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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)

The basics of Project Management

Depending on your industry and the types of projects you may encounter, the Project Management application can be set up to manage independent projects. Alternatively, it can be configured to manage projects related to customers or sales orders. With additional modules, it is possible to tie the Project Management application into virtually any aspect of Odoo.

For example, you could simply use the Project Management application to track the various stages and tasks involved with a company event. Who is going to be responsible for finding the location? When will you need to order the invitations? Who is going to set the agenda? When is an employee going to go and pick up the sound system? In this instance, the Project Management application is simply being used to track a single project that is not associated with the customer.

In other instances...