Odoo manufacturing (MRP) UK
Odoo manufacturing UK: plan, make and know your margin.
Odoo MRP brings bills of materials, routings, planning, the shop floor, quality, maintenance and costing into the same database as sales, stock and finance. We implement it for UK manufacturers in phases, so production plans are realistic and every job's real cost is visible.
- Official Odoo Partner
- MRP, quality and maintenance
- ISO 9001:2015 certified
- UK team in Northampton
In one sentence
What is Odoo Manufacturing?
Odoo Manufacturing (MRP) is Odoo's app for planning and running production. It manages multi-level bills of materials, routings and work centres, the master production schedule, manufacturing and work orders, subcontracting and the shop floor, and links to Quality, Maintenance and PLM, so stock, costs and accounts update as you make.
- 01Who it is for
- UK manufacturers, from job shops to batch producers, outgrowing spreadsheets or a legacy MRP
- 02What we deliver
- BoMs, routings, planning, shop floor, quality and costing configured, data migrated and teams trained
- 03Typical timeline
- 3 to 5 months for manufacturing projects, often phased with finance and sales first
- 04Your partner
- Thoughtlogik, Official Odoo Partner and ISO 9001:2015 certified, with a UK team in Northampton
UK manufacturing in numbers
A £220bn sector that needs more output per person.
Rising labour and input costs and a tight skills market mean UK manufacturers must get more from every machine and every hour. Connected planning and costing is where that starts.
manufacturing contribution to UK GDP
Make UK, 2025 →UK manufacturing businesses registered for VAT or PAYE
ONS, 2025 →people employed in UK manufacturing
Make UK, 2025 →of manufacturing SMEs use AI in operations, against 71% of large firms
Make UK and Autodesk, 2024 →Make UK figures are from UK Manufacturing: The Facts 2025. The AI adoption figures come from Make UK and Autodesk's Future Factories report (November 2024), as reported by The Manufacturer.
Sound familiar?
Why production feels harder than it should.
Most manufacturers we speak to are not short of effort. They are short of one reliable picture of demand, capacity, stock and cost.
An MRP system pays back when planners, operators and finance all work from the same live data.
Planning on a whiteboard
Capacity lives in the planner's head, so promised dates slip when a machine or person is unavailable.
→ Fix: work centres, capacity and Gantt planning in Odoo
BoMs in spreadsheets
Several versions of the truth, with engineering changes that never reach the shop floor.
→ Fix: versioned BoMs with PLM engineering change orders
Job costs known too late
Actual labour, machine time and material are compared with the quote weeks after the job ships, if at all.
→ Fix: planned versus actual cost on every manufacturing order
Paper travellers and retyping
Operators fill in paper, data is retyped and nobody sees progress until the end of the shift.
→ Fix: the Odoo Shop Floor app on tablets at each work centre
Traceability by hand
Finding which lot went into which customer order takes hours before an audit or recall.
→ Fix: lot and serial tracking from goods in to delivery
Breakdowns that wreck the plan
Maintenance is reactive, so unplanned downtime knocks every promise date.
→ Fix: preventive maintenance linked to equipment and work centres
Today versus tomorrow
Spreadsheets and paper, or one connected factory.
Follow one customer order through the factory today. Then switch to Odoo.
TodaySix tools between order and despatch
Result: late orders, unknown job margins and audits that take days to prepare.
With OdooOne flow from order to cost
SalesOrder
PLMEngineerMRPPlan
PurchaseBuy
InventoryPick
QualityCheck
MaintenanceMaintain
AccountingCostHow Odoo runs your factory
From engineering to costing, one connected flow.
We configure Odoo Manufacturing around how you really make things. Here is how the main stages look once it is live.
BoMs and PLM
One version of every bill of materials
PLMManufacturingMulti-level BoMs, variants and kits define what you make and how. Engineering change orders in PLM move changes through review and approval, so the shop floor always builds the current version.
- Multi-level, variant and kit BoMs
- Operations and routings on the BoM
- By-products and scrap
- Engineering change orders with approvals
- Drawings and instructions attached
One approved BoM per product, always current on the shop floor.
3-level BoM, 42 componentsv4 active
Machined from aluminium barMake
Kit, picked not manufacturedKit
Bought in, 2 approved suppliersBuy
Subcontracted operationSubcontract
Seal specification changeApproval
MPS and replenishment
Plan from demand, not from memory
ManufacturingPurchaseInventoryThe master production schedule turns forecasts and orders into what to make and buy each week. Make to order and make to stock routes work side by side, and purchase suggestions follow the plan.
