Comprehensive business automation with Odoo ERP 

Odoo is an ERP software solution with a dual license model. The target group is companies of all sizes. Odoo includes a large number of modules. These include CRM, website/e-commerce, accounting, financial accounting, production, warehouse management, project management, document management and a variety of third-party modules.

The Odoo Community version is the basic version of the Odoo ERP system. The community version is mostly used by smaller companies and service providers. This is mainly due to the fact that the community version is open source and released under the GNU LGPL, includes decent basic functionalities and comes with some modules out of the box.​

The Odoo Enterprise version offers a variety of additional features and application possibilities. The Enterprise version is the extension to the Community version. Odoo Enterprise is especially interesting for companies that focus on consulting, human resources and project management.​

The Community and Enterprise editions differ not only in the user interface and support services, as well as the cost factor, but also in additional features within various modules and their connectivity options. Odoo Community is offered as free open source software, Odoo Enterprise in a paid license model.​

If the Odoo platform shows that our database is about to expire, we need to update our subscription. The button with the same name is located directly under the red highlighted hint field. We can then continue or extend the subscription. For further, outstanding questions we get a contact person listed.​

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning and describes with an ERP system a web-based software solution for resource planning and management of a company. An ERP system integrates comprehensive business applications, manages company data and stores it in one or more central databases. ERP systems offer numerous connection options to other systems.

ERP systems are mostly web applications and consist of interconnected IT components that enable the management of business processes and existing resources. These systems are based on one or more central SQL databases that enable fast retrieval of data on various devices or from external services.

There are hundreds of thousands of ERP software available in the market, both Opensource and paid as well. To choose the right one among this is indeed an arduous task. But this choice can be made simpler. It purely depends upon your requirements and your expectation out of implementation. Prepare a requirement document and give it to different vendors and ask him to mark in details with explanation against each point, whether the point you are mentioned is available in the advanced manufacturing software or is it a workaround or is its customization. Likewise, identify the best fit for your needs. If it is opensource or paid, check how many years the product is in the market, what is the customer feedback and identify the application which is chosen by the majority. If your budget is less go for open source or else if you have a good IT team and expects a big change is a software again go for opensource. Go for paid ones only if your specific requirement is directly meeting in paid and if it is not available in Opensource and if the payment is within your budget.