Odoo ERP for kitchen manufacturers and installers
From design consultation to final fit. One connected system.
Odoo for UK kitchen manufacturers, design and install studios and commercial kitchen fit-out firms. Book consultations, quote configurable kitchens, make or order every unit, schedule deliveries and fitters, take deposits and stage payments, and handle aftercare in one place.
- Official Odoo Partner
- ISO 27001 and ISO 9001
- Cyber Essentials certified
- UK team in Northampton
In one sentence
What is Odoo for kitchen businesses?
It is Odoo's CRM, Appointments, Sales, Manufacturing, Purchase, Inventory, Project, Planning, Helpdesk and Accounting apps configured for how kitchen businesses design, sell, make and fit. Every unit, order, delivery and fitting job sits on one customer record, so showroom, factory, fitters and finance share the same live picture. In short: kitchen manufacturing ERP and kitchen showroom software in one system.
- 01Who it is for
- Kitchen furniture and worktop manufacturers, design and install studios and showrooms, and commercial kitchen fit-out and catering equipment firms
- 02Core Odoo apps
- CRM, Appointments, Sales, Sign, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchase, Inventory, Project, Planning, Helpdesk, Employees, Accounting
- 03Typically replaces
- Sage or Xero plus spreadsheets, paper order books and fitting diaries, and separate quoting, production and aftercare tools
- 04Your partner
- Thoughtlogik, Official Odoo Partner with a UK team in Northampton
The bigger picture
A £5.4bn market where every project is bespoke.
Fewer kitchens, bigger projects and higher costs mean every order has to run smoothly from design to fit. Businesses that connect showroom, supply and installation protect their margin.
spent on fitted kitchen products in the UK in 2025
JKMR via kbbreview, 2026 →new kitchens installed in the UK during 2025
JKMR via kbbreview, 2026 →rise in typical kitchen project spend since 2022
JKMR via kbbreview, 2026 →income growth for specialist studios since 2022, now the largest route to market by value
JKMR via kbbreview, 2026 →Sound familiar?
The problems we hear from kitchen businesses every week.
Each kitchen is a one-off project with hundreds of parts, several suppliers and a fitting team on the clock. Disconnected tools turn small errors into expensive revisits.
Every wrong unit, missing worktop and remedial visit costs margin and reviews.
Quotes rebuilt for every redesign
Units, worktops, appliances and fitting are priced by hand, so revisions take hours and margins drift between designers.
→ Odoo fix: Configurable products and quote templates
Orders keyed in twice
A signed design is retyped into supplier orders or the factory schedule, and one wrong code means a wrong door on site.
→ Odoo fix: Sales orders that drive purchasing and production
No live view of production
Nobody knows which carcasses, doors and worktops are cut, finished or packed until someone walks the factory.
→ Odoo fix: Work orders and shop-floor tablets
Deliveries and fitters out of step
Short items, late worktop templating and moved fitting dates are juggled on phones and wall planners.
→ Odoo fix: Planning for deliveries, templating and fitters
Deposits and balances chased
Deposits, stage payments and balances are tracked outside the accounts, so cash comes in late.
→ Odoo fix: Deposits, payment links and stage invoices
Aftercare lost in inboxes
Snags, warranty claims and remedial visits arrive by email and phone with no history against the original order.
→ Odoo fix: Helpdesk tickets linked to the order
Today versus tomorrow
Six tools and five hand-offs, or one record.
Follow a typical kitchen order today. Every orange dot is a hand-off where someone retypes, chases or checks. Then flip to Odoo.
TodaySix tools, five hand-offs, no single view of the order
With OdooOne record from first enquiry to final report
AppointmentsConsultation
SalesQuote
SignOrder
ManufacturingMake
PurchaseBuy
InventoryDeliver
PlanningFit
AccountingInvoiceHow Odoo works for kitchen businesses
One record, from first visit to final fit.
Follow a kitchen order through Odoo. Each step picks up exactly where the last one finished, so nothing is retyped and every part arrives where it should.
