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Learn Odoo

By : Greg Moss
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Learn Odoo

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

Odoo is management software that contains a set of open source enterprise management applications that help you modernize your business. Completely revised and updated, this comprehensive Odoo guide is a fourth edition of Working with Odoo. This book begins with an introduction to Odoo and helps you set up Odoo Online in your system. You'll learn how to start a new company database in Odoo and the basics of Odoo sales management. You will explore customer relationship management in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. Moving on, you'll learn how to install the purchasing application, set up suppliers, and begin purchasing and receiving products in Odoo. Next, you'll learn how to use the MRP module to create, process, and schedule the manufacturing and production order. Once you get to grips with the basic applications, you'll uncover how to customize Odoo to meet the specific needs of your business. You'll learn some advanced techniques for searching and finding information, and you'll be taken through business intelligence in Odoo. Towards the end of the book, you'll go in-depth into Odoo's architecture and learn to use Odoo's API to integrate with other applications. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to use Odoo to build enterprise applications and set up the functional requirements for your business.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Making Goods with Manufacturing

In this chapter, we will cover how you can use Odoo to manage the process of manufacturing products. Once you have received the required raw materials in your inventory, you can begin manufacturing the end product. Part of the functionality of an ERP system is to assist you in scheduling orders based on the available resources. One of these resources is, of course, the raw materials. Other resources could include the available labor or the availability of a particular machine. Essentially, the goal is to schedule the manufacturing order such that all the necessary resources are available and to produce the final product for on-time delivery.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Making manufacturing orders
  • Producing a custom product
  • Building a work center
  • Routing orders
  • Creating orders with routing and a work center
  • Reversing a bill...