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Odoo open source office app ecosystem as a cooperative alternative

December 11, 2024

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Business Intelligence

Odoo

Digital Consultancy

All organizations and projects have the need to evaluate their development and make the best decisions based on real data in order to improve over time. It is also possible that we need to represent data in reports, websites, etc.

We are specialized in the open-source ERP Odoo (Community Edition). An ERP provides advantages in terms of interoperability between different processes and different applications, ease of use, ease of extracting reports, data import/export, etc.

We support organizations that are in the process or have plans to carry out digitalization processes. Whether in the internal sphere by introducing new digital tools or launching new digital based projects.

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Odoo is a suite of business management software tools. The Odoo ERP toolbox includes operations, manufacturing, CRM, e-commerce, accounting, billing, warehouse, project management, time tracking, inventory management and more.

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Odoo Community is the free and open-source version of the software, licensed under the GNU LGPLv3. It is the core upon which Odoo Enterprise is built.

Odoo Enterprise (licensed)(Odoo.com) is the shared source version of the software, giving access to more functionalities, including functional support, upgrades, and hosting.

https://github.com/OCAhttps://github.com/Odoo

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  1. Go to OCA repository
  2. Select Odoo version on repository branch
  3. Click runboat icon
  4. Click start new Odoo instance or go to live
  5. Access with admin/admin credentials
  6. Go to main menú and install more modules/apps

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Some considerations

  • For us it made sense to bet on Odoo since in Spain and Europe there is a large community that uses Odoo Community, both cooperatives, traditional companies and providers that offer services on Odoo. We think it would be necessary to validate if this already occurs in the US or if there is a clear commitment by a group of cooperatives to promote its use before any further step.�
  • We believe that Odoo is the most complete and robust free software business management tool that exists, that is why we are committed to introduce it to the cooperative movement in Spain. There are at least 50-100 spanish cooperatives using Odoo in their daily operations. �
  • Odoo releases a new version every year. Version migrations require some work, it is important to keep it in mind.�
  • Coopdevs can offer functional/technical support for Odoo to US workers cooperatives but we cannot offer support or assistance in those aspects that affect the US localization, aspects related to US taxation, accounting, legal…�
  • You can search for Odoo providers and consultants on https://odoo-community.org/members/country/united-states-235 If you want to try Odoo and you look for a provider to setup a new server with US localization we recommend https://www.binhex.cloud/en_US/open-source-business-management-software
  • If you want to set up Odoo in your own server and maintain it yourself you can check it out how we do that at Coopdevs https://git.coopdevs.org/coopdevs/odoo/inventories using Ansible

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Let’s keep in touch :)

Sergi & Adrià

info@coopdevs.org

https://coopdevs.coop/