Businesses evolve every year, but not business software. As a result, today you can see software that is too complex, too rigid in nature, and which requires lots of training to start working with. For those who don't know about the RP process and department, take a look at the following table to see what the documents managed by various departments are, and the software that helps to manage them:
Department | Document | Software to manage it |
Engineering | Bill of Material | PLM |
Manufacturing-Engineering | Work-center and Routing | MRP |
Manufacturing | Manufacturing Order or Work Order | MRP |
Quality | Quality checkpoints and Checks | Maintenance |
Maintenance | Requests | Maintenance |
Supply Chain | Purchase Order | ERP |
Inventory | Reception and Delivery | ERP |
After Sales | Issue | Helpdesk |
The manufacturing process involves a lot of different processes like engineering, manufacturing, quality, maintenance, logistics, supply chain, and so on. There are so many people who have to work together, and you need a good software that communicates with them. The key to success in the manufacturing industry is how efficiently you can make these people work together.
A small change needs the engagement of different people and strong communication between them. Imagine that your manufacturing process has a set up with the following software infrastructure, where each business process is managed with a different software, and they are not connected well:
If we have an engineering change in order, this requires the computation of BOM, which has to verify the manufacturing engineering, purchase, logistics, and quality.
Odoo has a single software for all your needs, which is easy and powerful. It helps manage various processes like Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Quality, and Maintenance. You don't need to integrate all those apps, as they are part of Odoo and well integrated.
Let's see how the manufacturing process can be set up with the Odoo Manufacturing module that helps to manage the manufacturing process, which is well integrated with other core business activities such as sales, purchase, accounting, and inventory.