Requirement Domains
Deep Dive by Category
Each of the 7 requirement domains analyzed in detail — key capabilities, priority breakdown, critical highlights, and full requirement listings.
🔴 45 Mandatory
🟡 27 High
⚪ 5 Desirable
Complete Norwegian localized finance covering General Ledger, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Cash & Bank, Fixed Assets, Tax, Cost Management, and Biological Asset Accounting. Special focus on aquaculture-specific features: Fish Generation financial dimension for lifecycle P&L, IAS 41/NRS 8 biological asset valuation, grunnrenteskatt (resource rent tax), and cost-per-kg tracking across the full value chain.
Norwegian Chart of AccountsNS 4102 standard, Fish Generation dimension, 4-segment structure enabling P&L per generation batch.
Biological Asset AccountingIAS 41 / NRS 8 fair-value measurement of live fish biomass. Monthly revaluation with automatic GL postings.
Tax & ComplianceSAF-T Norway, MVA (VAT), EHF e-invoicing, grunnrenteskatt (25% resource rent tax from 2024), A-melding payroll reporting.
Cost Per KilogramFull cost allocation from smolt → sea → harvest, enabling generation-level profitability analysis and cost driver tracking.
Multi-CurrencySales in EUR, GBP, USD, JPY. Hedging workflow support. Norwegian banking integration (IBAN/BBAN, BankID, Nets).
Month-End CloseTarget: 3 days (down from 15+ with legacy). Automated biomass accruals, intercompany elimination.
🔴 42 Mandatory
🟡 30 High
⚪ 8 Desirable
The heart of NordHav’s operations — from smolt production through sea farming to harvest. Covers production planning (3–5 year horizon), site/pen registers, MAB monitoring, biomass estimation, feed management, sea lice control, fish health, mortality tracking, harvest coordination, and environmental monitoring. This is the domain where AquaMonitor MDA provides the primary user interface.
Smolt & Post-Smolt3 RAS facilities, 20M smolt/year. Tank management, vaccination tracking, degree-day calculations, grading events, smoltification criteria.
Sea Farming & Biomass28 licenses, 180 pens. Daily biomass estimation, growth models, stocking density, pen-level inventory, catch-weight tracking.
Feed ManagementReal-time IoT consumption from AKVA feed barges. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) tracking per pen/generation. Automatic D365 inventory postings.
Sea Lice & Fish HealthWeekly lice counts, treatment records, veterinary prescriptions, withdrawal period enforcement, Mattilsynet reporting automation.
Harvest Coordination7-stage Business Process Flow from planning to site close-out. D365 production order integration. Well-boat logistics.
Regulatory ReportingBarentsWatch biomass/lice submission, Altinn reporting, Fiskeridirektoratet volume data — all automated via Power Automate.
🔴 35 Mandatory
🟡 25 High
⚪ 7 Desirable
Austevoll processing plant operations: 180t/day primary processing and 60t/day value-added products. Covers harvest reception, stunning/slaughter, in-line weighing, yield tracking, catch-weight conversion, GS1 labeling, recipe management, OEE, cold chain monitoring, packaging, dispatch, and by-product costing across ~165 SKUs.
Harvest ReceptionWell-boat intake, live weight vs. gutted weight conversion, quality grading (Superior/Ordinary/Production), real-time weight capture.
Production ControlD365 manufacturing with Marel Innova integration. Route-based operations: slaughter → gutting → filleting → packing. Yield % per step.
Value-Added Products60t/day VAP: smoked, marinated, portions, meal kits. Recipe/BOM management, batch traceability, allergen tracking.
GS1 & LabelingSSCC generation, GS1-128 barcodes, labels in 10+ languages (NO, EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, JP, KR, ZH). Customer-specific formats.
Cold ChainTemperature monitoring from slaughter through dispatch. IoT sensors on cold storage, packing lines, and transport vehicles.
By-Product CostingFish oil, fish meal, roe. Full cost allocation back to production batches. Revenue recognition per by-product stream.
