Odoo 18 introduces new features designed to make managing your business easier. In this article, we present the key features that will help you optimize your processes in sales, accounting, manufacturing, project management and much more. With these updates, Odoo continues to offer tools that fit your needs.
Sales: boost your commercial performance
In an increasingly competitive environment, managing a sales team requires effective tools. Odoo 18 offers features to make your quotations more attractive, improve opportunity tracking and automate certain tasks, so your teams can focus on what they do best: selling.
The essentials for a high-performing sales team
- A responsive CRM: so you never miss an opportunity.
- Quotation conversion rate tracking: optimize your proposals and measure their effectiveness.
- Increased productivity: focus on selling thanks to the automation of repetitive tasks.
- Commission management: motivate your teams with a built-in bonus system.
What's new in sales management
- Quotations and sales proposals
- Clear, customizable report templates: tailor your offers to your customers.
- Product combos for websites: make bundled sales easier.
- Spreadsheet integration: for interactive, collaborative quotations.
- Unified product and description fields: simplified entry for faster processing.
- Productivity optimization
- Sales commissions: easily track and manage commissions.
- Built-in eSign: simplify contract signing directly online.
- Artificial intelligence: get recommendations tailored to your sales.
Manufacturing: optimized control
Odoo 18 helps you improve your manufacturing productivity with tools that give you more visibility and control over your production processes.
Improvements in manufacturing management
- Improved Master Production Schedule (MPS): to best adjust your stock levels and anticipate your needs.
- On-demand quality checks: for targeted, accurate spot checks.
- Gantt view of manufacturing and work orders: visualize and plan efficiently.
- Repair management: easily integrate rental returns into your processes.
- Catalog built into bills of materials and repairs: direct access to your resources to save time.
MES (manufacturing execution system) control panel
- Added notes for each operation.
- Display of next operations: for smoother planning.
- Collapsible/expandable instructions: access key information in one click.
- Progressive web app (PWA): work easily, even offline.
Project and services management: a complete solution
Odoo 18 brings features designed to improve the management of projects, field interventions and customer support.
Field Service
- Tracking of products under warranty: manage your interventions efficiently.
- Planning by location: optimize your teams' travel.
- Integration with maintenance: ensure continuity between services.
- Intervention cost tracking in analytic accounting: for precise expense control.
Helpdesk
- Similar ticket suggestions: assist your agents by suggesting similar cases.
- Automatic documentation suggestions: give your customers instant answers.
Planning
- Availability management: resources are better accounted for when creating recurring schedules.
Point of Sale (POS): tools to simplify day-to-day management
For restaurants
- Intuitive mobile UX: easier to pick up on tablets and smartphones.
- Optimized table booking: easily manage your customers and your spaces.
- Built-in payment terminals: for fast, secure transactions.
- Product variant management with inventory: real-time tracking of your stock.
- Quick table switching and synchronization: streamline your daily operations.
- Takeaway orders: easily integrate delivery platforms.
For retail
- Redesigned mobile UX: simplify sales operations in the field.
- Camera use on mobile: quickly scan products.
- Quick product creation: easily update your inventories.
- Event ticket sales: manage your events directly from the POS.
Accounting: automate and optimize your financial processes
Odoo 18 offers powerful tools to help you manage your finances efficiently and gain productivity.
Electronic invoicing
- Customizable invoice formats: adapt your invoices to your needs.
- Single access point for electronic invoicing: manage sending and receiving.
- Automatic error detection with AI: reduce errors before they happen.
- Automatic validation of recurring invoices: less manual intervention, more productivity.
Matching of vendor bills and purchase orders
- Simplified matching: easily manage your bills and orders.
- Dedicated matching screen: quickly adjust discrepancies when needed.
Payment follow-ups
- Centralized follow-up system: manage all your follow-ups from the customer record.
- Send account statements in one click: for a quick overview of the customer's situation.
Payment management
- Predefined payment methods: automate recurring payments.
- Payment schedule and discount management: customize your payments according to the agreements in place.
Bank reconciliation
- Create invoices or expense reports from the reconciliation screen: for simplified management.
- Improved OCR: fast processing of credit card statements.
Loan management
- Monthly repayment tracking: automate the calculation of payment schedules.
- Reclassification of long-term and short-term amounts: for more accurate accounting.
Financial reports and budget management
- Improved date selector: easily switch between periods.
- Built-in budget tracking: adjust your budgets directly in your financial reports.
- Advanced analytic budgeting: track your commitments from the moment purchase orders are created.
- Accounting consolidation tool: ideal for multi-site or multi-currency companies.
Conclusion
Odoo 18 offers you tools designed to meet your management needs, whether you work in sales, manufacturing, accounting or project management. This new version makes it easier to automate your processes, while giving you more control and visibility over your operations.
Stay tuned with Auguria to discover everything Odoo 18 has to offer!