A new digital platform can capture, monitor and analyse system wide data from mounted sensors on linked equipment to help improvement management and quality of seafood in factories.

Optimar team

The Optimar commander team: Mariann Blø Dalseth (markedsrådgiver), Kai Robert Vartdal (senior system and control engineer), Ole Andre Tomren (digital intelligence platform manager) and Peder Stette (executive vice president & CTO). Credit: Optimar

Optimar Commander works by linking all components of the factory together and then displays data on intuitive screens/monitors to provide insight into operations in real time and on a 24/7 basis, locally from a PC or remotely from a smart device.

Peder Stette, executive vice president of Optimar, said: “Optimar Commander provides complete insight into the production process so seafood companies all over the world over can gain new predictability, better optimize their business and increase profitability.”

Quality improvement

The platform enables users to access KPI information, extract dynamic reports and document the quality of factory processes.

It provides alerts for deviations in oxygen levels, temperature variations or the actual numbers of fish in a holding tank. This means operators can avoid stressing the fish unnecessarily and therefore increase the quality of the final product.

It can alert operators of equipment errors or stops and will warn when machines need maintenance to reduce downtime and providing the opportunity for predictive maintenance.

Linking to Optimar’s 24/7 control centre, the system also allows for quick service follow-up and ordering of components or spare parts.