Field notes for teams running Odoo.
Guides, comparisons, and how-tos on Odoo, ERP, and manufacturing systems.
Practical articles for the engineers and operators who work with Odoo and the systems around it.
A routing assigns each operation to a work center. But sometimes more than one work center can do the same job, and recognising that gives production valuable flexibility. This piece explains alternat...
Read postEvery work order a plant runs leaves a record: what was produced, how long it took, against what was expected. Analysed, that record becomes insight. This piece explains work order and operation analy...
Read postMRP, material requirements planning, is the calculation that works out what a manufacturer should make and buy to meet demand. In Odoo, this runs through the scheduler. This piece explains how to run ...
Read postA manufacturer's production stops if a component runs out. Reordering rules are how Odoo keeps components topped up automatically so that does not happen. This piece explains using reordering rules fo...
Read postThe master production schedule, the MPS, is the layer where a planner turns demand into a deliberate plan of what finished products to make and when. This piece explains setting one up in Odoo and usi...
Read postA manufacturer that only ever produces against confirmed orders is always reacting. To plan ahead, it has to estimate demand not yet placed. This piece is about demand forecasting for manufacturing pl...
Read postMake-to-order manufacturing means a product is produced after a customer order is confirmed, rather than built ahead against a forecast. This piece explains how to configure make-to-order manufacturin...
Read postMake-to-stock manufacturing means producing products ahead of demand, so they are ready in stock when orders arrive. This piece explains how to set up make-to-stock manufacturing in Odoo. What make-to...
Read postA plan held only as a list of orders is hard to grasp. A plan laid out against time is concrete and immediate. This piece is about using Odoo's manufacturing planning view to see and shape production....
Read postThere is a fundamental distinction in how production is scheduled: whether the schedule respects the real limits of resources, or assumes resources are unlimited. This piece explains finite versus inf...
Read postA manufacturer holds and uses many components, and they should not all be supplied the same way. This piece is about component replenishment strategies in Odoo manufacturing and choosing the right one...
Read postWhen Odoo needs to obtain a product, to meet demand or replenish stock, something has to decide how: make it, buy it, or move it from elsewhere. That something is the route. This piece explains how pr...
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.