Combining business central data and climate data from sensors

In Haarsteeg, North Brabant, Netherlands you can find plant nursery Brabant Plant. Brabant Plant is a customer of Mprise Agriware and recently the two companies started a new project, revolving around the question; how do you combine production data from Agriware Business Central with data from sensors and other data-sources? Here is where Agriware 365 Analytics came in. We spoke to Marvin Verkuijlen (crop researcher at Brabant Plant, shown in the photo above on the right) and Luuk van Geijtenbeek (manager Agriware Analytics).

Marvin sits down after a bike ride inside the company. "I've just come from a thirty degree climate chamber and now I'm sitting in one of the offices for a while," he outlines the dynamics of his working day. The crop researcher at Brabant Plant studied applied biology with a specialization in applied plant research and talks passionately about his work: "We are a very diverse plant nursery. We do a lot with greenhouse vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. We also have ornamental plants and propagation material. There are no less than 27 different departments, the processes are often complex."

Combining Business Central data and climate data from sensors
"There is a huge amount of data involved in managing and combining all the growing lots," Marvin explains. "All the greenhouses are controlled with climate data and each plant, species and phase has its own recipe. In addition, each plant is moved three or four times during the course of cultivation. Collecting all the data for each phase and each location is very time-consuming. Within Brabant Plant we have a dynamic team with a great deal of expertise. Our company strives to deliver the best possible quality on a customer-specific basis. Understanding the climate data is an important factor in this. For the most complete picture possible, a lot of data has always been collected. In addition to all climate parameters, this also included plant and variety-specific characteristics and all plant and crop assessments. I noticed that with the fragmentation of data systems, many insights remained unused."

"There is a tremendous amount of data involved in managing and combining all the growing batches"

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Source: Mprise Agriware