Odoo 18 has taken the ERP game to the next level, offering many updated features that are poised to transform how businesses manage their processes. From increased automation to smarter analytics, let’s look at the game-changing features that will make Odoo 18 the preferred enterprise solution in 2025 and beyond.
Odoo 18 Features : An Overview for Beginners
1. Sales
Sales Commissions
A specific module made to compute sales commissions automatically. This tool reduces errors in manual calculations and saves time by ensuring proper commission allocation based on many sales KPIs.
Additionally, it offers extensive reporting capabilities for tracking and monitoring commission payments, guaranteeing openness for the sales and management teams.
Loyalty Program for Customers:
Odoo now has a loyalty program functionality that allows businesses to reward consumers based on their shopping history.
Customers receive points for every transaction, which can then be redeemed for discounts or special offers, increasing customer retention and loyalty.
Product Combos Now Available in All Modules:
Now that all Odoo modules have product combination capabilities, companies may group products or services together.
This helps with enhancing upselling and cross-selling chances as well as developing unique offers, and promotions.
Backend View Now Directly to Frontend:
This feature allows sales teams to view and manage website or eCommerce content directly from the backend, easing the process of updating product information and saving time navigating between interfaces.
Barcode Search:
A robust application that allows users to swiftly look for products during the sales process by scanning barcodes. It simplifies processes, especially in wholesale or retail settings where inventory control and checkout processes depend heavily on speed.
2. Inventory
Direct Allocation of Delivery Vehicles:
By automating the assignment of delivery vehicles according to the destination and stock availability, this function enhances logistics and lowers delivery routing errors. It guarantees more effective use of transportation resources and speeder shipment of goods.
Automatic Batches:
The system may automatically organize orders into batches based on delivery date, route, or location, hence improving the picking and packaging process. This saves manual sorting, improves efficiency, and allows firms to better manage huge orders.
Flexible Routes:
It is possible to set up dynamic and adaptable delivery routes with Odoo. Routes can now be changed in real time by users according to client preferences, traffic conditions, or order volume. This adaptability optimizes logistic expenses and cuts down on delivery times.
Combining Stock Removal and Procurement:
Inventory and purchasing are becoming more integrated, allowing businesses to manage stock disposal and new purchasing orders in a single smooth process. This feature ensures product availability while optimizing stock levels.
QR Code Scan with Mass Data or Manual Entry:
Faster and more precise inventory changes are now possible thanks to the inventory system’s capability for mass data entry via QR code scanning. If necessary, users can also manually enter data, giving them flexibility based on the situation.
3. Purchase
Direct Management of Advance Payments:
Odoo18 now provides for directly managing supplier advance payments, which simplifies prepayment tracking and reconciliation. This tool improves cash flow management and allows companies to better manage their financial commitments.
Insert PDF Files from Orders into Sales:
Purchase order-related PDF files can now be immediately attached by users to sales papers, simplifying the sharing and tracking of important documents including quotations, invoices, and agreements.
Combined Requests for Quotations (RfQs):
Multiple requests for quotes (RfQs) can now be integrated into a single document, simplifying procurement processes when procuring from multiple suppliers for identical products. This eliminates administrative effort and enhances the coordination of vendor discussions.
Improved Selection Options for Shipping Interfaces:
Companies can now choose from a wider range of alternatives and shipping providers within the interface. This feature guarantees that the most economical shipping techniques are employed and aids in logistics optimization.
Enhanced Data Analysis and Reporting:
Odoo’s purchase module now provides advanced data analysis tools, allowing businesses to acquire a better understanding of purchasing trends, performance, and cost-saving options. Reports can be created with more graphic possibilities, making data easier to interpret and act on.
Comparison of Different Currencies for a Product:
Customers may now compare pricing for the same product in many currencies, giving them more options when sourcing from overseas and assisting companies in making better purchasing choices.
