Is Your Legacy ERP System Costing You Innovation?

ERP system

ERP Systems

When question for Upgrading your ERP system arises, there are some common answers stating “Just patched, fixed or tinkered with it” instead of which it can be

Yes, Implemented upgrade with real Business Innovation.”

From our observation, Due to limitations and headaches that come with legacy, On-premise ERP systems are becoming vanished every day. The key to knowing how aligned your ERP systems are with your business imperatives is measuring how much of the IT budget is devoted to innovation rather than maintenance.

Initially, old ERP was designed when IT was constrained.They helped far-flung and disjointed firms finally co-ordinate activities.Yet, these products were always doomed to obsolescence. Organizations that have already invested heavily in on-premise ERP are hesitating to rip it out and replace it. Broken customizations and workflows have many companies on software versions that generations old.How can businesses held back by their legacy ERP, reluctant to even upgrade their systems, compete in today’s fast-moving business environment? Companies are stuck doing patches, fixes and managing infrastructure rather which it should be investing IT resources and Innovations.

NetSuite

NetSuite provides the engine to excel growth, enabling businesses to lay down an application footprint for each country and subsidiary in the just week in spite months and years. Cloud ERP spares businesses from having to worry about scaling up expensive IT resources and spending large capital expenditures on IT infrastructure. The result is creating true competitive advantage.

NetSuite, the world’s #1 cloud finance/ERP solution used by more than 30,000

Organizations all over the world is the right move for your business.

NetSuite works the way your business works reducing the hassle for IT.

Providing complete visibility, simplified integration and Industry-specific support for a broad range of industries with Comprehensive functionality. NetSuite also gives the broad range of robust ERP and global financial functionality, Powerful development platform, Built-in business intelligence, Commerce-ready capabilities for both B2B and B2C. Being a Netsuite partner and after implementing many projects in the same, we are confident to bring change to your business with robust Cloud ERP solution i.e. Netsuite. If you are looking for any such implementation, you can mail us at sales@bistasolutions.com and for any feedback or concern, u can write back to us on feedback@bistasolutions.com.

Account Payment Balance App

Introduction

Odoo v10 is the most revolutionary ERP present in the market with its awesome features and user-friendly interface.With the help of Odoo team, partners and all the contributors worldwide odoo has evolved at a very high pace.

Odoo V10 Accounting

Odoo accounting is an app which is designed as per the needs of users and customers.It connects directly to the bank and payable accounts. Odoo accounting is well integrated with all other apps such as sales, purchase, and inventory.

Account payment balance app

This is a new app developed by Bista Solutions.This app allows the user to easily select or find the payments which are not used/reconciled yet or which are partially used.

Previously customer had to go to payment option individually and then they could check regarding reconciled amount through invoices.To avoid this problem one field is added in payment tree view called “Unapplied Balances” through which we customers can directly see over there regarding how and where the amount is used or reconciled.

Let us understand by taking a simple example:

Suppose that one of your customers sent you advance payment in 3 partitions

1.1000$

2.3000$

3.6000$

After sometime, he added 2 more orders; one costing 1500$ and another one 1000$ and out of the 3 payments; 2nd and 3rd payments are used.

Here are some screenshots which show the invoice order generated by the customer.

customer invoice

Now if users try to check in the system via payment review, he will never be able to find which payment is used/reconciled for the above order invoices ,then the user has to go to each and every payment created for above customer to check out the payment balance that how much amount is used.

accounting payments

To solve this issue, a field named “Unapplied Balances” is added in this new app through which the user would easily identify in tree view that

Out of 1000$ payment how much is used/reconciled

Out of 3000$ payment how much is used/reconciled

Out of 6000$ payment how much is used/reconciled

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The above screenshot illustrates how simple it is with this app to identify the reconciled amount or payment partially used.

This was all about Odoo Account Payment Balance App.We hope this snippet of Odoo 10 app helps you to get some insights of odoo v10.You can also download this app from below given link:

click here.

Stay tuned for more information on odoo 10.

