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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

Advance invoicing before delivery


Getting an advance payment before the delivery is a standard business case. Advance invoicing is required when your invoicing policy is set to Delivered quantities. If it is set to Ordered quantities, you can create a final invoice just after the confirmation. You can ask for advance payment just after the confirmation of the order, and when the actual invoice is created, the advance invoice and payment will be adjusted against it. The advance invoice can be fixed price or a percentage of the invoice amount.

With Odoo, you can manage advance invoice easily. Let's create a quotation, confirm the order, and raise an invoice for advance payment. Adjust the advance against the final invoice.

Getting ready

We assume that you are clear with the product configuration Invoicing Policy and Track Service options and the combined effect on the sales order. If you are not clear on these concepts, go through the first recipe, Setup the product to track time and invoice...