4. Accounting
Description in a Single Invoice Line:
This new feature allows for more detailed analysis to be added to invoices in a single line, increasing clarity and avoiding the need for several lines. It is especially effective for describing complex services or product management in a proper manner.
Layout Creating:
Custom layouts for reports, invoices, and other financial documents can now be made by businesses. Businesses may better communicate with customers and reflect their branding thanks to this customization.
Detection of Duplicates Before Sending:
Odoo18 has better capabilities for spotting duplicate invoices or transactions before they are sent, which reduces errors and ensures correct financial reporting.
Improved Bank Connections:
More smooth bank reconciliation and less human labor are now possible thanks to the system’s improved support for more seamless connectivity with various banking platforms.
Multiple Companies Can Now Use One Account or Merge Them:
Odoo now lets companies who operate in numerous locations or under different legal entities to use a single bank account or merge accounts for more simplified financial operations.
Improvements in Localizations:
Improved support for nation-specific tax laws, reporting requirements, and compliance processes are examples of localization improvements that make it simpler for multinational companies to follow local financial standards.
5. Product Management (MRP)
Automatically Configured Restocking:
Odoo now allows automated restocking configurations that follow established rules, such as minimum stock levels or lead times. This guarantees that important products are always available and not overstocked.
Quality Check of the Product Directly in the Inventory Order:
Now that inventory orders may be used for quality checks, quality control procedures can be streamlined by incorporating them straight into workflows for production or procurement.
Improved User Interface (UI) with Easy Control:
For managing manufacturing processes, Odoo 18 provides a more user-friendly and intuitive interface with better access to key functions and clearer navigation.
6. Marketing
New App "Social Share" for Better Interaction and Direct Sharing of Posts:
Odoo now has a "Social Share" tool, which allows businesses to share posts from the platform straight to social media networks. It stimulates more connection with the audience and makes marketing easier.
Public or Customized Visibility of Events:
With the ability to configure visibility settings, businesses can now limit who may see and register for events, making them either private or public.
Visibility of Who Has Opened Your Email Links:
The technology delivers insights into which recipients clicked on email links, allowing for more detailed email tracking for marketing efforts.
Tracking of Multiple Links Leading to the Same URL:
Odoo makes it simpler to track the effectiveness of various marketing channels and strategies by enabling the tracking of many links that point to the same URL.
New LinkedIn-API:
Odoo now supports an improved LinkedIn API, which allows for greater integration of marketing and recruitment efforts on the site.
7. Human Resources (HR)
Overtime Reports:
It is now simpler for HR managers to monitor and control employee work hours and overtime compensation because they can create comprehensive overtime reports.
Direct Approvals from the Dashboard:
Managers may accept requests for leaves, expenses, and timesheets immediately from the dashboard, which speeds up HR operations and increases efficiency.
Sharing of Job Postings on the Website and Portals Directly from the Dashboard:
Recruiting is made easier by the dashboard's ability to send job ads straight to the company website or other portals.
Manage Employees and Evaluations from Multiple Companies:
Odoo's HR module allows you to manage personnel and conduct evaluations across numerous organizations, making it easier for enterprises that operate in several countries or subsidiaries.
8. Website
Additional Layouts and Blocks:
Odoo 18 gives businesses more customization choices for creating visually appealing and captivating web pages with its new content blocks and website styles.
Updated Color Palette and Over 27 More Themes:
The color palette has been refreshed, and there are over 27 new themes available, offering customers more design options for website customization.
New Quick Translation Tool for Multiple Languages:
Businesses can now effortlessly convert website content into different languages with the addition of a rapid translation tool, enhancing their localization and worldwide reach.
How CandidRoot Can Help You to Migrating in Odoo 18?
As an Odoo migration services provider, CandidRoot Solutions has the expertise and experience to complete a successful transition to Odoo 18. Our team of Odoo developers and consultants has in-depth knowledge of Odoo architecture, versions, and best practices of migration. With a track record of excellence for migration projects, we ensure a smooth and efficient transformation for your business.
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