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.
Quality does not have to wait until a product is finished to be checked. In-process inspection verifies quality during production, at the operations where it matters. This piece is about in-process qu...
Read postBefore a finished product reaches a customer, there is one last chance to catch a quality problem. Final inspection and quality release are that last check. This piece is about how they work in Odoo. ...
Read postEach quality check protects one product or one batch. But the accumulated record of all the checks, and all the problems, holds something more: the bigger picture of a manufacturer's quality. This pie...
Read postQuality control delivers most when it is part of production rather than a separate activity beside it. Connecting quality control to work orders is how Odoo makes that happen. This piece explains it. ...
Read postThere are two ways to maintain equipment: fix it when it breaks, or service it before it breaks. The second is preventive maintenance, and it is the better way. This piece is about setting up preventi...
Read postBefore a manufacturer can maintain its equipment, it has to have a proper record of what equipment it has. Equipment management is that record. This piece explains equipment management in Odoo. What e...
Read postEven with good preventive maintenance, equipment sometimes has problems, and someone has to fix them. Corrective maintenance is that reactive repair, and handling the requests properly matters. This p...
Read postMaintenance does not happen in a vacuum; it happens to equipment that production needs. Scheduling maintenance well means fitting it around production. This piece is about the maintenance calendar and...
Read postMaintenance is an activity that costs effort and is meant to deliver reliability. Like any such activity, it should be measured. This piece is about maintenance KPIs and reporting in Odoo. Why measure...
Read postThe equipment a manufacturer maintains and the work centers where it produces are, very often, the same physical things seen from two sides. Connecting maintenance and manufacturing recognises that. T...
Read postMaintenance is only as fast as the parts it needs. A repair that should take an hour takes a week if the spare part has to be ordered. This piece is about spare parts management for maintenance in Odo...
Read postEquipment reliability comes down to two questions: how often does it fail, and when it fails, how long is it down? Two measures, MTBF and MTTR, capture exactly those. This piece explains measuring the...
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.