Odoo belongs to the category of modular ERP systems that combine ease of use, flexibility and a modern user interface. Odoo is one of the most convenient and affordable systems for projects related to e-commerce and other activities.
Benefits of Odoo
Odoo’s ERP solution has the following benefits:
- automation of all business processes of any company (one system replaces a whole software package);
- flexibility (the ability to expand the architecture);
- universality (ease of use for companies with any structure and profile);
- scalability support;
- open source;
- simple constructor;
- the ability to use not all, but individual modules;
- multilingual, intuitive interface;
- easy integration with external software;
- compatibility with a variety of platforms and devices;
- support for work in the cloud service mode;
- affordable cost.
Modules of Odoo
The Odoo system integrates more than 200 modules. Let’s consider some of them.
Sales management (Sales)
The module allows you to generate commercial offers, place orders related to the sale, delivery. Implemented support for online payment and approval of documents with an electronic signature. The system controls the availability of stock balances, allows you to automate retail outlets, analyze income, employee efficiency, and predict sales. Synchronization of data with marketplaces is possible.
Warehouse management (Inventory)
The module allows:
- manage the work of the warehouse in real time;
- arrange direct shipments, through warehousing;
- set up multi-warehouses;
- track the movement of stocks with the required specification of characteristics (parameters);
- generate reports of any complexity;
- automatically replenish stocks;
- conduct an inventory taking into account all movements of commodity items;
- generate reports of any complexity.
Purchasing management
The module simplifies and speeds up the preparation of purchase requests in automatic mode, allows you to conduct tenders, record interactions with suppliers, plan the receipt of goods, payments, returns, receive and reconcile invoices.
The functionality includes sending price requests, importing price lists, handling claims, delivery delays, monitoring payments, providing guarantees, and after-sales service. Integrated analytics allows you to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the work of departments responsible for procurement.
Financial accounting and bookkeeping (Accounting)
Features that appear when using the module:
- data exchange with the bank (synchronization);
- manual entry and automatic import of statements;
- accelerated reconciliation of mutual settlements;
- invoicing (including simplified recurring invoices, inserting invoices for online payment);
- payment forecast for future periods;
- coordination of documents online;
- debt tracking, sending letters to debtors;
- fast filtration;
- simple dynamic reports;
- visual graphics;
- minimum labor intensity of creating a balance sheet.
Personnel accounting (Employees)
After installing the module, it becomes possible to flexibly manage access to confidential data, generate documents and alerts related to attendance, vacations, relocation, certification, sick leave, and more. A streamlined recruitment process allows you to post, promote, and review candidate responses within a single module.
In order to familiarize yourself with these and other modules, you can use the demo applications.