Please feel free to reach us at sales@bistasolutions.com for any queries on odoo and its related modules.Also, you can write us through

feedback@bistasolutions.com and tell us how this information has helped you.

Customer Relationship Management

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CRM module in ERPinCloud

The CRM module in ERPinCloud allows you to track your best leads and opportunities for SME business. It has capability of customizing your sales cycle, controls statistics and forecasts and setup marketing campaign automation to improve your sales performance.

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  • Lead Automation

CRM software manages your entire sales process life cycle and automated rules for leads. It also ensures that no leads are lost or neglected.

  • LinkedIn Integration for Contact Management & Twitter Search Integration

CRM solution will import your contacts from LinkedIn and allows you to automate your lead processing using Twitter.

  1. Click on ‘Sales‘ tab

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2. Click on Twitter Searches in Twitter menu

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3 – Specify the name

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4- Select the ‘Model‘ as Lead/Opportunity

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5- Specify the Search query (For eg: Search for “CRM softwares“)

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6- Mention the ‘Page Depth‘

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7 – All the tweets posted on the specified query get fetched from Twitter

8- The tweets fetched get converted to Lead

To create customer from LinkedIn

1.Click on ‘Sales’ tab

2.Click on Customer menu

3.Click on ‘Create’ button

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  • Type the name of the customer in the name field and click on ‘LinkedIn’ icon

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  • Click on ‘Save’

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  • Fetch mail Integration With CRM, Outlook & Thunderbird Plug-ins

Synchronize your emails with ERPinCloud CRM .Seamless integration with popular e-mail clients, MS Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Central place to capture, track and manage all your emails from the CRM. Due to fetch mail integration with CRM feature ERPinCloud CRM creates leads on reception of mails.

  • Sales Team And Service Team Hierarchy

CRM sales manage the Sales and Service team hierarchy and analyses sales pipeline. Get accurate forecasts with the ERPinCloud CRM business intelligence engine to analyse your sales activities.

  • Task Management for CRM

Task creation on CRM and Helpdesk. Purpose is, when employee logs in the system, he/she can check all his tasks irrespective of created for lead, reminder, meeting.

  • Quotations And Sales Order

Convert opportunities to quotations in one click, convert the quote to a sale order and follow-up sale (invoicing, deliveries, etc.)

  • CRM Dashboard

CRM dashboard represent the graphical view of parameters set by you and create the convenience to view by the superior in the company.

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We hope this snippet of CRM in ERPinCloud helps you in conversion of your Leads to Sale Orders seamlessly. Stay tuned at Bista Solutions for more information on ERPinCloud.

Please feel free to reach us at sales@bistasolutions.com for any queries on ERPinCloud and its related modules.Also, you can write to us through feedback@bistasolutions.com and tell us how this information has helped you.

Odoo 10 Expense Module

Odoo 10 Expense Module
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Introduction:

In odoo v10 a different module for expenses has been introduced which has made the workflow much easier than ever before. This module aims to manage employee’s expenses. As a result of Odoo 10 Expense module a lot of time is saved in building the expense reports as everything can be found under a single roof.

Additional Features Odoo 10 Expense Module:

  • The Odoo 10 Expense module has many additional menus introduced in it to provide a better workflow such as

  1. Expenses to submit

  2. Refused expenses

  3. Reports to approve

  4. Expense reports to pay

  5. Expense reports to approve

  6. Expense to pay,Expense to post.

  • Whether it’s travel expenses, office supplies or any other employee expenditure we can access all receipts and expense submissions from the dashboard of expense module itself and we can even create, validate or refuse payments in just one click.

  • Expense reports: -We can submit our expenses in bulk to our manager using these expense reports.

  • Reimbursements: -Improved reimbursement mechanism with a one-time payment wizard.

  • Attachments: -We can easily attach photos of expenses and thereby could control on expense reports.

  • Email Gateway: -This is also a very important feature in odoo 10 expense module by which we can simply send a picture of our expense by email and odoo will automatically create an expense for us.

