Company Overview

Milan-based Badinotti Group has manufactured nets for the aquaculture and fishing industries for more than a century. In 2001, Badinotti expanded operations to the city of Puerto Montt, Chile, establishing itself as the leading manufacturer of nets in South America.

Dedicated to incorporating the best environmental and technological practices available, Badinotti provides clients with environmentally-responsible containment solutions that protect ocean animals and reduce by-catch, while providing superior client service and employee development.

The Challenge

Advance Crew Preparation
Poor Connectivity
Backlog in Daily Reports
Document Organization
Field Crew Duplication
Fleet Managment

Life in the field is never easy. This is especially true for natural resource companies with field teams operating in extreme conditions due to distance, climate and connectivity. All of these take a toll on operational efficiency— especially data collection and report generation.

Crew members are on board for about 25 days, and during that time they must record their daily progress and work, where reports are then generated to be delivered to the clients. Poor communication signals at sea typically create a backlog on average of 250 daily reports from a fleet of 10 vessels that need to be transcribed and compiled prior to generating monthly client reports. This delays decision-making and providing client updates.

Clients request regular updates and reports of the boats. While out at sea different methods of communication were tested such as WhatsApp and Email, along with the paper records they kept. However due to the limited infrastructure, these updates would regularly get lost and corrupted.

The admin team would wait for the data to generate reports, make decisions, and update clients. However, they were rarely able to do so in a timely manner. Decision-making is usually very slow due to the limited communication that exists during the tasks.

A number of key shipping documents—related to freight, fleet creation, contracts, risk prevention, and logistics—for each vessel and 120 crew members also need curation and kept up to date prior to departure.
Missing or out-of-date documents generate significant work delays and fines representing a loss of $1,500 per vessel each day documents are in non-compliance.

The Solution

Eskuad’s platform transformed Badinotti’s document management capabilities for its entire crew, and simplified overall team organization and work. Now crews are updated in real-time on
operational next steps before commencing field tasks which prevents accidental issues any unforeseen event and keeping all field data updated.

They use the following Eskuad features as a part of their new workflow to optimize their operations.

Digitize their daily forms
Offline app operation
Instant Report Creation
App based HR Panel
Fleet documentation storage
Crew management
Photographic backups
Numerical records

Being able to work without an internet connection far away from the mainland and being able to receive all the information as quickly as possible is one of the greatest benefits that Eskuad has provided.

Now after implementing Eskuad it has helped them:

Easily customize and use forms
Integrate data across departments
Easily keep all personnel information up to date
Improve maintenance to the vessels
Significantly improved trip/crew logistics and reduced losses due to delays and fines

Once crew members leave, Eskuad allows Badinotti to analyze all the variables that influence operations and automatically generate reports. This eliminates the double workload of data entry and analysis, reducing delivery times from 25 days to 1 day, and increasing productivity around report generation up to 20 times.

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Leading the Way in Sustainable Aquaculture: The Badinotti Group Story

Milan-based Badinotti Group has manufactured nets for the aquaculture and fishing industries for more than a century. In 2001, Badinotti expanded operations to the city of Puerto Montt, Chile, establishing itself as the leading manufacturer of nets in South America.

Dedicated to incorporating the best environmental and technological practices available, Badinotti provides clients with environmentally-responsible containment solutions that protect ocean animals and reduce by-catch, while providing superior client service and employee development.

Enhancing Efficiency

Field life for natural resource companies is challenging, especially in extreme conditions that affect operational efficiency and data collection. Crew members are tasked with recording daily progress for 25 days at sea, which due to poor communication signals, creates a backlog of daily reports, delaying decision-making and client updates.

Multiple communication methods, such as WhatsApp, Email, and paper records were tried, but limited infrastructure led to lost or corrupted updates. The administration team often faced delays in report generation, decision-making, and client updates due to these communication issues. Further complicating matters, key shipping documents for each vessel and crew member required maintenance, with non-compliance causing work delays and daily fines of $1,500 per vessel.

Eskuad's platform has revamped Badinotti's document management and team organization, offering real-time operational updates and maintaining field data. Key features, including offline operation and digitized daily forms, facilitate seamless workflow even without internet access.

Post-implementation, Badinotti noted marked improvements such as easy form customization, data integration, personnel information management, and enhanced vessel maintenance. Notably, Eskuad's automatic report generation feature has streamlined data analysis, significantly reducing report delivery times and boosting productivity.

100% Time saving

in transcription of 250 daily reports

1 System

Centralized for crew documents and automated alerts

42 Fewer

Monthly hours dedicated to transcribing data

Decrease

In fines and fleet management improvements

Digitizing Off Shore Aquaculture Operations