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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)

Understanding Project Management

In this chapter, we will explore a very flexible application that allows you to manage projects and tie them into other applications in Odoo. The Project Management application allows your company to manage project stages, assign teams, and even track time and job costs related to projects. Analytical accounting features give you even greater control over how project costs can be tied to your company's general ledger.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Discovering the various uses for Project Management
  • Linking projects with customer accounts
  • Assigning teams to projects
  • Creating custom project stages
  • Adding, assigning, and organizing tasks
  • Tying into analytical accounting and employee timesheets