Kit BOMs in Odoo, Explained
A kit in Odoo is a way to handle a bundle of products as a single item. It is the same mechanism as a phantom BOM, looked at from the practical, sales-and-inventory side. This piece explains kit BOMs ...
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A kit in Odoo is a way to handle a bundle of products as a single item. It is the same mechanism as a phantom BOM, looked at from the practical, sales-and-inventory side. This piece explains kit BOMs ...
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Read postThe cost of a manufactured product is not a single figure someone sets; it is built up from the things that go into making it. In Odoo, that build-up happens through the bill of materials. This piece ...
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Read postMany manufactured products are not single products but families: a base product offered in a range of variants that differ in defined ways. Their bills of materials have to vary with them. This piece ...
Read postA manufacturer setting up Odoo often has many products and many bills of materials. Building each BOM by hand is slow, and Odoo supports importing BOMs instead. This piece explains how to import bills...
Read postMost production makes one product. But some production yields more than one output: a main product and one or more by-products. Odoo bills of materials can handle this. This piece explains managing by...
Read postA bill of materials says what a product is made of. But making a product is not only about components; it is also about the steps that turn those components into the finished item. In Odoo, those step...
Read postBills of materials change, that is normal and necessary. But a manufacturer usually has manufacturing orders already open, in progress or planned, when a BOM change is made. Changing a BOM carelessly ...
Read postA bill of materials, written ideally, says a product needs exactly so much of each component. Real production is rarely that perfect: there is scrap, there is loss, there is yield below one hundred pe...
Read postA bill of materials is not only a parts list to produce from; it is also data to be questioned. Two questions matter most: where is a given component used, and what does a product cost? This piece exp...
Read postA make-to-order product is one that is produced after a customer order is confirmed, rather than built ahead against a forecast. Setting up its bill of materials in Odoo is much like any BOM, with a f...
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