CRM, appointments and quotes
Win the customer
CRMAppointmentsSalesSignLeads from your website, showroom visits and trade partners land in one pipeline. Customers book design consultations online, designers build quotes from configurable units and options, and customers sign and pay a deposit online.
- Online booking for showroom and home design visits
- Outlook add-in creates leads and logs emails
- Configurable products: range, door, colour, handle and size
- Optional extras, appliances and fitting on one quote
- E-signature and online deposit payment
A signed design becomes a confirmed order with the deposit paid.
New £96k
Design £142k
Quoted £188k
Won £81k
Manufacturing, purchasing and inventory
Make or source
ManufacturingPurchaseInventory
QualityConfirming the order creates manufacturing orders for units you make and purchase orders for doors, worktops and appliances you buy in. Bills of materials and routings drive every cut, edge and assembly step.
- Bills of materials for carcasses, doors and panels
- Work orders by work centre: cut, edge, drill, assemble
- Make-to-order and buy-to-order from the sales order
- Quality checks before units are packed
- Stock, lots and barcode scanning in the warehouse
The right units, made or bought for the right kitchen, first time.
Planning, projects and mobile
Deliver and fit
Planning
Project
Timesheets
DocumentsTemplating, deliveries and fitting are scheduled in Planning against each order. Fitters see their jobs, plans and drawings in the Odoo app, log time and photos, and capture the customer sign-off.
- Delivery, templating and fitting slots by team
- Installation project with tasks and checklists
- Kitchen plans and elevations opened on site
- Time and materials logged against the job
- Customer sign-off and photos captured on completion
Fitters arrive with the right kitchen, the right plan, at the right time.
Confirmed
Awaiting pick
Order costing and profitability
Control margin
SalesManufacturingAccountingMaterial, labour, bought-in items and fitting costs post to each order as they happen. See the real margin of every kitchen, designer and range, not just the one on the original quote.
- Actual cost per order: units, worktops, appliances, fitting
- Manufacturing cost from BOMs, work centres and labour
- Margin by designer, range, showroom and channel
- Remedials and returns costed back to the order
- Analytic reporting by showroom or division
Know which kitchens, ranges and channels really make money.
Deposit and second stage paid. Balance due on sign-off.
Purchasing and accounts payable
Buy and pay
PurchaseInventoryAccountingSupplier orders for doors, worktops, sinks and appliances are raised from the sales order. Supplier bills emailed to Odoo are read by AI and matched to the order and delivery before payment.
- Purchase orders generated from the kitchen order
- Appliances dropshipped straight to the customer
- AI-driven supplier invoice capture
- Three-way matching: order, receipt and bill
- Approval rules and Bacs payment runs
Pay only for what was ordered, delivered and correct.
Worktop supplier
Quartz worktops, 3 pieces: £2,980.00
Templating and fitting: £980.00
VAT 20%: £792.00
Total due: £4,752.00
Payments, aftercare and dashboards
Invoice, aftercare and report
Accounting
Helpdesk
DashboardsDeposits, stage payments and balances are invoiced with online payment links. Snags and warranty claims become Helpdesk tickets linked to the original order, and dashboards show sales, production and cash in one place.
- Deposit, stage and balance invoicing with payment links
- Bank feeds and automatic reconciliation
- Helpdesk tickets for snags, warranty and remedials
- Customer portal with orders, invoices and tickets
- Sales, production, installation and cash dashboards
Happy customers, fewer revisits and cash in the bank.
Kitchens fitted: on time vs rescheduled Last 6 months
Screens above show illustrative sample data based on standard Odoo. Your solution is shaped around your processes in discovery.
Mobile for fitters, surveyors and designers
Built for teams in homes, factories and kitchens.
The Odoo app gives fitters, surveyors and designers the same live data as the office. No paper job sheets, no chasing photos over messages.
Schedules and jobs
Fitters and surveyors see today's jobs, addresses and access notes.
