Learn how to use Odoo manufacturing module along with quality setup.

1. Odoo Manufacturing

2. Table of Contents
Complete Step by Step guide to Odoo Manufacturing................ 1
Configuration.......................................................................1
To Create a Manufacturing Order.........................................2
To Manage Manufacturing with Work Centres and Routings 4
Configuration of Work Center .............................................. 4
Configuration of Routing...................................................... 7
Configuration of Bill of Material (BoM).............................. 10
To Create Scrap.................................................................. 15
To configure unbuild a product........................................... 16
Master Production Schedule................................................... 17
Planning by Work centres................................................... 20
Planning by Production...................................................... 20
Product Life Cycle Management (PLM).................................. 20
Barcodes and work centers.................................................. 21
Quality Check Points, Checks and Measures....................... 22
Quality alert on Work orders............................................... 24
Preventive and Corrective maintenance management:......... 24
Reports............................................................................... 25
Complete Step by Step guide to Odoo Manufacturing
Odoo’s Manufacturing module manages all manufacturing related activities. Manufacturing
in Odoo is more helpful for the production of a manufactured product or the product is built
by some other products with different quantities. Odoo an Open source ERP solution helps
you to implement and customize Manufacturing ERP software for your business.
Odoo’s Manufacturing module manages production by work order or either by manufacturing
order. Master Production Schedule (MPS) is available which enables to schedule the
production of stock. Odoo Manufacturing enables to set of product variants and By-products
in the bills of material. It manages quality control points, checks, measures.
Configuration
First of all, you can install the Manufacturing Module in your database.

3. Odoo Manufacturing Orders are divided into one or more steps described by Work
Orders and presented in a sequence determined by routings.
To Create a Manufacturing Order
Now you can create a manufacturing order Go to Manufacturing -> Operations ->
Manufacturing Orders -> and click on the Create button.

4. Now you can fill all the required fields like Product name, quantity to produce, bill of
material, deadline, planned date, responsible, source, company, components tab, etc.
After filling all the required fields, you can start production through clicking on the “Mark
as to do” button.
After becoming done the production at that time, click on the “Mark as done” button.

5. To Manage Manufacturing with Work Centres and Routings
Configuration of Work Center
In the Manufacturing module, you can tick the checkbox of Work Order in the
manufacturing module.
Go to Manufacturing -> Settings -> and tick the checkbox of Work Order then click on
the Save button.

6. Now you can create new Work Centres and Routings in your manufacturing module.
Go to Manufacturing –> MasterData -> Work centres.

7. You can create a new work centre and fill the required fields like Work Centre Name,
Alternative WorkCentre, Code, Working Hours, Company. Now you can fill the following
fields under the General Information Tab. You can add performance indices like time
efficiency factor, capacity, OEE target, cost per hour, etc. from General Information Tab.

8. Configuration of Routing
In the manufacturing module, routings can be used to specify the manufacturing operations to
be done in work centres to develop a certain product. Every product has its own routes. It is
not a single step process the manufacturing process may consist of many work centres and
any work centres have its own processes and process time. At that time, you can set the route
of the specific manufacturing process.
Routing completely depends on the manufacturing company process. A few companies have
the same type of manufacturing process. Then you can create only one type of routing. A few
companies have a distinct manufacturing process Then you can create multiple routing.
Go to Manufacturing -> Masterdata -> Routing

9. Now you can click on the routings button to create new routing in your database.
At that time, you can fill the following field like name of the routing, company name
production location and add work operation there. Whenever you want to add work operation
then click on add a line button.

10. Now you can fill the following fields like operation name, work centre, and duration
computation. There are two options available in duration computation: compute based on
real-time and set duration manually and also an option for setting default duration. Then fill
the next operation field and click on the Save button.

11. Configuration of Bill of Material (BoM)
Bills of Materials (BOM) are documents that describe the list of raw materials used to make a
finished product. A Bill of Material is sometimes also referred to as a product structure,
assembly component list or production recipe.
Once you have created a product and at least one component select them from the relevant
dropdown menus to add them to your bill of materials (BoM).
Go to Manufacturing > MasterData > Bill of Materials > Create

12. Now we are creating the new Bills of Material (BoM). The product name and its quantity are
essential fields. Add product quantity and each raw material and it’s in the ‘Components’ tab
by clicking ‘Add an Item’. Later you added all the components, click on the Save button.
Now you can set the name of the Routing properly. Routings define the manufacturing
operations to be done in work centres to produce a certain product. Routing is usually
attached to bills of materials, which will define the assembly of products required for
manufacturing or to produce finished products

13. Now you can create a new manufacturing order for the products. Enter the information on the
following required fields like product name, quality to produce, BoM, routing, Deadline, Plan
from, Responsible, Source, Company, etc. At that time, you can be configured three types of
work centre operations.
Go to Manufacturing -> Operations -> Manufacturing orders.

14. After clicking on the Plan button, the stage of the Manufacturing Order is to be changed.
Now Manufacturing Order is going to the Planned stage. Now clicking on the Work Order
button to view the various type of orders.

15. Now Lets’ see the various work orders view like Packing, Testing, Long time assembly.
Now your first work order will be in a ready state and others work order in a pending state
and waiting for another Work Order. At the same time, the first order is completed, now the
second work order and third work order stage will automatically get changed to Ready state
and process.

