How Atlantic Sapphire Transferred Its Operational Knowledge Between Facilities by Documenting Its Business Processes

As the technology process coordinator at Atlantic Sapphire, Stanley Kolosovskiy was tasked with ensuring that the organization’s business operations were optimal, but the absence of an effective workflow system was a challenge toward achieving that.

He struggled with the software on the ground, despite having a minor in computer science and being a process-driven ISO 9001 certified auditor.

It was even worse for his colleagues who had neither a background in computer engineering nor were process-oriented.

Stanley took it upon himself to find better software to enhance their performances. He tells us how SweetProcess enhanced their goal of promoting an eco-friendly environment, and facilitated their international transition to the United States, keeping them on target through the challenges of 2020.

Let us get more information about the company for context before we proceed.

Stanley Kolosovskiy, Technology process coordinator at Atlantic Sapphire

About Atlantic Sapphire

Atlantic Sapphire is a salmon farming company. It has changed from the traditional method of farming salmon in the oceans to land-based salmon farming to prevent harmful exposure to ocean creatures and water pollution.

Founded in 2010, Atlantic Sapphire is against environmental pollution caused by the continuous air transportation of salmon in non-sustainable packaging from one country to another, including the United States. It grows the fish at its facilities in Denmark and the U.S. and distributes them via road transportation instead of flying. 

The company has been producing salmon at its Denmark facility, called Bluehouse, since 2011 and has produced more than 25 generations of Atlantic salmon. It recently harvested its first batch of salmon at its new Bluehouse facility in South Florida, and sells its salmon in stores across the U.S.

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The Biggest Pain Points

The emission of a massive carbon footprint when flying salmon to the United States was a concern for Atlantic Sapphire, and it resolved to produce the fish locally and sustainably. Doing that required strict adherence to operational procedures by employees. They needed standard operating procedures to guide them in their duties – but they were nonexistent. 

“There’s very little production (of salmon) here in the States, and it’s a large market as well. By growing salmon here, we don’t have to fly it because about a kilo of salmon takes a kilo of jet fuel, so it doesn’t have to be flown all over the world. It can be made here, put on our truck, and distributed to the U.S.” 

Knowledge transfer was also a challenge.