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.
When a manufacturing order is produced, the components used must be recorded as consumed. The choice is between recording that manually and having it recorded automatically. This piece compares the tw...
Read postNot everything production touches comes out good. Some material is scrap, and some needs rework. Handling that material properly is part of running a manufacturing operation. This piece is about handl...
Read postInventory records drift from reality over time, and counting is how they are brought back. Cycle counting is a smarter way to count than the traditional big annual stocktake. This piece is about cycle...
Read postA manufacturer's inventory is not just raw components and finished goods. In between is work in progress: production that has been started but is not yet finished. This piece is about managing work-in...
Read postTwo questions arise constantly in a warehouse: when stock comes in, where does it go, and when stock is needed, which of it is taken? Putaway and removal strategies answer those with rules. This piece...
Read postNo manufacturer wants a recall, but any manufacturer may one day face one. When it happens, traceability is what makes the difference between a controlled response and a crisis. This piece is about re...
Read postOverall equipment effectiveness, almost always called OEE, is a widely used single measure of how effectively a piece of equipment or a work center is being used. This piece is about measuring OEE in ...
Read postA manufacturer running on a connected system has a great deal of data. A dashboard is what turns that data into an at-a-glance picture. This piece is about building manufacturing dashboards in Odoo. W...
Read postA plant's throughput is, simply, how much it actually produces. Analysing throughput tells a manufacturer what its operation genuinely delivers. This piece is about production throughput analysis in O...
Read postNo plant produces at full capacity all the time. There are losses, time and potential output that slip away. Analysing those losses is how a manufacturer reduces them. This piece is about downtime and...
Read postA manufacturer can produce well and cost well and still fail its customers in one way that matters above almost all others: not delivering when it said it would. On-time delivery is the measure of tha...
Read postA plant manager could measure almost anything, and measuring everything is the same as measuring nothing. The value is in a focused handful of KPIs that genuinely capture how the plant is doing. This ...
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.