As an Odoo partner specialized in the Inventory module, TSC assists its clients in optimizing their stock management. With the new version 18 of Odoo, several significant improvements have been made to the Inventory and Barcode modules, offering new opportunities to improve the efficiency of logistics and stock management processes. Discover how these innovations can transform your operations and simplify your stock management.
What's New in the Inventory Module
1. Batch and Wave Picking: Advanced Automation
Automation of wave picking creation is now possible. By grouping transfers into waves or batches, Odoo V18 displays common elements for all transfers (such as contacts or locations) directly in the batch description. This simplifies management and improves the traceability of movements in your warehouses.
2. Creating Remainders and Transfer Flexibility
You can now split a transfer before validation to deliver products to different locations or on different dates. This level of flexibility enables more precise logistics management, meeting the needs of companies that must manage multiple shipments.
3. Intercompany Lot and Serial Traceability
One of the most powerful additions to Odoo V18 is the traceability of lot numbers and serial numbers across multiple companies. During intercompany transfers, information related to lots and serial numbers is fully preserved, ensuring complete transparency in product tracking, even between different business partners.
4. A More Efficient Dashboard
Odoo has redesigned the inventory dashboard user interface to make it more intuitive and efficient. This reorganization allows users to save time by quickly accessing critical information, while simplifying navigation.
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5. Shipment and Delivery Route Management
Shipment management has been improved with the ability to plan delivery routes, whether using your own fleet or a third-party provider. This streamlines logistics and allows better organization of deliveries based on available resources.
6. Simplified Returns with Automatic Transfer Creation
Creating a return in Odoo V18 is now simplified. When creating a return, a transfer is automatically generated to send the new products to the correct location. This functionality facilitates customer return processing and reduces errors.
7. Modifying Location Without Creating a New Transfer
Odoo V18 now allows you to modify a parcel's location without having to create a new transfer, thanks to the use of the Kanban view. This improvement enables faster and more flexible stock management.
8. Improved Storage Strategies
New storage strategy rules allow incoming products to be stored near existing stock. This optimizes warehouse organization and facilitates product picking based on demand.
9. Improved Delivery Tracking
Tracked products that are not registered upon receipt now appear as untracked products in transfers, enabling proactive stock management and better visibility into the delivery status.
New Features of the Barcode Module: Gain Efficiency and Precision
New User Interface The barcode module benefits from a new, more intuitive and user-friendly design to facilitate user experience when using scanners.
Product Creation via Barcode Lookup Database When scanning a product, Odoo now prompts the user to create a product with information extracted from the barcode lookup database, saving time and avoiding data entry errors.
Grouping Lot Series It is now possible to group lot series of the same product and disable the addition of unwanted products in order preparation, reducing the risk of errors and improving the accuracy of picks.
Hiding Reserved Quantities and Lots A new feature allows you to hide the expected quantity or reserved lots and serial numbers in transfers, simplifying the display for users and facilitating stock management.
RFID Authentication Support Odoo V18 now supports RFID scanners, enabling even faster and more accurate stock management for products equipped with these tags. This improves the efficiency of the receiving and stock adjustment process.
Multi-Serial Number and QR Code Scanning A revolutionary feature allows scanning a QR code that contains multiple serial numbers at once. This simplifies the lot management process, especially during mass product receptions.
Sign Delivery with a Barcode Companies performing their own deliveries can now use a scanner to record customer signature directly via barcode, ensuring quick confirmation of product receipt.
Conclusion: TSC, Your Partner for Inventory Optimization with Odoo V18
At TSC, we are proud to support our clients in implementing Odoo and managing their Inventory module. With Odoo V18, stock management, transfers and deliveries become more fluid, more automated and more accurate. These new features not only save time but also improve the traceability and efficiency of logistics processes.Whether you are a SME or a large company, TSC is here to help you get the most out of these new Odoo V18 features and optimize your stock management operations.
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