Illustrative example
A 15-person distributor of technical equipmentStock, purchasing and sales in one system
A distributor moves from spreadsheets and a standalone invoicing tool to Odoo, connected to the webshop and the accountant.
Stock in the ERP
- PPressure valve DN25Main warehouse · reorder point setIn stock
- FFlow sensor FS-200Purchase order on the wayLow
- CControl unit CU-8Reserved for two sales ordersReserved
- SSealing kit, setMain warehouseIn stock
The situation
Stock lives in a spreadsheet, purchase orders in email, and invoices in a separate tool.
Salespeople phone the warehouse to ask whether something is available. Purchasing notices that an item is running low when a customer is already waiting. The same product has slightly different names in each place.
What we would build
- 01
A workshop to map how goods and documents move today, and what the new system must cover first
- 02
Odoo set up for inventory, purchasing and sales, with reorder rules for the regular items
- 03
Product, customer and supplier data cleaned and imported, with one name and one code per product
- 04
Connections to the webshop for orders and stock, and an export the accountant can use directly
- 05
Training by role and a supported first month, with fixes as real work exposes gaps
What changes
- Salespeople see availability themselves when they write a quote
- Purchasing is prompted before an item runs out, not after
- An order moves from quote to delivery to invoice in one record
- The owner sees stock and open orders without asking for a spreadsheet
Use cases in this example
Orders that reach the warehouse on their own
An order placed in the shop or by email appears in the ERP, on the pick list and with the courier, entered once.
Open use case OperationsERP and business systemsBusiness automationOne stock figure in every system
Stock levels kept in step between the warehouse, the ERP and every sales channel.
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