Odoo expense module workflow:

1.Record a new expense: Every employee of the company can register their expenses by navigating through

Expense Application -> Expenses to submit

For each and every expense the employee should have

  • Description:(Includes the reference of the bill/ticket)

  • Product:(type of expense)

  • Price:(e.g accommodation or a quantity as in to reimburse km if employee has travelled by his own car)

record a new expense odoo module

2.Approval by Manager : After creating a record the expense report is submitted to the manager and thereby they receive an email for every expense to be approved.The navigation to this menu is:

To Approve -> Expense Reports To Approve

This enables the manager to check all expenses that are waiting for approval.

approval by manager odoo module

3.Control by Accountant: The expenses which are approved by managers are posted by accountant following the creation of journal entries and it gets posted in your accounting.

4.Re-invoice Expenses: To Customers: If the expense is related to sale order (analytic account), the sale order has new line related to that expense.To invoice customer, we just need to click Invoice button on sale order.

re-invoice expences

5.Reimburse The Employee : If the employee has paid for his own expenses then the company needs to reimburse employee.All we need to do is just create a payment for the amount due to that employee.

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Benefits of Odoo 10 Expense Module:

  • Saves time on expense reports: We do not need to download a specialized software to maintain records of expenses, everything can be done through one application.

  • Stop losing Receipts : To avoid loss of receipts employees can directly attach copies of their receipts to an expense record.

  • Manage expenses per team: As a manager, they can easily follow expense records across the whole team to keep an eye on costs and ensure budget and target.

We hope this snippet of odoo v10 expenses helps you to get some insights of odoo v10.Stay tuned for more information on odoo v10.

Please feel free to reach us at sales@bistasolutions.com for any queries on odoo and its related modules.Also, you can write to us through

feedback@bistasolutions.com and tell us how this information has helped you.

Using Effective Analytics to Harness the Power of Big Data

Effective Analytics

Big Data – “Evolution”

“You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.” – Daniel Keys Moran. Here, the above quote defines itself the importance of data. Ignoring the data which leads to being a very costly bet for any kind business in today’s world.

Using effective analytics or big data tools hence becomes imperative to unlock the hidden power of data which take you to another world of explored information which is really mean to you and you did not think about ever. 

Today, every Organization, Government, IT Firms and political parties, considering data as a new most useful currency and investing their time to unlock the insights of the data in respective fields which can be profitable if it is adequately mined, stored and analyzed.  

Before, when the big data was not so familiar with us, we were just storing the data and applying some modules of analytics on that, we were doing some sort of modeling, transformation, and extraction of the data, but not as on the very large scale. We had a different module to deal with the huge heap of data but we did not aware with any globalized infrastructure. 

The Internet and social media giants such as Google and Facebook began uncovering, collecting and analyzing a new type of data, that time even “big data” didn’t come into the picture until 2010. When the companies or researchers entered into the externally sourced data, which is basically drawn from the “internet” or “public data sources”, then they realised the need and importance of “big data”, that is where the big data comes into the picture, with the arrival of “big data”, new technologies and processes were developed to help companies to turn the data into insight and profit.

Big Data “Establishment”

The term Big Data is being rapidly used almost everywhere across the planet – online and offline. Before that the data stored on your servers or computers was only data until yesterday that was sorted and filed but today, the big data comes into the picture and your data turns into big data. The big data covers every piece of data which you have stored till now, no matter where you have stored or data is in which format.

How big is Big-Data?

Essentially, all the data combined is Big Data but many researchers agree that Big Data – as such – cannot be handled using normal spreadsheets and any regular tools of database management. It needs specialized analytical tools or infrastructure like “Hadoop”, database -NoSQL so that all the data can be handled in a single operation. The “big data” basically comprises into four big Vs which are Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Volume. 

