Precision Harvesting
Module Intro
Due to our expertise and experience in the field, customers have asked Adagin to help them track and trace their bins. We had 3 main questions to answer to achieve our goal:
- How many bins did each team harvest
- What is my bin and weight yield per orchard
- Where are my bins now? In real time?
By working closely with our citrus customers, we managed to build the system to fit their exact need by keeping our solutions simple. We combined our experience in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and traceability to provide a holistic bin and team tracking solution that serves the need of the industry.
Outcomes and Benefits
Managing your farm well means knowing exactly what is happening on it 24/7. Our Precision Bin Tracking module makes it easy to see where your bins, teams, and orchard yields stand in real-time.
Outcomes
- Make proactive decisions based on reliable data
- Identify and help teams that are underperforming
- Get a simple, detailed view of your orchard’s output bin and weight.
Benefits
- Optimise decisions with live bin movement
- Improve team productivity
- Increase traceability
- Reduce bin loss
Features
- Bins scanned with QR code and/or RFID
- User-friendly Mobile App
- Live cloud-based software
- Fast and Easy onboarding
Dashboard and Hardware
Dashboard Features
- Intuitive Design: Interactive dashboards, User-friendly
- Clear Visuals: Easy to read and understand
- Real-Time Access: Available from any desktop
- Excel Export any data reports
- Custom Filters: Daily, weekly, monthly or seasonal filters to see your data trends
App Features
- User-Friendly: Requires only 5 minutes of training.
- Accurate Data Entry: Pre-set dropdowns ensure correct data collection.
- Location Tracking: Each scan is tagged with a GPS location.
- Easy Updates: All updates are delivered through the App Store.
Hardware Used
Long range scanner and application (RFID)
QR close range scanner and application
Tags for bins that both devices can read
How it Works
1. In the Orchards
- Each bin is fitted with 2 Adagin labels (RFID and QR code), one on each side of the bin to allow long range scanning when bins are on the truck
- The team leader / tractor driver uses the mobile app and scans the bin in the field after selecting the orchard that they are busy harvesting and the team’s name
- Each scan logs a bin against the team, the orchard and the GPS coordinate. This information will now be available on the Live Dashboard for live location and productivity information
2. At the Loading Zone
- Your bins are taken to the Loading Zone where the person that collects it with the truck or larger wagon can scan it in using the Long range scanner that scans multiple bins in at the same time.
- The bins are moved from the Orchard on the Dashboard to the Loading Zone
3. At the Packhouse
- Depending on the customer’s need, you can set up various zones at the packhouse with their own function. Below are some examples with their functions
- De-greening rooms: You can set up your various de-greening rooms and have a live view of the number of bins that are currently in each room
- Scaling: You can scale more than 1 bin at a time. Simply place e.g. 3 bins on top of each other, take the total weight and insert it on the app and scan the 3 bins to divide the weight by the nr of bins scanned. This weight is used to calculate yield per orchard. (Note: we do have a default weight if a bin is not weighed in)
- Tipping: This is to show the number of bins tipped for sorting for the day.
- As the bins are scanned into each of these zones, it will move from the last scanned zone to the latest scanned zone as the new information is synced to the cloud dashboards
4. Empty Bins
- You do not need to purchase more equipment to scan the bins into the “Empty bin zone”, we have built-in smart algorithms that move bins to the Empty bin zone at a pre-set time each day after they are scanned at the Tipping area. This keeps our Dashboard updated and linked to actual bin-counts without human intervention.
- From the Empty Bin’s zone, you can start planning the bin allocations to the field with reliable and accurate live data to repeat the process flow again.
Frequently Asked Questions
The dashboards update every 5mins
It is nearly impossible as we have flag lists that show bin scans that break a pattern like 1 bin that has been scanned 2 times in the orchard, but it has only been weighed once or the same bin that has been scanned within a short time by 2 different teams
It is not a problem as our application can work offline. The Phones that have collected data, but have not synced yet will have the data available on the phone itself, but once the phone is in reach of signal, all the data will be pushed to the cloud without the user needing to press a sync button and it will be displayed on the Dashboard.
Yes, all our dashboards can be exported to excel to be used for internal calculations. We also have a section that contains each data line item created throughout the whole system to allow users to build their own pivot tables in Excel
Each bin that is harvested has a pre-set “expected weight” that we use to calculate the yield per orchard. Once the bin is weighed at the actual scale and the weight is logged onto our system, does it override the expected nett weight with the actual nett weight.
Our system is billed at the end of the month based on the usage. In this case the usage is determined by number of bins harvested. Meaning that a bin will only be billed once and all scans after the harvest does not count for billing. Bonus: Kaap Agri Customers can ask for billing to be done through their Kaap Agri account at the same cost as a direct bill from Adagin
Yes, you will always have access to your data, even after the season.
We have a system to help with the data and sim management. If you’d like, you are welcome to take the sim management over on your own account. Call us to guide you through the process if required.