhibition for the industry and the public on Friday and Saturday.