Let’s dig out some more about “big data and a role of analytics”, the below figure help to visualize and understand the four big Vs involved into the big data and defines how big it is?

vs of big data

Big Data Infrastructure – “light speed processing & long term investment”

The Big Data infrastructure has its own importance in processing, storing and analyzing the data in a very efficient manner. Let’s have the overview of all the technologies in the Big Data framework. We’ll have the brief infrastructural approaches- what they are, how they work and what each approach is best used for.

HADOOP

Hadoop is essentially an open-source framework for processing, storing and analyzing the data. The fundamental principle of “Hadoop” is to distribute the data in various distributed file system and allowing processing and analyzing all the file system parallelly at one go. The part of this powerful ecosystem which makes it perform best among all are as follows: 

  • HDFS- The default storage layer (distributed file system)

  • MapReduce- It executes the variety of analytics functions by analyzing datasets, parallelly, before reducing the results. The “Map” is responsible for query distribution to the nodes and the “Reduce” job is to gather the output and assemble it into the single value.

  • YARN- It manages the cluster in Hadoop and scheduling user applications.  

  • Spark – It’s an upper part of the HDFS, works to speed up the processing speed 100 times faster than the two-step MapReduce function in certain applications. It is responsible for the processing the data within a second.

NOSQL

NoSQL, which stands for Not Only SQL, it covers the wide range of database technologies. It allows us to process the data dynamically and not only structured data but also semi-structured with low latency and gives us well-tailored data for the Big Data environment.

How the “analytics” harnessing the power of “big data”?

Big data analytics helps not only the big IT giants but it is also adopted by the small companies as well to harness their data and use it to identify new opportunities and insights. That, in turn, leads to smarter business decisions, more effective moves, and business expansions. In a report, Big Data in Big Companies, IIA Director of Research Tom Davenport interviewed more than 50 businesses to understand how they used big data. He found they got value in the following ways:

  • Cost reduction – Big data technologies such as Hadoop, database-NoSQL, and analytics bring significant cost advantages when it comes to storing or dealing large sets of data.

  • Faster, better decision making – Hadoop Ecosystem and Analytics, combined with the ability to explore new sources of data, a revolution in computations and decision making – make more accurate and reliable.

  • New products and services – With the accuracy and speed, it allows us to gauge customer needs and satisfaction. This technology allows us to launch new services and product more confidently.

Success Stories of “Predictive Analytics” with “Big Data ”

  • The data scientist team awarded $1 million in 2009 by Netflix to improve the recommendation system’s predicting sense – but how? The “mantra” was not new, and it was “when people work together things are better”. One team worked on slicing of data – Unstructured reviews and the other was working on to enhance the analytical algorithms. Overall they approached to customer analytics.

  • A machine-learned better than human doctors to diagnose breast cancer, by discovering the innovative method of machine learning, a branch of analytics, which consider a greater number of factors in a tissue sample.

Customer Analytics – Use Case

The big data analytics has contributed in every sector of the market, so let’s take one of them to understand the role and importance of the “big data analytics”. As we know the market is so competitive and your competitors looking for a chance to steal them away from you. In order to stop stealing your customers, you must have to be very sensitive towards your customers, you need to understand their needs or views, their social activities, likes or dislikes, only then it is possible to keep them safe and loyal to your brand.

Let’s dig out some more things about it to get the values of big data analytics, here the big data analytics comes into the picture to learn or to know almost everything about your customers, the unstructured data of their social activities – Facebook, Twitter or any other media, the purchasing pattern, their reviews about the product and any Internet of Things. Fortunately, in the era of big data, this has become much easier. The complications were especially with unstructured data coming from the web or IOTs, but now with the help of “big data analytics ecosystem” it is much easier to get the insights of the customer behavior, easy to predict their next move and we can analyze large datasets in real time as well. The rise of big data in the cloud solutions has made big data analytics accessible or more efficient.

Let’s take an example to understand the application of “big data analytics”, the question is –

How Walmart uses Big Data?

