Odoo 18 brings many features that make it easier to manage time-and-materials contracts, letting companies focus on their core business. As a time-and-materials services firm, you know that tracking consultants, entering activity reports (CRA) and automatic invoicing are crucial tasks. Odoo 18 gives you the tools to centralize and automate these processes, while simplifying the management of your finances and human resources.
Optimized Management of Time-and-Materials Contracts
Under time-and-materials contracts, projects are often managed directly by your customers, while you handle the management of your consultants. Odoo 18 helps you structure and automate these key processes.
- Activity reports (timesheets): Each consultant can easily enter their timesheets directly in Odoo. Time tracking is centralized and available in real time, guaranteeing full transparency.
- Automatic contract invoicing: With Odoo 18, each validated activity report automatically triggers invoicing according to the terms of the time-and-materials contract. No more juggling hours manually: everything is automated, reducing invoicing errors and speeding up your payments.
- Tracking of time-and-materials services: Odoo lets you precisely track the progress of services delivered, making sure every hour worked is correctly recorded and fed into your accounting processes.
Accounting and Financial Automation
Odoo 18 provides accounting and financial tools suited to the specifics of time-and-materials management. You thus have solutions to manage your accounts with ease.
- Account consolidation: Whether you have a single entity or several subsidiaries, Odoo 18 lets you consolidate all your accounts in the same environment, guaranteeing a reliable overview of your financial position.
- Budgeting by business unit (BU): Track your budgets by BU or by contract, with real-time variance management. You keep your costs under control as you go, avoiding unexpected overruns.
- Progress invoicing and down payment management: Odoo 18 lets you invoice based on the progress of time-and-materials services. Manage your down payments or split payments for optimized cash flow, without a hitch.
- Subscription and recurring service management: For recurring contracts, Odoo 18 offers automated invoicing follow-up, ensuring a stable revenue with no extra effort.
- Payment and bank reconciliation automation: Thanks to built-in bank connectors, your customer and vendor payments are automated, making bank reconciliation easier and guaranteeing clear visibility on your cash position.
Smooth, Centralized HR Management
Odoo 18 centralizes all HR data for simplified, automated management. You follow the evolution of your teams while automating recurring tasks.
- Tracking of contracts, leave and absences: All your employees' information is centralized in Odoo. You see at a glance the leave, absences and current contracts, ensuring more efficient resource management.
- HR process automation: Leave requests and activity report management are fully automated. This lets you reduce manual tasks and focus on higher-value work.
- Employee portal: Each employee has a personal portal to manage their information, view their payslips, and submit their timesheets and leave requests. This fosters autonomy and transparency in the organization.
- Simplified onboarding and offboarding: With Odoo 18, bringing employees in and out is made easier thanks to automated processes covering everything from access management to administrative formalities.
Custom Reporting and Dashboards
Odoo 18 provides dynamic dashboards to track the key indicators of your business.
- Financial and budget tracking: Thanks to customizable dashboards, you get a clear, real-time view of your margins, costs and budgets. This lets you adjust your strategies as projects progress.
- Detailed HR reports: Odoo 18's HR reporting tools let you easily generate reports on absences, training or hours worked, ensuring precise tracking of your teams.
Payroll Management via Openpaye
Auguria connects Odoo 18 to Openpaye for complete payroll management in compliance with French specificities. This lets you manage your human resources with Odoo while including payroll, with no risk of legal or compliance errors.