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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By : Greg Moss
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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

Odoo is an all-in-one management software that offers an array of business applications, forming a complete suite of enterprise management applications. Odoo 11 comes with advances on usability, speed, and design. Working with Odoo 11 starts with how to set up Odoo, both online and on your own server. You’ll then configure the basic company settings required to quickly get your first Odoo system up and running. Later, you’ll explore customer relationship management in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. You'll then dive into purchasing applications with Odoo, learn some of the primary functionalities of ERP systems for manufacturing operations, and use analytic accounting to provide better reporting. After that, you'll learn how to work with Odoo for mobile, and finally, you will walk through the recent Odoo 11 features with respect to the community and enterprise edition, giving you a complete understanding of what Odoo can do for your business.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Configuring your product for procurement

When we set up our first product, we were only concerned with selling the product to a customer. We essentially named the product and set the price at which we wish to sell it. To purchase the product from our vendor, we must provide a little more information. To do this, we will edit the product and change the information under the Inventory tab.

Go to Purchase | Products, then click on the option for Medium White T-Shirt to bring up the product form. Then, click Edit to enter edit mode.

The following is a screenshot of the Inventory section of the product form:

At the top of the form, check Can be Purchased so that the purchasing system knows to include this product in the list of products when you make a purchase order.

Supply chain information...