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Odoo 10 Implementation Cookbook

By : Mantavya Gajjar
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Odoo 10 Implementation Cookbook

By: Mantavya Gajjar

Overview of this book

Odoo is a Python-based ERP system and is completely open source. Odoo is a comprehensive suite of business applications offering a wealth of functionalities that can be deployed to meet your business needs. This book will help you manage the different functionalities of your business and optimize it. You will learn in detail about the various facets of the business process such as sales, accounting, purchases, manufacturing, and inventory. We will cover each of these topics in detail and learn how Odoo handles all these tasks with much ease. With its modular approach, you will be able to build customized solutions, take advantage of the Odoo 10 system in your organization, and master basic administration. We will cover modules and applications in Odoo that will help optimize quality checks. You will also be able to customize major reporting functions for your teams and set up forms and documents for sales, purchase, inventory, and so on. By the end of the book, you will be able to use the major functionalities of Odoo 10 and fully implement them into your business.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Asset management and depreciation


Asset management refers to the purchase of assets. Define those assets by the correct class or category to compute their life and depreciation. In some countries, the life and rate of depreciation are dependent on the asset category. At the end of life, the asset can either be scrapped or resold to get the money out of it.

Odoo has an Asset Management feature built into the accounting system that allows us to define the category of an asset, classify assets to compute the depreciation using different methods, and create an accounting entry for the depreciation at the end of every financial year. The impact of the resale or scrapping of an asset is reflected in the accounting system.

Let's manage the asset and compute the depreciation using the Odoo Asset Management feature.

How to do it...

  1. The Asset Management feature can be activated by going to Configuration | Settings in the Accounting application. Search for Asset management, select it, and click on APPLY...