- Master production schedule by week
- Make to order and make to stock routes
- Reordering rules and safety stock
- Purchase suggestions from the plan
- Work centre capacity and time off
A production and purchase plan grounded in real demand.
Planned production, GB-200 Next six weeks
Shop floor
Operators see the right job, right now
ManufacturingQualityThe Shop Floor app shows each work centre its queue, instructions and drawings. Operators start and stop timers, record quantities and scrap, and complete quality checks without paper.
- Work orders by work centre
- Instructions and drawings on screen
- Time tracking per operation
- Quantity, scrap and by-product recording
- Quality checks at the right step
Live progress and accurate times, with no retyping.
Done
In progress
Pass
Quality and maintenance
Catch problems before they ship
QualityMaintenanceQuality control points trigger checks at receipt, during operations or before delivery, and failures raise quality alerts. Maintenance plans keep equipment running and block planned downtime in the schedule.
- Control points by product or operation
- Pass or fail, measure and photo checks
- Quality alerts and corrective actions
- Preventive and corrective maintenance
- Equipment history by work centre
Fewer escapes, fewer breakdowns and records ready for audit.
New 3
In progress 2
Scheduled 5
Done 14
Traceability and costing
Know what every job really cost
AccountingInventoryManufacturing orders capture components, labour and work centre time, so you can compare planned and actual cost. Lot and serial numbers link every finished item back to its components and suppliers.
- Standard, AVCO or FIFO costing
- Automated stock valuation
- Planned versus actual cost per MO
- Subcontracting cost on the product
- Lot and serial traceability end to end
Real margins per job and traceability for audits or recalls.
Drive shaft x 400 · Lot L2610-051
Materials: £3,920
Labour and work centre: £2,540
Subcontract (anodising): £460
Total: £6,920 · £17.30 each
OEE and reporting
See where capacity is lost
Manufacturing
DashboardsOverall equipment effectiveness, delay and production analysis reports show which work centres lose time and why, so improvement effort goes where it pays back.
- OEE by work centre
- Productivity and downtime reasons
- Delay and allocation reports
- Production analysis by product
- Dashboards for daily review
Continuous improvement driven by your own data.
Screens show illustrative sample data based on standard Odoo. Your solution is shaped around your products and processes in the Scope phase.
What we set up
Everything a well-run Odoo factory needs.
Every project is scoped to how you make things, but these are the building blocks we configure most often.
Bills of materials
Multi-level, variant and kit BoMs, by-products and one-, two- or three-step manufacturing.
Routings and work centres
Operations on the BoM, work centre capacity, time off and work order dependencies.
Master production schedule
Plan what to make and buy each week from forecasts, orders and safety stock.
Shop Floor app
Tablet screens for operators: instructions, timers, quality checks and progress.
Subcontracting
Basic, resupply and dropship-to-subcontractor flows, with cost on the finished item.
Quality control
Control points, pass or fail, measurement and photo checks, and quality alerts.
Maintenance and OEE
Preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment history and OEE reporting.
PLM and traceability
Engineering change orders with approvals, and lot and serial tracking end to end.
Standard cost, AVCO or FIFO? Your costing method shapes margins, stock value and journals. We agree it with your finance team before go-live.
Talk costing with usOdoo licence pricing UK
Odoo plans at a glance.
Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance and PLM are Odoo apps, so they are included in the Standard and Custom plans. Licences are paid to Odoo S.A., per user per month, billed yearly, excluding VAT.
One App Free
£0/month
One app, unlimited users
- Any single Odoo app
- Unlimited users
- Hosted on Odoo Online
- Odoo support included
Trying one app. Real MRP needs Inventory and Purchase too.
Standard
£18/user/month
Billed yearly for the first 12 months, then £22
- All apps, including MRP, Quality, Maintenance and PLM
- Odoo Online hosting only
- Hosting, maintenance and upgrades
- Unlimited functional support
Single-site manufacturers on standard Odoo.
Custom
£32/user/month
Billed yearly for the first 12 months, then £41
- Everything in Standard
- Studio, multi-company and external API
- Agentic AI features
- Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or on-premise
Groups, machine or system integrations and custom modules. Odoo.sh hosting is extra.
Light User: £6.90 per user per month for staff who only use a limited set of apps, such as shop floor operators. Odoo lists the eligible apps, and we check eligibility for your team. See our Odoo Light User guide. All plans include unlimited support, hosting and maintenance. Implementation, IAP credits and maintenance of custom code are not included. Prices change, so always check Odoo's pricing page and our Odoo pricing UK guide.
