You have been hearing about Odoo for a few years. Maybe a peer told you their SME switched to it last year. Maybe your CFO mentioned an upcoming tender for your current ERP. Maybe you are simply curious to understand why this Belgian vendor is getting so much attention in French executive networks.
- This series will give you the keys.
- Forty-six articles, one per working day for nine weeks, each focused on a concrete Odoo feature.
- No jargon, no theory.
- Real use cases, questions to ask yourself, and points of attention to know before getting started.
How to read this series
- You can read everything in order.
- You can also pick and choose according to your current concerns.
- Each article stands on its own.
- Here is the general architecture of the series to help you find your way.
The first two articles set the scene. They answer the basic questions: what is Odoo, how does the model work, who is it for, and how does it compare with other solutions on the market.
Articles 3 to 11 explore the marketing side: how Odoo helps bring prospects to your website, turn them into qualified contacts, build a community, organize events, and measure the effectiveness of what you do. If you are in charge of business development, this first week will speak to you.
Articles 12 to 14 cover CRM. Sales pipeline, AI-assisted scoring, contact management. If you run a sales team, this week is for you.
Articles 15 to 20 address sales: quotations, product catalog, pricing policy, sales orders, electronic signature, point of sale. This is Odoo's commercial backbone.
Articles 21 to 26 deal with purchasing and inventory: supplier RFQs, automatic replenishment, traceability, barcodes, multi-warehouse. The supply chain side in the broad sense.
Articles 27 to 32 cover finance: invoicing, accounting, bank reconciliation, customer follow-ups, expense reports, customization with the Studio module. What every finance department will watch closely.
Articles 33 to 37 explore human resources: employee management, recruitment, time off, timesheets, appraisals. The human dimension of the information system.
Articles 38 to 41 get into production: MRP, maintenance, quality, product life cycle management. For manufacturers and craftspeople who transform materials.
Articles 42 to 46 close the loop with after-sales services: project management, team planning, helpdesk, field service, recurring subscriptions.
Who this series is for
- Executives of SMEs and mid-sized companies considering an ERP change.
- CFOs who want to understand how Odoo handles French e-invoicing.
- IT managers who must choose between several solutions.
- Marketing managers who want to see how to unify their lead-capture tools.
- Logistics managers thinking about modernizing their warehouse.
- HR directors who want an HRIS integrated with payroll.
- Production directors who want to run their workshops in real time.
No technical prerequisite is needed. If you know how to use a web browser and read an Excel spreadsheet, you will be able to follow every article without difficulty.
What you will know at the end
- You will have a coherent overview of what a modern ERP can do in 2026.
- You will know which functions are native to Odoo, which require customization, and which integrate with third-party tools.
- You will know which questions to ask an integrator during a consultation.
- You will be able to roughly estimate the complexity of a project based on your scope.
You will not know everything. A series of 46 articles does not replace a functional audit of your business, and we do not claim it does. But you will have enough background to enter a project well informed, which is already a lot.
Our editorial commitment
- We write these articles from the field.
- All examples are drawn from real cases encountered in our integration engagements.
- No figure is made up.
- No feature is embellished.
- When a function is missing or could be better, we say so.
- Our business is ERP integration, not selling software; we have no interest in telling stories.
Happy reading. And if a particular feature intrigues you or you want to dig deeper into a topic for your case, write to us. We read every comment, and your feedback feeds the upcoming articles.