Odoo solutions
Inventory and purchasing, from purchase request to warehouse shelf.
We configure Odoo’s Purchase and Inventory apps so your companies can follow their goods from the purchase order and the import to their arrival at the warehouse and their departure from it. Shipping and clearance costs are loaded onto the cost of the item, and management sees the stock of every warehouse on one screen.
What it covers
Every movement of an item, recorded as it happens.
The route starts with the purchase request and ends when the goods leave for the customer or the branch. In between come approvals, receipt, storage and stock counts, all followed by your team on one screen.
- Multiple warehouses
- Warehouses and storage locations in several governorates, with internal transfers between them and clear supply routes for each branch.
- Purchase approvals
- A purchase order above a set amount goes to the person with the authority before it is sent to the supplier, and we extend the approval cycle when your structure calls for more levels.
- Landed costs
- Shipping, clearance and customs charges are distributed across the items in the shipment, so they become part of their actual cost.
- Barcode
- Receiving, picking and counting with a barcode scanner or a phone, so each movement is recorded in the warehouse as it happens.
- Lots and expiry dates
- Every lot or serial number is traced from the supplier to the customer, with alerts for stock approaching its expiry.
- Reordering rules
- A minimum and a maximum for each item in each warehouse, and the system proposes purchase or transfer orders when the level is reached.
In holding companies
Each company’s stock in its own books, and the group’s stock in front of management.
Often one company in the group imports, another distributes and a third sells at retail. On Odoo the goods move between them on matching documents, and the stock value stays correct in each company’s books.
- Warehouses for every company. Each company has its own warehouses, and its stock is valued in its own books by the costing method it has adopted.
- Transfers between group companies. When the import company sells to the distribution company, the sales order in the first creates the purchase order in the second automatically, and the goods move on a matching delivery and receipt.
- Shared items and suppliers. An item or a supplier is defined once and used by the group’s companies, so codes and reports are consistent.
- Group-level visibility. Management sees the quantities available in every company’s warehouses, so slow-moving stock in one company can be moved to where it is in demand in another.
In the Iraqi market
From the port to the warehouse, the full cost of the item.
Much of Iraqi trade depends on imports, and the supplier’s price is one part of the cost. Odoo adds to each shipment what was spent on it until it arrived, so the profit margin is calculated on the actual cost.
- Buying in dollars, selling in dinars
- The purchase order is recorded in the supplier’s currency, and the goods are valued in stock in the company’s currency at the rate on the day they are received.
- Warehouses in several governorates
- A main warehouse and branches in other governorates. Goods in transit between them are tracked until their receipt is confirmed.
- Items with expiry dates
- For food, medicines and similar goods, the lot closest to expiry is issued first, and expired lots are kept out of sale.
- Stock counts
- Periodic or continuous counting by barcode, according to your company’s policy, with differences posted to accounting once they are approved.
Connects to
What comes before the warehouse, and what comes after.
Accounting & finance
Supplier invoices, import costs and inventory valuation post their entries to each company’s books.
Solution detailsSales & CRM
The salesperson sees the available quantity before confirming the order, and the delivery order reaches the warehouse as soon as it is confirmed.
Solution detailsManufacturing
Raw materials are issued from stock to production orders, and the finished product returns to it at its actual cost.
Solution details
Common questions
What purchasing and warehouse managers ask.
How are shipping and clearance costs loaded onto the cost of the item?
Shipping, clearance and customs invoices are recorded as landed costs linked to the shipment, and Odoo distributes them across its items by quantity, value, weight or volume, so the cost of each item and the stock value are updated together.
Can goods be moved between two companies in the group?
Yes. The move is made as a sale and a purchase between the two companies: the sales order in the supplying company creates the purchase order in the receiving company automatically, and the movement is recorded in the stock and the accounts of both.
Does barcode work with the devices we already have?
Odoo’s Barcode app works with common barcode scanners and with phones and tablets. We review your current devices during discovery, and identify which of them are suitable for use with the system.
Which inventory valuation methods does Odoo support?
Odoo supports standard cost, average cost and first in, first out (FIFO), and the method is set for each product category. We configure it to the accounting policy each company has adopted.
Tell us where your warehouses are and where your goods come from, and we will map their route on Odoo with you.
In the first consultation we get to know your purchasing and import cycle and each company’s warehouses, and propose the inventory structure and the stages of its implementation.