16. To Create Scrap
Scrap is the discarded material from a manufacturing job and products are unusable or at the
same time, it reaches its expiry date. In Odoo you’ll manage a defected or scrap product from
any point of business like whereas receiving a decent, or throughout the internal transfer, etc.
Scrap management and Unbuild order facilities are two simple yet highly useful features of
Odoo manufacturing ERP.
Scrap management in Odoo: One of the most useful features of Odoo is that you can create
Scrap at any stage of the production line. Now Click on the scrap button to create instant
scrap entry in inventory. You can create a fresh scrap entry. At that time, you can fill the

17. following details and click on the Done button it will be inserted into inventory
automatically.
To configure unbuild a product
Another useful feature in Manufacturing is Unbuild. You can unbuild the products into its bill
of materials. It is the reverse process of production.
Go to Manufacturing > Operations > Unbuild Orders > and click on Create button.
While creating a new one, you can either select a Manufacturing Order. Now you can fill the
following fields: product, Bill of Material, Quantity, Manufacturing Order, Location,
Destination Location, etc.

18. Master Production Schedule
MPS or Master Production Schedule automates the scheduling process with the help of
existing Minimum Stock Rules and Make-to-Order. The Master Production Schedule is also
managed the Manufacturing Order to automate scheduling, along with existing Minimum
Stock Rules and Make-to-Order newly added MPS (Master Production Schedule) will trigger
manufacturing order (it could also be used for Purchase as well) based on customer demand.
The Master Production Schedule module is designed to help the manufacturer order.
In Odoo manufacturing process is managed in the Manufacturing module, so first of all, we
have to install that module in our DB, after installing another routing option (manufacture) is
added in the product form.
You can plan manufacturing or purchase orders based on forecasts with the time rage of
monthly, Weekly or Daily as we demand.

19. Looking at Demand Forecast one will come to know how much production is needed (Go to
Manufacturing and under Reporting, you will find MPS).

20. Under Master Production Scheduling one can schedule the production over the periods such
as months, weeks or days depending on the business.
Secondly, Odoo comes with planning by production and planning by work centres which
helps in planning the finest manufacturing schedules for the most efficient production.
Now tick the checkbox work order and quality, we have enabled various feature Planning,
Master data, Reporting.

21. Planning by Work centres
Planning by Production
So, we see that it is very easy to Manage Planning with MPS. Planning by Work and
Planning by Production provide a Gannt view chart, which helps in understanding the plans
and schedules.
Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)

22. Odoo Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) is used to maintain BoM revisions and track
product lifecycle based on Engineering Change orders. Odoo PLM is Manage the engineering
changes efficiently is all about communication. PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) helps
to create ECO (Engineering Change Orders) to make BoM revisions, make MO route
revision, Update work operation, generate alerts for changes in BoM’s as well as Routes in
MO. Odoo PLM harnesses the power of an enterprise social network to help you
communicate more efficiently across multiple departments.
Below we have attached the snapshots of the PLM features that we just listed:
Creating an Engineering Change Order:
Let us have a look at how an ECO is created. Under the field, one can see the stages in which
the ECO passes.
Short summary: Under the option, one can give a short summary of the ECO.
Type: Here one can choose the ECO type.
Apply on: Utilizing the option, one can decide where the order has to be applied. Apply on
BoM or routing or both for a product or for one product only.
Effectivity: Date on which the changes should be applied.
Barcodes and work centres
The Barcode Scanning is provided the facility of tracing the product with respect to the
serial/lot number. The Barcode Scanning print the barcode two types: barcode command for
inventory and command for manufacturing. Odoo Enterprise edition supports the Barcode
Scanning feature to the support of the management of work order. The extended barcode
support thus helps in tracking the efficiency of the work order and also timely identifying loss
in productivity.

23. Quality Check Points, Checks and Measures
Odoo Enterprise edition supports the Quality Control feature. so first of all, we have to install
that Quality module in our DB, after installing the module we can check the quality of the
product.

24. Odoo defines Quality Control is three types- Control Points, Quality Checks and Quality
Alerts. Quality checks and alerts are fully integrated with your manufacturing and inventory
operations.
Control Point: Quality Control point defines quality control plans to trigger quality checks at
specific inventory operations or manufacturing operations.
Quality Alerts:
Quality alerts in Odoo’s clean Kanban interface. Drag and drop alert to report progress and
use visual indicators to focus on critical alerts. Use tags to categorize quality alerts and create
rules to automate alerts or actions. Categorize by addressee by the requestor.
Quality Checks: Quality checks in Odoo facilitates for easy checking and statistical process
control. This feature enables an entire quality check process for a warehouse.

25. Quality alert on Work orders
Preventive and Corrective maintenance management:
Odoo computes standard statistics to help you plan preventive maintenance, including mean
time between failure (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), and expected next failure date
and lets you automate metrology and preventive maintenance scheduling. In Odoo Corrective
maintenance is carried out after the detection of failures. The corrective maintenance
missionizes to restore the asset or equipment which performs the same intended job function.

26. Reports
Manufacturing Reports is an MRP software that helps to generate an advanced report for the
MRP module (Material requirements planning). Odoo Enterprising edition supports reporting
features in Manufacture module. Odoo comes with great reporting and performance
indicators. Every important and necessary data are left under fingertips for quick and easy
access. Odoo’s Manufacturing module comes with an Overall Equipment Efficiency
reporting system that helps the end-user to control their productivity in the most effective and
efficient manner. It also comes with Track maintenance KPIs like MTTR and MTBF. Odoo
also comes with lively dashboards for easy monitoring of performances that too in real-time.
With Odoo’s dynamic reports on costing, traceability, performance analysis. In the Odoo’s
Manufacturing module is reporting can view different ways- Bar chart, Line chart, Pie chart.