A fully automated flakes-to-granules plant unified on Odoo Manufacturing — with photo-based QC and waste-tracking wired into the production line.
Services delivered
Faster production tracking
Reduction in raw-material waste
Faster work-order completion
Lot-wise traceability
01 / Background
The client operates a fully automated plant that converts cleaned plastic flakes into granules. The process involves cutting, extruding, grinding, and packing granules in 1,000 kg batches. Their priorities were efficient manufacturing, waste management, quality control, and seamless integration across inventory, accounting, sales and purchase.
02 / Challenges
Needed a system to track production from raw flakes to packed granules while minimizing waste at each step.
Required structured handling and tracking of recyclable and non-recyclable waste during production for compliance.
Needed a photo-based QC mechanism to document and monitor product quality at each stage.
Inventory, accounting, CRM and sales were managed on separate, disconnected systems.
03 / Solutions
Configured Odoo's Manufacturing module to monitor every stage — cutting, extruding, grinding, packing — and track machine performance in real time.
Built a waste tracking module recording recyclable and non-recyclable output by batch, ensuring compliance and sustainability reporting.
Introduced a QC feature where images are captured during production and attached to lot records for traceable inspection.
Deployed Inventory, Sales, CRM, Purchase and Accounting on a single Odoo backbone for unified operations.
Synchronized PLC and plant automation data with Odoo ERP, enhancing process transparency and reducing manual reconciliation.
Configured automated invoicing, tax rules and analytic accounts to evaluate profitability across recycled material types.
04 / Stack & apps
05 / Outcomes
Real-time monitoring and tracking of manufacturing processes lifted productivity across shifts.
Structured waste management minimized losses and improved sustainability compliance.
Photo-based QC ensured consistent product quality and full lot-level traceability.
A unified platform for inventory, sales, accounting and CRM cut manual effort across the back office.
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