🔴 28 Mandatory
🟡 20 High
⚪ 4 Desirable
End-to-end supply chain from procurement through distribution. Covers sales order management with EDI integration, contract vs. spot allocation, variable-weight invoicing, procurement workflows, vendor management with certificate tracking, cold storage warehouse management, transport planning, and demand forecasting for the ~350 global customer base.
Sales & Distribution~350 customers, contract/spot split. Variable-weight invoicing, catch-weight pricing, multi-currency, EU/Asia/NA market-specific rules.
ProcurementFeed (largest cost — 55% of COGS), packaging, chemicals, equipment. RFQ workflows, purchase agreements, vendor certificate management.
Inventory & WarehouseCold storage WMS at Austevoll. Batch/lot tracking, FIFO/FEFO rotation, pen-level inventory for live fish, catch-weight adjustment journals.
Transport & LogisticsWell-boat coordination, live fish transport (4–36 hr), cold chain freight, export documentation, Incoterms management.
🔴 25 Mandatory
🟡 12 High
⚪ 3 Desirable
Quality management system supporting 9 certifications (ASC, GlobalG.A.P., BRC, FSSC 22000, ISO 14001/22000/45001, SBTi, UNGC). Covers QMS document control, HACCP/CCP monitoring, non-conformance and CAPA workflows, LIMS integration, full egg-to-customer traceability, recall management, HSE, and environmental monitoring.
Full TraceabilityEnd-to-end: egg batch → smolt → sea pen → harvest batch → processing lot → pallet/case → customer. Single query across D365 + Dataverse.
HACCP & CCPCritical Control Point monitoring integrated with processing. Automated alerts on deviation. Corrective action workflow.
LIMS IntegrationLabWare LIMS 7.x bidirectional integration. Sample results flow to D365 Quality Orders. Auto-release or hold based on specs.
Recall ManagementMock recall in <4 hours. Forward/backward trace from any point. Automated customer notification workflow.
🔴 20 Mandatory
🟡 18 High
⚪ 7 Desirable
Full Norwegian HR and payroll covering 820 employees (peak 905 with seasonal workers). A-melding reporting, OTP pension, feriepenger holiday pay, collective agreements (NNN + Fellesforbundet), multi-shift patterns, Arbeidsmiljøloven compliance, employee self-service, competency management, and training tracking including mandatory maritime and safety certifications.
Norwegian PayrollA-melding electronic reporting, OTP pension calculation, feriepenger (holiday pay), sykepenger (sick pay), collective agreement rate tables.
Shift & Time Management2-shift (processing), 3-shift/24×7 (smolt), offshore rotation (sea sites), hybrid office. Overtime, night premiums, weekend rates.
Seasonal Workers+85 staff Aug–Dec peak. Rapid onboarding, temporary contracts, competency verification before site access.
Training & CertificationsMandatory maritime safety, chemical handling, fish welfare. Expiry alerts, compliance dashboards, training history.
🔴 38 Mandatory
🟡 31 High
⚪ 11 Desirable
Platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, integration patterns, security, and operational requirements. Cloud SaaS with EU/Norwegian data residency, SSO via Entra ID, REST/OData API-first architecture, IoT integration for feed barges and environmental sensors, mobile with offline capability for sea sites, Power BI analytics, GDPR compliance, and 99.5% uptime SLA.
Cloud & Data ResidencyAzure North Europe (Norway East). Full EU GDPR compliance. Data sovereignty guaranteed — no data leaves EU jurisdiction.
API & IntegrationREST/OData API-first. 22 AKVA IoT devices, 130+ environmental sensors, BarentsWatch/Altinn/Mattilsynet regulatory APIs, Marel Innova.
Mobile & OfflineSea-site workers need offline-capable mobile apps (mortality, lice counts, observations). Auto-sync when connectivity returns.
Security & IdentitySSO via Entra ID, MFA, role-based access, row-level security in Power BI, audit trail, penetration testing annually.
SLA & DR99.5% uptime, RPO <1h, RTO <4h. Geo-redundant backup. Automated failover. 24/7 monitoring.
Analytics PlatformPower BI + Microsoft Fabric. 8 report domains, shared semantic model, real-time operational dashboards embedded in MDA.