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Looking to hear from anyone running Odoo for a spare parts business l, especially if you're dealing with component compatibility, cross-reference part numbers, and vehicle or equipment applications. One to many and many to one options, upgrade/downgrade and similar items functionality. Also wondering if someone has used it for repairing jobs.

Also curious if anyone's used it on the hose and fittings side, Suction, Air, Hydraulic hoses, hose ends, crimping, custom assemblies. How are you finding it overall for a spare parts business — does it make things easier, or has it been more of a headache? Would love to hear real experiences before we commit.

Is it worth it? Or do you use any other erp's out there that are better at handling this?

Hi, I’m thinking about switching to Odoo and would love to hear from HVAC technicians / business owners who are using it.

At the moment, I’m using a few different tools for our day-to-day operations: one for maintenance and installation tracking, HubSpot for CRM, and Excel for inventory management.

I know it’s not the greatest setup, and as we’re growing, I can see the cracks getting bigger.

I’ve heard Odoo can be a good “do-it-all” solution, but I’d be particularly interested in hearing from people in HVAC: how well does it actually work for things like maintenance, installations, scheduling, inventory, etc.?

Any feedback, good or bad, would be really appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I run a company that recently implemented an ERP system through a local ERP vendor/implementer.

When the system was initially presented to us, my understanding was that their ERP was developed largely in-house. However, after we started going live and experienced serious performance issues, I discovered that the system is actually built on Odoo 14 with a significant number of custom-developed modules.

The biggest problem right now is performance.

Many normal operations take around 5–18 seconds to respond, sometimes longer. The vendor acknowledges the problem and says they are working on optimization, but so far the system still feels very slow for everyday ERP use.

What concerns me even more is the technology behind it.

Odoo 14 was released in 2020 and, as I understand it, is already outside Odoo's standard support window, while Odoo 20 has now been released.

When I asked the implementer about this, they explained that many of the modules are developed and maintained by their own team, so according to them this should not be a major issue.

This actually makes me more concerned rather than less.

My questions to people who have experience with Odoo or ERP implementations are:

1. Is it reasonable in 2026 for a new ERP implementation to still be based on Odoo 14?
2. If many modules are heavily customized by the implementer, how can a customer independently verify the security, code quality, stability, and maintainability of those modules?
3. Could running on an old Odoo version itself contribute significantly to slow response times, or is 5–10 second response time more likely caused by poor customization, database queries, server configuration, infrastructure, or implementation architecture?
4. What kind of performance benchmarks should I ask the vendor to provide? For example, API response time, database query time, server processing time, browser/network timing, concurrent-user testing, etc.
5. Should I ask for an independent code review / security audit / performance audit by another Odoo specialist?
6. What documentation should I require from the implementer regarding the source code, custom modules, dependencies, security updates, database structure, and future upgrade path?
7. Finally, if the ERP is heavily customized on Odoo 14, how difficult or expensive could it become to eventually migrate to Odoo 18, 19, or 20?

I am not trying to blame the implementer. I simply want to understand whether this is a normal situation or whether there are some serious technical red flags that I should address before our company becomes too dependent on the system.

Any advice from Odoo developers, ERP consultants, system architects, or companies that have gone through a similar situation would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

WilsonW

Hello, I'm trying to understand if I can use Odoo to write orders and offers with free description and price as I can do with invoices.

Currently I see I can only use existing products, then it is a bit complicated to prepare an offer when you need many options and you really don't know if the product will be really bought.

Does exist some wait to insert free lines and define just descriptions and prices (and maybe taxes and accounts)?

Otherwise how do you manage it? Do you create plenty of new products every time?

Hi

I was looking for an app to get easily Odoo notification on my desktop in Linux. I found that one: https://github.com/rafit612/odoo-companion-linux but it has no rate, no opened tickets and the dev doesn't bother to answer. I don't want to mess or compromise my odoo with an unverified app. Any other similar apps that are tested and safe ?

Thanks

I’ve spent years managing ERP & IT operations. I’m now trying to solve a problem I kept seeing.

After years of working around ERP systems, finance processes, support teams and business users, I noticed something that kept repeating:

Companies don't necessarily have a software problem.

They have a “we're not getting enough out of the software we already have” problem.

I've worked with multiple ERP systems, development/support teams, vendors and business stakeholders. At one point, I was coordinating 20+ concurrent initiatives and managing support across several ERP environments.

And the patterns were surprisingly consistent:

Businesses using spreadsheets alongside their ERP for things the ERP could handle.

Teams buying customizations before understanding the actual process problem.

Users calling everything “critical” because there was no clear prioritisation.

Knowledge sitting with one or two people instead of being documented.

Support teams closing tickets without necessarily fixing the underlying process.

Management wanting dashboards, while the underlying data/process wasn't clean enough to trust.

Companies paying for ERP functionality they weren't actually using.

This is part of the reason I've started working on R-NX.

The idea isn't to sell another giant transformation project.

It's to start much more practically:

Understand the business → identify the gaps → use the ERP properly → automate where it makes sense → customise only when necessary.

We're initially focusing on the Odoo ecosystem because I think there is a particularly interesting opportunity there, especially for growing businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets/Tally/basic systems but aren't ready for huge enterprise implementations.

I'm still early in this journey, so I'm genuinely curious:

For those of you running or working in SMBs, what has been your biggest ERP headache?

Is it implementation?

Poor adoption?

Reporting?

Integrations?

Support?

Customisation?

Or simply not knowing what your ERP is actually capable of?

I'd rather learn from real experiences than build another consulting company based on assumptions.

Hi everyone,

I'm an Odoo developer with 9+ years of hands-on experience across custom module development, customization, version migrations, and server/system administration. Available for remote work (IST, flexible with EU hours).

I'm looking to grow my network in the Odoo community and I'm open to new opportunities: freelance projects, full-time roles, or collaborating with partners who need experienced technical support.

In the meantime, I'm genuinely happy to help. If you're stuck on something technical (a tricky customization, a migration blocker, ORM or performance issues, deployment/server setup), drop it in the comments or DM me and I'll do my best to point you in the right direction.

Thanks, and looking forward to connecting!

Hello odooers

I am trying to inherit a model from odoo models the model definition however doesn't include the mail and activity trackers in the inherit. I tried adding as an array of models names in the inherit but it crashed the server.

How to add activity and mail mixins inheritance to a model already defined in odoo.