What is ERP and Why Does Your Business Need It?
Enterprise Resource Planning systems have transformed how businesses operate. Learn what ERP is, how it works, and why growing companies in the MENA region are adopting it.
ReadFrom bill of materials and work orders to shop floor control and real-time cost tracking — discover how Odoo MRP gives manufacturers the visibility they need.
Manufacturing businesses face an increasingly complex operational environment. Rising raw material costs, supply chain disruptions, quality requirements, and customer demand for shorter lead times all put pressure on manufacturers to operate with greater precision and efficiency.
At the same time, many manufacturers in the MENA region are still running on disconnected systems — production tracked in Excel, purchasing done via email, costing calculated manually at month end.
Odoo's Manufacturing (MRP) module changes all of that.
The foundation of any manufacturing system is accurate Bill of Materials. Odoo supports:
With Odoo, engineers maintain BOMs directly in the system, and any change is immediately reflected in production orders, cost calculations, and material planning.
Production in Odoo follows a structured routing process:
1. Manufacturing Order created (manually or from sales/inventory rules)
2. Work Orders generated for each production step
3. Workers receive tasks on the Shop Floor tablet interface
4. Work orders tracked with real-time start/stop and completion status
5. Quality checks embedded at specific production steps
This gives operations managers complete visibility into production progress — from the office or on a mobile device.
One of the most powerful aspects of Odoo manufacturing is the integration between production and accounting. As materials are consumed and labor recorded:
No more end-of-month cost calculations done in Excel. Management has accurate product cost data as production happens.
Odoo's scheduler analyzes:
And automatically generates purchase orders and manufacturing orders to meet demand — preventing both stockouts and excess inventory.
The Odoo Shop Floor interface is designed for use on tablets mounted on the production floor. Workers can:
All data feeds directly into the ERP — no paper tickets, no manual transcription.
Quality is built into the Odoo manufacturing flow:
One of IDS's clients — a manufacturer of electrical panels serving the Middle East and Europe — implemented Odoo manufacturing and achieved:
IDS specializes in manufacturing ERP implementations. Our approach starts with a thorough understanding of your specific production processes — not a generic template installation.
We'll map your BOMs, routing, quality processes, and warehouse structure before a single configuration is made in the system. The result is an Odoo setup that matches how your factory actually operates.
IDS Editorial Team
Odoo ERP Experts