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.
The cost of making a product is more than its components and the direct hours on it. There is also overhead, the cost of running the plant. Getting overhead into product cost is what makes costing com...
Read postOdoo supports three costing methods, and a manufacturer has to choose one for its products. This piece compares the costing methods and how an Odoo manufacturer should choose between them. The three m...
Read postScrap is material, and often work, that went into production but produced nothing sellable. It is pure loss, and a manufacturer that does not track its cost cannot manage it. This piece is about track...
Read postA variance is the difference between what production was expected to cost and what it actually cost. That gap, properly read, is one of the most useful signals a manufacturer has. This piece is about ...
Read postComponent prices move, and when they do, the cost of the products made from those components moves too. Understanding how that flows through is important for keeping pricing and margin sound. This pie...
Read postA manufacturer can be busy, can be producing and selling, and still not know which of its products genuinely make money. Margin analysis is what answers that. This piece is about margin analysis on ma...
Read postQuality is verified at defined points in a process, and a quality control point is what defines such a point. This piece is about setting up quality control points in Odoo. The edition point, first An...
Read postWhere a quality control point defines that quality should be verified, a quality check is the actual verification, carried out and recorded. This piece explains quality checks in Odoo manufacturing. T...
Read postDetecting a quality problem is only useful if the problem is then acted on. A quality alert is how Odoo turns a detected problem into something tracked and resolved. This piece is about managing quali...
Read postNon-conformance is product or material that does not meet its requirements. Handling it properly, so it does not cause further harm and is decided on deliberately, is a core part of quality. This piec...
Read postCAPA stands for corrective and preventive action. It is the discipline of not just fixing a quality problem but addressing its cause so it does not recur. This piece is about building a CAPA workflow ...
Read postThe cheapest place to catch a bad component is at the door, before it enters production. Incoming inspection is the check that does that. This piece is about incoming inspection of components in Odoo....
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.