A typical rollout
Odoo manufacturing, live in 3 to 5 months.
An indicative plan for a single-site manufacturer. Your plan depends on products, data quality and the number of work centres in scope.
Scope and design
Weeks 1 to 3Process mapping on the shop floor, BoM and routing review, and the costing method agreed with finance.
Core data
Weeks 3 to 7Products, BoMs, routings, work centres and stock loaded and checked against real jobs.
Build and connect
Weeks 6 to 12MRP, Quality, Maintenance and Shop Floor configured with purchasing, stock and accounting.
Test on real jobs
Weeks 11 to 15Pilots on your own orders, costs reconciled with finance and operators trained at their work centres.
Go live and hypercare
Weeks 15 to 20Phased go-live by product line or work centre, close support and a first month-end review.
Thoughtlogik typically delivers manufacturing projects in 3 to 5 months. Partner-reported benchmarks are similar: a UK Odoo partner, Softomate, estimates 14 to 20 weeks for CRM, sales, accounting, inventory and manufacturing together.
Quick check
Is your factory ready for a proper MRP system?
Tick everything that sounds like your business today.
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Why Thoughtlogik
A UK Odoo partner that speaks production.
We are an Official Odoo Partner and ISO 9001:2015 certified ourselves, so quality systems, traceability and document control are familiar ground. We start on your shop floor, not in a demo.
Shop floor first
We walk your process and test BoMs and routings against real jobs before we configure.
Standard Odoo first
We use standard MRP, Quality and Maintenance before custom code, so upgrades stay manageable.
Costing agreed with finance
Costing method and stock valuation are signed off with your finance team and accountant.
Support after go-live
Hypercare through first month end, then 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
Life after a well-run Odoo manufacturing rollout.
Capacity-aware plans by work centre
Versioned BoMs with approved engineering changes
Shop Floor tablets with live progress
Planned versus actual cost on every order
Lot and serial traceability in a few clicks
Preventive plans and OEE by work centre
Works with the rest of Odoo
FAQs
Odoo manufacturing: your questions answered.
Cannot see your question? Our UK consultants are happy to talk it through.
Is Odoo good for UK manufacturers?
Odoo Manufacturing suits discrete and batch manufacturers that want production, stock, purchasing, quality and finance in one system, from job shops to repetitive producers. It handles multi-level BoMs, routings, the master production schedule, subcontracting and lot or serial traceability. We test your specific processes in a fit-gap before you commit.
How long does an Odoo manufacturing implementation take?
Manufacturing projects typically take 3 to 5 months with us, depending on product complexity, data quality and the number of sites and work centres. A UK partner benchmark puts CRM, sales, accounting, inventory and manufacturing at around 14 to 20 weeks. We often go live with finance and sales first, then production.
Which costing methods does Odoo support?
Odoo supports standard price, average cost (AVCO) and FIFO, with manual or automated (perpetual) stock valuation. Manufacturing orders capture component, labour and work centre costs, so you can compare planned and actual cost. We agree the method with your finance team before go-live.
Does Odoo support make to order and make to stock?
Yes. Reordering rules keep stock items between minimum and maximum levels, while the replenish on order (make to order) route creates a manufacturing order from a customer's sales order. Both can run side by side, and the master production schedule plans longer-term demand.
Can operators use Odoo on the shop floor?
Yes. The Shop Floor app gives operators a tablet view of their work centre's work orders, with instructions, timers, quality checks and progress recording. Staff who only use limited apps may qualify for the £6.90 Light User licence. Odoo lists the eligible apps and we check eligibility for your team.
How does Odoo handle traceability and quality?
Lot and serial numbers can be tracked from goods receipt through manufacturing to delivery, so you can trace forwards and backwards for audits or recalls. The Quality app adds control points, pass or fail, measurement and photo checks, and quality alerts that support an ISO 9001 quality system.
Can Odoo manage subcontracting such as plating or heat treatment?
Yes. Odoo supports subcontracting through subcontract BoMs, including resupplying the subcontractor with components and dropshipping to them, with the cost included in the finished item. Where a subcontracted step sits in the middle of a routing, we design the flow during the fit-gap.
Which Odoo plan do manufacturers need?
Quality, PLM and the Shop Floor app are Odoo Enterprise apps, so both Standard and Custom plans include them. Standard runs on Odoo Online only. Choose Custom if you need multi-company, Studio, the external API for machine or system integrations, or custom modules on Odoo.sh or on-premise.
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