Seafood ERP for Australian exporters and processors

Australian seafood exporters typically choose between three options. The largest enterprise processors run Infor CloudSuite Food and Beverage. Mid-sized processors use Aptean Foodware, an Australian alternative seafood-specific system. Exporters wanting the Microsoft ecosystem choose Dynamics 365 Business Central with Yaveon Seafood extensions, implemented by local partners like Equerra. The right choice depends on scale, existing systems, and how closely you need to integrate with Microsoft 365, Power BI, and Azure.

Business Central does not integrate with AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems natively, but Equerra builds the integration as part of Australian seafood implementations. Quota balances from AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems flow into Business Central so your operations team sees live quota usage against catch. This prevents over-allocation and keeps you compliant with state-based Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) quota management requirements.

Catch weight is handled natively in the seafood configuration of Business Central. Every carton, pallet, and export unit is tracked at actual weight through the entire supply chain. Sold by weight, stored by unit, billed on actual landed weight. No reconciliation spreadsheets.

With the Yaveon Seafood extension, Business Central covers DAFF Export Control Act 2020 risk management compliance, HACCP workflows, MSC chain of custody, GMP+ feed compliance, and country-specific export health certificates. Every lot carries an audit trail from vessel to final destination, generated automatically rather than assembled by hand.

Fish and shellfish are two of the eight major allergens under FSANZ standards, and cross contamination between species is a serious risk in multi species processing environments. The Yaveon extension tracks allergens at ingredient, production line, and finished product level. Allergen declarations flow automatically onto labels and export documentation. Cross contamination risks are flagged when shared equipment or production lines handle different species. This covers your obligations under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Standard 1.2.3.

Yes. Australian seafood processors doing value add products like smoked salmon, marinated fish, fish cakes, or ready meals need recipe and formula management. The Yaveon extension handles multi level bills of material, ingredient substitutions, version control, variable yields, and automatic nutritional and allergen calculations. When you change a recipe, the allergen declarations, labels, and production plans update automatically.

When you break down a whole fish, you get fillets, frames, heads, offal, and fish meal. These are co products and by products from a single input, and your ERP needs to track all of them. The Yaveon Joint Production module handles this natively. It allocates costs across co products, tracks yields by species and grade, and gives you accurate margins on every output. No manual allocation spreadsheets.

A typical Australian seafood implementation at Equerra starts from AUD $80,000 for a fixed-price project. That includes discovery, Yaveon Seafood configuration, data migration, AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems integration, training, go-live support, and unlimited ongoing support. Larger multi-site operations with multiple vessels and complex export workflows typically sit in the AUD $120,000 to AUD $250,000 range.

Most Australian seafood processors go live within three to six months from discovery. Simpler deployments focusing on a single site and core workflows can be live in eight to ten weeks. Multi-site operations integrating packhouse automation, weigh scales, and cold chain monitoring take closer to six months. We phase the rollout to avoid peak season disruption.

Yes. Business Central integrates with onboard catch recording systems, electronic logbooks, vessel monitoring, packhouse weigh scales, and cold storage sensors. Catch data flows into the ERP the moment a vessel reports, so processing, grading, and fulfilment planning can start before the boat reaches port.

Aptean Foodware is a purpose-built Australian seafood ERP, strong on AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems and packline automation but limited to seafood operations. Infor CloudSuite is a global enterprise platform suited to the largest processors, with matching price tag. Business Central with Yaveon sits in the middle. You get seafood-specific features through Yaveon, deep integration with Microsoft 365 and Power BI, lower total cost, and a platform that scales beyond seafood if your business diversifies.

Full traceability from vessel to plate. Every lot links back to the vessel, trip, catch area, and landing date. AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems balances sync into Business Central so you can see live state-based Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) usage against quota. Deemed values are tracked automatically so you know your exposure before it becomes an invoice from AFMA Statutory Fishing Rights and state quota systems. This level of traceability also supports MSC chain of custody certification and DAFF export audit requirements.