Field notes for teams running Odoo.
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Practical articles for the engineers and operators who work with Odoo and the systems around it.
The bill of materials is usually discussed as a production document, the list a factory builds from. But the BOM has a second, equally important role: it is what connects a manufacturer's products to ...
Read postShop floor control is a term that sounds more technical than it is. At its core it names something every manufacturer has to do: manage production as it actually happens on the floor. This piece expla...
Read postShop floor control software is what turns shop floor control from an informal, memory-based activity into a current, data-based one. This piece explains what shop floor control software does, how the ...
Read postShop floor management is the everyday work of running a factory floor well. It is partly a matter of systems, but it is at least as much a matter of method and habit. This piece sets out the methods t...
Read postFood manufacturing is one of the industries where a general ERP is genuinely not enough. The demands of making food, safety, traceability, perishability, regulation, are specific and serious, and they...
Read postFood and beverage manufacturing shares the food-safety demands of all food production and adds the particular characteristics of making drinks. An ERP for this sector has to handle both. This piece se...
Read postChemical manufacturing is a demanding industry for an ERP. It is process manufacturing at its most exacting, and it carries safety and regulatory weight that few other sectors match. This piece sets o...
Read postAutomotive manufacturing, whether assembling vehicles or supplying components to those who do, is an exacting industry with little tolerance for error. An ERP for an automotive manufacturer has to mee...
Read postElectronics manufacturing has a particular profile: products with deep, complex bills of materials, rapid design change, and a component supply chain that is both global and volatile. An ERP for an el...
Read postPharmaceutical manufacturing operates under some of the strictest regulation of any industry, and for good reason: the products are medicines. An ERP for a pharmaceutical manufacturer has to carry tha...
Read postGarment and apparel manufacturing has a distinctive profile: every style exists in a matrix of sizes and colours, seasons drive demand hard and fast, and production often runs through a chain of contr...
Read postFurniture manufacturing has a mixed character: standard ranges made to stock alongside configured and fully custom pieces made to order, and a production flow that turns timber, board, fabric, and fit...
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