Timesheets and timers
Log time per job with a timer, so fitting costs are real, not estimated.
Photos and sign-off
Capture site photos, snags and the customer's signature on completion.
Short items and returns
Raise missing parts or returns from site and track them to despatch.
Job confirmed
Track
Approvals on the move
Managers approve timesheets, expenses and purchase orders wherever they are.
Plans and elevations
The latest kitchen plan, elevations and appliance specs open on site.
Delivery updates
Drivers confirm deliveries with a signature, so customers and fitters know what has arrived.
CRM in the showroom
Designers log visits, update quotes and book follow-ups from a tablet.
People and HR
Manage your people in the same system.
Fitter, designer and factory staff records, skills and qualifications, holidays and absence, timesheets and expenses all live alongside your orders. Approved leave shows in Planning, so nobody is booked on a fit while they are off.
EmployeesProfiles, contracts, skills and qualifications in one place- Time OffHoliday requests and approvals from the app, with live allowances
- TimesheetsHours by project and task, approved by managers
- ExpensesReceipts captured on a phone and reimbursed quickly
Finance and UK compliance
Finance that keeps up with every order.
Odoo's UK localisation and accounting handle the rules and payment patterns kitchen businesses deal with every day.
Deposits and stage payments
Deposit, stage and balance invoices raised from the order, with the deposit deducted automatically.
Making Tax Digital VAT
VAT returns built from the ledger and submitted to HMRC from Odoo, on a VAT100-ready tax structure.
CIS and reverse charge for fit-out
For commercial fit-out work, CIS deductions and domestic reverse charge VAT are handled with Odoo's UK localisation.
Showroom and channel reporting
Analytic plans tag every line by showroom, channel and range, for P&L by division.
Real manufacturing costs
Material, labour and overhead costs from work orders roll up into accurate product costs and margins.
AI supplier invoice capture
Bills emailed to Odoo are read by AI: supplier, lines, VAT and totals, ready to check and post.
Bank feeds and online payments
Card and bank payments by link, imported statements and automatic reconciliation.
Approval workflows
Purchase orders above a set amount go to a manager, and bills can follow a sign-off step before payment.
Moving from Sage or Xero? We migrate your chart of accounts, contacts, products, open balances and history, and run both in parallel until you are confident to switch.
Talk to a finance consultantTwo-minute check
How connected is your kitchen business?
Switch on everything that is true today. Your score shows how much time and margin a connected system could give back.
One platform, three kitchen business models
Make it, sell it or fit it out. Odoo fits how you work.
Manufacturers, studios and commercial fit-out firms run very differently. Odoo is configured around your model, and many businesses do more than one.
Odoo for kitchen manufacturers
Made-to-order cabinetry, doors and worktops, where accurate BOMs, capacity and on-time despatch decide margin.
- Configurable products with variants and BOMs
- Work orders, routings and shop-floor tablets
- Quality checks, lots and barcode scanning
- Trade portal and B2B ordering for retailers
Odoo for kitchen design and install studios
Showroom-led sales of bespoke kitchens, where design, supplier ordering and fitting must run like clockwork.
- Online booking for design consultations
- Quotes with options, appliances and fitting
- Supplier orders and dropship from the sales order
- Fitting teams scheduled in Planning
Odoo for commercial kitchen fit-out
Restaurant, hotel and school kitchens with equipment, ventilation and services, followed by maintenance contracts.
- Fit-out projects with stage invoicing, CIS and reverse charge
- Equipment serial numbers tracked by site
- Planned maintenance on Subscriptions
- Breakdowns and repairs logged in Helpdesk and Repairs
Why Thoughtlogik
A UK Odoo partner that connects your whole business.
We are a Northampton-based consultancy implementing Odoo for manufacturers, retailers and project-led businesses. Our consultants understand how kitchens are designed, made, fitted and paid for, so workshops are about your work, not software jargon.
We speak finance, not just software
CIS, reverse charge VAT, WIP and revenue recognition are designed in from day one, with your accountant in the room.
