At the Odoo Experience held from October 2 to 4, 2024, Odoo officially unveiled Odoo 18, now available for installation. This latest version introduces powerful new features and updates, transforming how businesses manage their operations—making them smarter, faster, and more efficient.
With a sleek new interface and expanded toolset, Odoo 18 reshapes the way you handle inventory, sales, marketing, and accounting, and much more.
Key Benefits of the Latest Updates:
Refreshed User Interface: Simplicity and Efficiency
Odoo 18 delivers a modernized, clean interface that simplifies navigation and minimizes distractions. Say goodbye to desktop clutter and focus on what truly matters—enhanced productivity!
Improved menu navigation speeds up your workflow, cutting unnecessary steps so you can complete tasks faster. Whether you're a new user or an experienced professional, Odoo 18 ensures an intuitive, seamless experience.
Routine tasks like reporting, data entry, and product management are now optimized, delivering a significant boost to your productivity.
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Advanced Reporting and Analytics
Get ready to customize your reports like never before. Odoo 18 offers unprecedented flexibility, allowing you to tailor reporting tools to fit your specific business needs.
But that’s just the beginning—enhanced dashboards take your experience to the next level. They’re now more interactive, fostering collaboration and accelerating real-time updates. Plus, you can edit data directly within reports, turning analytics into a dynamic, actionable tool that keeps you informed and ahead of the curve.
Inventory Management: Maximizing Automation
Odoo 18 introduces Auto-Replenishment, automatically triggering restock orders based on real-time inventory levels—eliminating stockouts and overstock issues for good!
That’s not all—Odoo 18 further elevates warehouse management. With enhanced serial code management, refined shipping rules, and an upgraded Barcode app, your warehouse operations become faster and more precise. Picture a well-oiled machine—Odoo ensures your processes run seamlessly, keeping your business on track and efficient!
The barcode search feature lets you effortlessly create product records with a simple scan. No more manual data entry—just scan any barcode, and the product is instantly added to your database!
Production: Everything at Your Fingertips
Odoo 18 introduces powerful new production management features. First, the enhanced Gantt chart functionality in the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) module allows for seamless zooming and scrolling, making production planning smoother and more intuitive.
Next, the on-demand quality inspection feature elevates your production processes. It enables real-time quality control during multi-step workflows, ensuring top-notch product quality and complete traceability.
And there's more! The updated product catalog in Odoo 18 brings all product specifications and manufacturing orders (MOs) just a click away. Need to add special instructions? You can now attach notes directly to work orders, so nothing is missed. Plus, you can collapse or expand these instructions to keep everything tidy and organized.
Accounting: A Global Perspective
Odoo 18 takes your accounting to the next level with a smarter, more insightful accounting information panel, giving you a clear, real-time view of your company’s financial health.
The new budget accounting feature allows you to effortlessly group analytical accounts by budget or project, all seamlessly integrated into your Profit & Loss (P&L) reports. For businesses dealing with multiple currencies, the multi-consolidation function is a game-changer, simplifying global financial management.
Loan management has also been enhanced, making it easier to track, analyze, and manage loans to ensure timely payments. Plus, with automatic invoice integration, Odoo 18 can now automatically post over 70% of recurring customer invoices, reducing manual work and increasing efficiency!
Odoo POS: Unmatched Flexibility
Odoo 18’s POS system introduces powerful updates to ensure you never miss a sale, whether in-store or online. Need to handle takeout orders? Simply select the takeout option and you're good to go.
Adding new products on the fly? Create them directly from the POS interface. Odoo POS also integrates seamlessly with multiple delivery services, streamlining delivery management for restaurants and retail businesses. You can split payments flexibly, print gift receipts without showing prices, and even offer customers the option to pay via QR code.
Track stock levels in real-time, check availability across different locations, and even sell event tickets—all from the same POS interface. Odoo POS lets you manage your business effortlessly, all in one place.
Project Management: Tracking Every Stage with Precision
Odoo 18 brings exciting advancements to project management! The enhanced Gantt charts and Kanban boards allow project managers to track tasks and team collaboration more efficiently than ever.
But that’s just the start—new reporting tools offer in-depth insights into project progress, costs, and deadlines, giving you everything you need to stay on track and meet your goals with ease.
Additionally, Odoo 18 boosts teamwork with enhanced collaboration features, including improved document sharing and real-time project updates. Communication between teams is smoother, making collaboration on tasks seamless. With Odoo 18, teamwork reaches new heights of efficiency!
Website: A Digital AI Marvel
The website app in Odoo 18 offers new building blocks and unmatched flexibility for customization. Thanks to Odoo’s AI website builder, creating your site has never been easier.
With just one click, you can import your existing website, and Odoo will replicate it with astonishing accuracy—it’s like magic! From there, personalize your site with new building blocks and instant previews.
But that’s not all! Odoo 18 allows you to instantly translate your site into multiple languages, so you can effortlessly connect with customers worldwide. Plus, the enhanced font preview feature makes it simple to give your website a fresh, unique look, adding a stylish typographic flair that everyone will appreciate!
Marketing Automation: Effortless Personalization
Odoo 18 introduces innovative features aimed at enhancing customer engagement, boosting conversions, and streamlining campaign management.
First up, the Odoo Advanced Email Marketing module simplifies the creation, setup, and monitoring of your campaigns. You can craft personalized content that reaches the right audience at precisely the right moment. With built-in analytics, you can track open and conversion rates in real time, allowing you to refine future campaigns for even better results.
And here’s the game-changer: automated campaign management! Now, you can fully automate your marketing efforts, from lead generation to conversion. Odoo 18’s automation tools trigger follow-up actions based on customer behavior, ensuring that no lead slips through the cracks. Get ready to elevate your marketing strategy to new heights!
Conclusion
Odoo 18 provides powerful tools designed to drive the growth and success of your organization. As a leading Odoo ERP integrator, our team of experts is here to help you implement these updates and maximize the benefits of Odoo 18.
Contact Solvve for a seamless upgrade to Odoo 18!