Production & MRP
Demand to work order to finished good, scheduled against capacity.
- Multi-level bills of materials
- Work orders & routings
- Master production schedule
- Subcontracting
INDUSTRIES · MANUFACTURING
ODOO FOR MANUFACTURERS.
MRP, quality control and shop-floor scheduling, wired to KRA eTIMS and M-Pesa. Run production and the accounts on one system, from a single workshop to a multi-plant group on shared inventory.
MRP
BILL OF MATERIALS
WORK ORDERS
QUALITY CHECKS
eTIMS
MAINTENANCE
BARCODE
SUBCONTRACTING
REAL-TIME COSTING
MULTI-PLANT
M-PESA
INVENTORY
Production on spreadsheets, accounts somewhere else.
Most manufacturers we meet in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania run the shop floor on spreadsheets and the books in something separate. The two never quite agree. Stock counts drift, costing is a month-end guess, and every KRA invoice is keyed in twice. Odoo puts production, inventory and the general ledger in one place, so a finished good costed on the floor is the same number the accountant sees.
What we configure.
The modules a manufacturer actually runs day to day, set up for African tax, payments and multi-site reality.
Quality control
Checks at the points that matter, with a record when something fails.
- In-process & receipt checks
- Quality control points
- Non-conformance tracking
- Batch & lot traceability
Inventory & costing
Stock valued as it moves, so margin is current rather than estimated.
- Real-time valuation (AVCO / FIFO)
- Landed costs
- Multi-warehouse & transfers
- Reordering rules
Maintenance
Schedule upkeep so the line keeps running.
- Preventive & corrective
- Equipment & downtime
- Maintenance requests
Compliance & payments
Every invoice transmitted to the tax authority, every payment reconciled.
- KRA eTIMS (Kenya)
- URA EFRIS / RRA EBM
- M-Pesa & bank feeds
Shop floor & barcode
Operators record work where it happens, on a tablet at the work centre.
- Tablet work-order screens
- Barcode receipts & moves
- Time, scrap & output capture
Odoo's Best Partner for Africa, 2023–2025
Manufacturers running on Odoo with us.
From single-site workshops to multi-plant groups across East Africa.
Recycling & manufacturing
Nairobi
Mr Green Africa: one system from sourcing to finished material.
Mr Green Africa sorts, processes and sells recycled polymer back to brands like Unilever. Before Odoo, disconnected systems handled sourcing, finance and HR, and the gaps between them slowed everything down. We rolled out Odoo across the value chain, including sourcing, supplier payouts, quality control and financial reporting.
“Odoo and Advance Insight have been the perfect partners for our business. With real-time data and traceability, we can manage our records, report our financial performance, and pay our suppliers efficiently. Our strong tech platform has enabled us to scale quickly.”
Sonia Orwa, Country CEO, Mr Green Africa
- 4,000t plastic recycled per year
- 4 polymer streams (PP, PET, HDPE, LDPE)
- 1st B Corp recycler in Africa
FAQ
Manufacturing questions.
The five we get asked on almost every manufacturing call.
Ask us something else →01 Does Odoo handle KRA eTIMS for manufacturers?
Yes. We connect Odoo to KRA eTIMS so every invoice and credit note is transmitted automatically, and to URA EFRIS in Uganda and RRA EBM in Rwanda. The integrations are written in-house and run in production today.
02 Can Odoo run multiple plants and warehouses?
Yes. Odoo handles multi-warehouse and multi-company on one database, with stock transfers, per-location valuation and inter-company moves. We have run single-site workshops and multi-plant groups on the same backbone.
03 Does it cost stock in real time?
Yes. With automated valuation, every receipt, manufacturing order and delivery posts to the general ledger as it happens, so margin is current rather than a month-end estimate. We configure AVCO or FIFO per product category.
04 Can the shop floor use it directly?
Yes. Work orders run on tablets at each work centre with barcode scanning for components and finished goods. Operators record time, scrap and quality checks without touching the back office.
05 We already run Odoo but manufacturing is a mess. Can you fix it?
Often, yes. About a third of our work is taking over Odoo databases another partner set up. We start with a health check of the data model, BOMs and routings, then either fix what is there or lay out what a clean rebuild costs against continued patching.
Run your plant on Odoo.
Tell us what you make and how many sites you run. We'll scope the build and give you a fixed number before anyone commits.