Manufacturing3 min read
Odoo Manufacturing (MRP): A Practical Setup Guide
Setting up Odoo Manufacturing properly: bills of materials, work centres, operations, kits and phantom BOMs, subcontracting, MRP planning and costing, plus common traps.
Insights
Notes from ERP projects
Older articles from the archive.
Odoo2 min read
Odoo in the UK: VAT, MTD and Implementation
Implementing Odoo in the UK: VAT and Making Tax Digital, Northern Ireland and EU trade, payroll options, and migrating from Xero or Sage.
Odoo3 min read
Odoo in India: GST, E-Invoicing and Implementation
Implementing Odoo in India: GST setup, e-invoicing and e-way bills, TDS, Tally migration, multi-state operations and what to check before choosing an Odoo partner in India.
Odoo3 min read
Odoo Inventory Routes Explained (Push, Pull, MTO)
Odoo inventory routes in plain language: multi-step flows, push and pull rules, make-to-order, putaway and removal strategies, and common mistakes.
Odoo2 min read
How to Install Odoo Community (Docker and Ubuntu)
Step-by-step Odoo Community installation using Docker for testing and Ubuntu for production, with the configuration, reverse proxy and backup steps most guides leave out.
Odoo2 min read
What Is Odoo? An Honest Overview for Business Owners
What Odoo is, what its apps cover, who it suits, where it falls short, and how businesses typically adopt it. Written by people who implement Odoo for a living.
Odoo2 min read
Is Odoo Free? Licences, Free Plans and Real Costs
Is Odoo really free? Odoo Community's open-source licence, the one-app-free plan, what Enterprise costs, and the costs every edition has.
Odoo3 min read
Odoo Community vs Enterprise: The Real Differences
Odoo Community vs Odoo Enterprise compared by what businesses actually notice: accounting, barcode, Studio, mobile, hosting, upgrades and the true cost of each edition.
ERP Integrations2 min read
ERP Integration Guide: Patterns, Data Ownership and Reliability
How to integrate an ERP with eCommerce, CRM, payments and other systems: data ownership, integration patterns, middleware, error handling, monitoring and common failure modes.
ERP2 min read
Open-Source ERP: A Practical Guide for Buyers
What open-source ERP really means for a business: licences, editions, community modules, hosting, upgrades and support, and how to judge whether it suits you.
ERP3 min read
The Hidden Costs of Free ERP Software
Free ERP has no licence fee, but it isn't free to run. A line-by-line look at hosting, setup, missing features, upgrades and support, and how to budget for them.
ERP3 min read
Free ERP Software: What's Actually Free in 2026
An honest look at free ERP software: open-source options like Odoo Community and ERPNext, free tiers of paid systems, and the costs that show up once you start using them.