Solution stories
Dairy Processing: Fat Balance, Cold Chain and Quality in One View
Reconciling milk components, not litres — from collection centres to packed products.
Trikaan Research & Engineering4 min read
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Milk value is in fat and SNF, so reconciliation must track components, not litres.
- Collection-centre data needed to be digital at source.
- Chilling and cold-room temperatures needed continuous monitoring.
- Quality results linked to routes and centres revealed sources of problems.
A dairy processor collecting milk from village centres and producing milk, curd and ghee saw losses it could not explain.
Here is how the solution came together.
The situation
Collection centres recorded quantity, fat and SNF on paper or standalone devices. The plant reconciled litres, not components. Temperature logs were manual.
What they had already tried
- More frequent audits of centres.
- Manual temperature checks.
- Monthly reconciliation in Excel.
How we diagnosed the real problem
We traced milk components from centre to products for a month.
- Litres reconciled, but fat did not.
- Some routes had longer chilling delays.
- Quality failures clustered on specific centres.
The solution, product by product
No single product solved this. The value came from the products working on the same data.
| Product | Role in this solution |
|---|---|
| Field app (Seed Track platform) | Collection centre entries for quantity, fat, SNF and photos, offline |
| Anvaya | Procurement, payments, stock, dispatch to distributors |
| ASTR Production | Component (fat/SNF) balance by stage and product, yields for curd and ghee |
| Machine Digital Twin | Chiller and cold-room temperature monitoring with alerts |
| ASTR Reporting | Component losses by route, centre and stage |
How it rolled out
- Digital capture at centres.
- Component-based balance.
- Temperature sensors on chillers and cold rooms.
- Route and centre quality dashboards.
What changed
Losses were located by route and stage rather than spread across the month.
- Fat reconciliation gap reduced by [X]%.
- Temperature excursions alerted within minutes.
- Quality rejections reduced by [X]%.
What we would tell a similar company
- Reconcile components, not volume.
- Capture at the collection point.
- Monitor cold chain continuously.
- Link quality to source.
Frequently asked questions
Can collection centres work offline?
Yes, with offline capture and later sync.
Does it handle farmer payments?
Procurement and payment calculations are handled in Anvaya.
Is this a real customer?
It is an illustrative composite.
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Trikaan Research & Engineering
Trikaan
Written by the researchers and engineers who build Anvaya, ASTR and Seed Track, with input from Trikaan's delivery and engineering teams.
