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Your production plan is in Excel - and reality looks different?

BOM chaos, material shortages, inaccurate actual costing: manufacturing without a system costs you money every day. Odoo Manufacturing gives you full control over MRP, work orders, quality and costs.

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MRP & manufacturing
Bills of Materials (BOM)
Quality control

Does this sound familiar?

Typical challenges in manufacturing without an end-to-end system

BOM chaos

BOMs in Excel, unclear versions, changes not traceable - which BOM applies now?

Production planning in the dark

No transparency on capacity, materials or lead times - you plan by gut feel.

Quality issues found too late

No systematic checks, missing traceability - issues show up only at the customer.

Actual costing impossible

You don't know what production really costs - plan vs actual stays guesswork.

Odoo Manufacturing: Everything for digital production

From BOM to actual costing - one end-to-end solution

Bills of Materials (BOM)

Multi-level BOMs, versioning, phantom BOMs, configurable products - structured and traceable.

  • Multi-level BOMs
  • Version history
  • Phantom BOMs
  • Configurable products
Work orders

Work orders, routing, work centres, time tracking - every step planned and documented.

  • Work orders
  • Routing & work centres
  • Time tracking
  • Feedback
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Automatic procurement suggestions, lead times, reorder points - materials arrive on time.

  • Automatic MRP runs
  • Lead times
  • Reorder points
  • Procurement suggestions
Quality control

Checks at every step, alerts, corrective actions - quality is not left to chance.

  • Quality checks per work order
  • Alerts & notifications
  • Corrective actions
  • Traceability
Maintenance & servicing

Preventive maintenance, equipment tracking, MTBF - machines keep running instead of stopping.

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Equipment management
  • MTBF metrics
  • Maintenance plans
Actual costing

Planned vs actual costs, material + labour + overhead - you know what production really costs.

  • Plan vs actual
  • Material costs
  • Labour costs
  • Overhead allocations

Before/After: How your manufacturing changes

The difference between patchwork and digital manufacturing

Task Without Odoo With Odoo Manufacturing
Create BOM Excel file with error risk, versions unclear Structured multi-level BOM with versioning
Plan production Whiteboard + gut feel, no transparency Automatic scheduling with MRP run
Order materials Manual checks + calls with suppliers Automatic procurement suggestions from MRP
Check quality Sampling or only after a complaint Systematic checks at every work order
Calculate costs Rough estimate, plan vs actual unknown Precise comparison plan vs actual (material + labour + overhead)
Plan maintenance Reactive (when it breaks) Preventive maintenance on schedule
Accurate actual costing

Plan vs actual to the penny

0 material shortages

Thanks to automatic MRP

Full traceability

From batch to finished product

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Odoo Manufacturing

Yes, Odoo supports arbitrarily deep BOM structures with sub-assemblies, phantom BOMs (that do not appear as separate products), variants and configurable products. Each BOM can be versioned.

Odoo MRP automatically calculates when and how much material is needed - based on work orders, lead times and reorder points. You get concrete procurement suggestions (purchase orders or internal transfers).

Yes, you define quality checks per operation. The work order can only be completed once all checks are documented. Deviations trigger alerts and corrective actions.

Odoo compares planned costs (from BOM + routing) with actual costs (actual materials consumed + recorded labour time). Overheads can be applied as a surcharge. Result: plan vs actual to the penny.

No, Odoo Maintenance is already integrated. You can plan preventive maintenance, track equipment, record MTBF metrics and create maintenance work orders directly from manufacturing.

Ready for digital manufacturing?

Let's analyse together how Odoo Manufacturing optimises your production processes - from BOM to actual costing.

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