Odoo Manufacturing
Production planning, shop floor control, BOM management, MRP, and manufacturing execution. Supports discrete, process, and mixed-mode manufacturing environments.
Odoo provides solid manufacturing functionality covering most mid-market requirements. It is not a core differentiator, but it handles standard workflows effectively.
The manufacturing scope Odoo ships, grouped as the product itself organises it.
Change management3
Tracks, revises, and reverts changes to products and bills of materials through engineering change orders, letting teams compare BOM versions and apply approved modifications into production.
Will Odoo meet your change management needs? Build your requirements and perform a full analysis.
Build my requirements →Basic setup6
Covers foundational production setup: configuring products for manufacturing, building bills of materials, and running one-, two-, or three-step manufacturing processes, plus tracking manufacturing order and work-in-progress costs.
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Build my requirements →Project management1
Routes engineering change orders through configurable approval stages, assigning approvers and tracking pending sign-offs on a dashboard so stakeholders review changes before they reach the production bill of materials.
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Build my requirements →Advanced configuration5
Handles sophisticated production scenarios including bills of materials for product variants, kit assemblies, multilevel BOM structures, work center configuration, and dependencies between work orders.
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Build my requirements →Workflows6
Covers advanced production scenarios such as a master production schedule, work-center time off, scrapping during manufacturing, backorders, splitting or merging manufacturing orders, unbuilding finished goods, by-products, continuous improvement, and lot/serial-tracked manufacturing.
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Build my requirements →Shop Floor3
Gives operators a floor-level view for running manufacturing orders and logging work, combining a shop floor overview with time tracking of labor spent on each operation.
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Build my requirements →Subcontracting3
Manages production done by third-party manufacturers through basic subcontracting, resupplying components to the subcontractor, or dropshipping components directly to them, with valuation that folds in component costs, manufacturing fees, and shipping.
Will Odoo meet your subcontracting needs? Build your requirements and perform a full analysis.
Build my requirements →Reporting3
Reports on production performance and efficiency, covering delays, resource and equipment utilization, effectiveness metrics, and broader production analytics.
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Build my requirements →Odoo Manufacturing screens
What manufacturing actually looks like in Odoo.
The Odoo Evaluation Kit
An independent assessment of Odoo — strengths, gaps and real pricing — plus a requirements template you can score its manufacturing against alongside every other system on your shortlist.
Odoo Evaluation Kit
2026 Edition · PDF guide + XLSX template
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- Buyer's guide (PDF): Odoo independently assessed — where it is strong, where it is not, and what it actually costs
- Requirements template (XLSX): weight your requirements and score vendors side by side
- Structured by module, so manufacturing sits alongside the rest of your scope
- The questions to put to the vendor and to implementation partners
Odoo Evaluation Kit
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Manufacturing — strength by vendor
| Vendor | Strength | Best for | Starting price | Implementation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ★★★ strong | Large, complex enterprises needing deep customisation and controlled upgrades | Custom | 6–18 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Mid-to-large companies in the Microsoft ecosystem | $50/user/mo | 6–14 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Midsize companies wanting unlimited users and flexible cloud ERP | Custom | 4–8 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Discrete and mixed-mode manufacturers | $100/user/mo | 5–10 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Midsize process manufacturers and distributors | $100/user/mo | 4–9 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Large enterprises wanting industry-specific cloud ERP | Custom | 9–18 months | |
| ★★★ strong | Process manufacturers (food, chemicals, pharma) needing batch/formula control | Custom | 8–15 months | |
 | ★★★ strong | Asset-intensive industries needing ERP, EAM, and field service in one platform | $100/user/mo | 6–14 months |
Evaluating manufacturing on Odoo
What to put in front of the vendor before you commit.
- 1Support for your manufacturing mode (discrete, process, mixed)
- 2Finite vs infinite capacity scheduling
- 3Real-time shop floor data collection
- 4Engineering change management workflow
- 5Integration with CAD/PLM systems
Odoo starts at $24.90/user/mo with a typical total cost of $10K–$80K and a 1–4 months implementation.
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Odoo Manufacturing FAQ
Does Odoo support engineering change orders in manufacturing?
Yes. Odoo's Product Lifecycle Management tracks engineering changes through ECOs with versioning and approval workflows, routing changes through configurable approval stages before they reach the production bill of materials.
Can Odoo manufacturing handle subcontracted production?
Yes. Odoo manages production done by third-party manufacturers through basic subcontracting, resupplying components to the subcontractor or dropshipping them directly, with valuation that folds in component costs, manufacturing fees, and shipping.
Does Odoo support multilevel bills of materials?
Yes. Odoo's advanced configuration handles multilevel BOM structures, kit assemblies, and BOMs for product variants, alongside work-center configuration and dependencies between work orders for more complex production scenarios.
Is Odoo's manufacturing module included in the free Community edition?
Basic manufacturing — one- to three-step production, BOMs, and work orders — is available in Community, but advanced features like the master production schedule, subcontracting, and detailed shop-floor time tracking are commonly gated to Odoo Enterprise, matching the platform's overall free/paid split.
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