Corporate and Financial

• provides certainty that sales contracts and forecasts are deliverable
• fully integrated planning that shows financial, biological and operational impact
• delivery of least cost balanced operating plans
• provides rapid evaluation of the impact of differing financial and environmental conditions on profit

Production Planner

• factors in the impact of possible or planned environmental changes at  a farm, group or even pen level
• optimal utilisation of assets
• how best to meet biomass restrictions/quotas
• how to accurately plan harvesting to maximise profitability

Hatchery or Growout Manager

• refinement of production plan
• accurately forecast feed requirements as these flex with production targets
• optimise grading strategy to meet changing production plans
• plan production within your operational constraints, water, power, tank space, etc.

Harvest Planner

• refinement of schedules - what pen, and when?
• plan harvest requirements by size classes you define
• planning interval and resolution can be daily, weekly, monthly or customised to your requirements

Primary Processing Manager

• surpluses can be directed into the most profitable channels
• able to consign different class sizes to different customers or different VA products
• through contracts can guarantee customer volumes will be supplied, even when not at optimal price

VA Processing Manager

• manage/control raw materials requirements, resources, manpower needs
• financially model process options - best use of raw materials, best alternative option if specific raw materials supplies exhausted
• factor labour requirements - per day, per job
• generate packaging schedule - plant and equipment capacity utilisation

Marketing Manager

• allows for business change options to be financially analysed - price flexibility, sales channel changes, VA options, etc.
• find the optimal strategic direction if capacity constraints limit product range availability
• new product pricing requirements (in order to achieve financial imperatives)
• benefits/negatives of potential new products in relation to total business operation

Sales Manager

• define your sales channels and assign realistic constraints to mimic your sales environment by customer, product, period, etc
• lock in contracts and these will be met for least-cost where operationally possible with shortfalls reported
• alll remaining production capacity and fish availability focussed into channels with the best return to the business
• see an immediate effect on sales plans and targets as the biological availability changes
• create the best ongoing sales strategy through optimised cost management and assigning capacity to most profitable channels
• confidence that the sales strategy delivers maximum margin over variable COGS

HR Manager

• Neptune is able to assign labour and therefore visualise direct labour levels and costs over the planned period

Admin/Finance/Management Accountants

• have robust, balanced performance estimates (as measured against budget/annual operating plan) as often as required

IT Manager

• server based technology - uses existing IT infrastructure
• only requires outgoing port access