What does manufacturing software do?
The most common problems in a manufacturing business are late raw materials, poorly planned capacity, delayed orders and unknown real costs. Manufacturing software makes the whole process visible, from manufacturing orders to material requirements and from work center load to actual cost, moving planning from guesswork to data.
The strengths of Odoo MRP
- End-to-end integration: A sales order triggers production needs; a manufacturing order triggers raw material and purchasing needs automatically.
- Flexible scenarios: Make-to-order, make-to-stock and subcontracting.
- Real-time visibility: Which order is at which stage and how loaded each work center is, on one screen.
- Accurate costing: Actual cost based on materials consumed and time spent.
Community vs Enterprise
The Manufacturing app in Odoo Community covers core production needs with bills of materials, manufacturing orders, work orders and work centers. Enterprise adds apps such as the Master Production Schedule (MPS), quality control and product lifecycle management (PLM). We can close gaps in Community with custom module development.
Quality documents and production
For manufacturers working with quality systems such as ISO 9001, keeping instructions and procedures in the same system as production is a big advantage. With our document management module, you can manage quality documents in Odoo Community too.
Which types of production is it for?
- Metal, machinery and furniture businesses doing assembly and parts production
- Recipe-based food, chemical and cosmetics manufacturers
- Textile and apparel companies producing to order
- Businesses that outsource or perform subcontract manufacturing