Standard Odoo first
We configure before we customise, so your system stays easy to upgrade and affordable to run.
Clear scope, clear plan
A fixed scope, phased plan and named consultants, agreed before any build starts.
Support after go-live
Hypercare at launch, then ongoing support and improvement through Thoughtlogik Shield for Odoo.
How we deliver
SCALE: five phases, clear deliverables.
Scope
Define success and lock the scope
- Success criteria and KPIs
- Approved requirements and process maps
Craft
Design the right solution first
- Solution design blueprint
- Integration and data migration plan
Assemble
Configure, integrate and test
- A configured, working system
- Tested automations and integrations
Launch
Train, go live and stabilise
- Trained, confident users
- Go-live with hypercare
Evolve
Optimise and keep improving
- Continuous improvement roadmap
- Regular health checks
What changes
From chasing orders to running the business.
Configurable quotes in minutes
Orders and production created automatically
Live work order progress
Deliveries and fitters in one schedule
Payment links at every stage
Aftercare tracked against the order
Try Odoo free
Start your free Odoo trial
Explore Odoo's apps in your own trial database. When you are ready, we will help you configure it for how your business really works.
FAQs
Odoo for kitchen businesses: your questions answered.
Cannot see your question? Our UK Odoo consultants are happy to talk it through.
Is Odoo suitable for kitchen manufacturers and installers?
Yes. Odoo's CRM, Appointments, Sales, Manufacturing, Purchase, Inventory, Planning, Helpdesk and Accounting apps cover the full kitchen lifecycle, from design consultation and quotation to production or supplier ordering, delivery, fitting, aftercare and invoicing, all on one database.
Can Odoo quote configurable kitchens with options?
Yes. Product variants and attributes cover ranges, door styles, colours, handles and sizes, and quotation templates add optional extras, appliances and fitting. Revisions are tracked on the same quotation, and customers sign and pay a deposit online.
Does Odoo handle manufacturing for kitchen units and worktops?
Yes. Odoo Manufacturing uses bills of materials, routings and work centres for cutting, edging, drilling, assembly and finishing. Units can be made to order from each sales order, with quality checks, lots and barcode scanning on the shop floor.
Can we schedule deliveries, templating and fitters in Odoo?
Yes. Odoo Planning schedules delivery, templating and fitting slots by team, and each installation can run as a project with tasks and checklists. Fitters see their jobs in the Odoo app, log time and capture photos and the customer sign-off.
How does Odoo handle deposits and stage payments?
Down payments by percentage or fixed amount are standard in Odoo Sales. You can invoice a deposit at order, a stage payment before delivery and the balance on completion, with online payment links and earlier payments deducted automatically from the final invoice.
Can Odoo manage aftercare, snags and warranty claims?
Yes. Odoo Helpdesk logs snags, warranty claims and remedial visits as tickets linked to the customer and order, with service levels and a customer portal. Remedial visits are scheduled in Planning and their cost is tracked back to the order.
Does Odoo support CIS for commercial kitchen fit-out?
Yes. For construction work such as commercial fit-out, Odoo's UK localisation applies CIS deductions to subcontractor labour, sends the monthly CIS return to HMRC and handles domestic reverse charge VAT through tax codes and fiscal positions.
Can we manage employees and holidays in Odoo too?
Yes. Odoo Employees holds staff records, contracts and skills, Time Off handles holidays and absence with approvals, and approved leave shows in Planning so fitters are never booked while away.
Can we move to Odoo from Sage or Xero?
Yes. We migrate your chart of accounts, customers, suppliers, products, open balances and the history you need, and can run both systems in parallel until you are confident to switch.
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Start your project
Ready to run your kitchen business on one system?
Tell us about your showrooms, production and fitting teams. A certified Odoo consultant will get back to you within one working day with practical next steps.
- Free, no-obligation consultation
- Review of your design-to-fit process
- Clear plan, milestones and pricing
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