About the System
A mid-sized manufacturer of precision metal parts and assemblies operating two warehouses with over 200 SKUs. The business previously ran on QuickBooks combined with Excel and email for costing, inventory, and reporting.
Challenges
Product costs were unclear, month-end reports conflicted across departments, sales-tax errors were common, and inventory management was error-prone. Manual data entry consumed hours every week and created compliance risks.
Solution
Migrated to a full Odoo platform with Manufacturing, Inventory, Accounting, Analytic Accounting, and Avalara AvaTax integration. Automated BOM costing, OCR vendor bills, bank feeds, and unified dashboards replaced all previous tools.
Impact and Benefit
Manual data entry reduced by 70%, weekly costing time saved 15 hours, bank reconciliation errors dropped by 90%, and budget overruns decreased by 25%. Saved approximately $10,000 annually in compliance risk with accurate real-time visibility.
Conclusion
Odoo delivered a single accurate source of truth for costing and operations. The finance and production teams now focus on growth instead of manual corrections, making the business far more profitable and scalable.