“Walmart”, the largest retail company, Walmart has a broad big data ecosystem. The big data ecosystem at Walmart processes multiple Terabytes of new data and petabytes of historical data every day. The analysis covers millions of products and 100’s of millions of customers from different sources. The analytics systems at Walmart analyze close to 100 million keywords on daily basis to optimize the bidding of each keyword. The main objective of leveraging big data at Walmart is to optimize the shopping experience for customers when they are in a Walmart store, or browsing the Walmart website or browsing through mobile devices when they are in motion. Big data solutions at Walmart are developed with the intent of redesigning global websites.

Walmart has transformed decision making in the business world resulting in repeated sales. Walmart observed a significant 10% to 15% increase in online sales for $1 billion in incremental revenue. Big data analysts were able to identify the value of the changes Walmart made by analyzing the sales before and after big data analytics were leveraged to change the retail giant’s e-commerce strategy.

Conclusion

Big data is a powerful tool for better understanding and catering to customers. With access to larger and more varied data sets. A major part of the world’s population has already begun his/her online journey, it is high time that the organizations should take one step forward to add a new chapter in the history of “big data analytics” and try to understand what the data wants to speak? If we can understand the language of the data and act on this, many things would be different. And obviously, this is not the end, it is just the beginning of new era, in the history of “Big Data Analytics” ever.

For more insights on implementing multi-currency accounting in NetSuite you can get in touch with us through sales@bistasolutions.com . You can also write your feedback on this blog at feedback@bistasolutions.com

Multi-currency Accounting Software Vital for Global Growth

Multi-currency Accounting software

 Global Expansion

Global expansion, for many organizations, is synonymous with getting to the next level and that is a very relevant one as well, but their potential for global expansion gets restrained due to one vital obstruction, the limits of their software, particularly financial software.

Excessive businesses find out that costly and prolonged deployment or boundaries of their financial software, mainly a lack of multi-currency GL accounting counters their intent of global expansion.

Frequent fluctuations in the exchange rates can cause further gains or losses in the general ledger although simply calculating exchange rates might seem easy. Furthermore, using spreadsheets for managing multi-currency GL accounting requires tedious means leading to errors and leave financial data soiled across the organization. Considering the global economy in operation, business with global ambitions i.e nearly all companies requires a software that can manage that requirement.

Cloud software

Cloud solutions provide a clear advantage with the fluid and continually worked upon tax laws and regulations. The Cloud software with routine updates can quickly adjust to the new laws and so the businesses running them. The VAT change in Europe is the best case. The businesses with global intentions can expand readily into new boundaries with such systems, their financial benefits, and the IT counterpart.

As they expand, global businesses feel the need for more than just the multi-currency GL accounting, like support for various languages, easy assistance in compliance with complex taxation and rules all the while combining the financials of subsidiaries and other entities of the business as well. But the multi-currency accounting functionality alone is not important to global businesses. They need quick deployment of those systems as they scale new boundaries. That is what makes the cloud-based architecture an important component.

NetSuite is one such cloud-based platform which effectively combines all the ingredients of a multinational, multi-lingual, multi-functional software into one. it is currently the world’s No.1 cloud ERP solution. By using NetSuite organizations can scale new boundaries, goals, and missions.

NetSuite base currency

As major a challenge exchange rates are, NetSuite exchange rates are as simple a solution. NetSuite foreign currency is wonderfully optimized as well. NetSuite provides a NetSuite base currency which can be used for any transaction or account thus providing the businesses with a wholesome cloud-based platform which never holds back its users. NetSuite implementation too is known for its simplicity and high customization with timely deployments at a very reasonable pricing which doesn’t burn the banks but provides you with a complete assortment of functionality and simplicity.

NetSuite recently announced the latest improvements to its cloud-based global financial software system support. NetSuite in more than 100 countries with support for 20 languages, configurable tax compliance, 190 currencies and multi-subsidiary management.

For more insights on implementing multi-currency accounting in NetSuite you can get in touch with us through sales@bistasolutions.com . You can also write your feedback on this blog at feedback@bistasolutions.com

ODOO v10:Community vs Enterprise edition

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INTRODUCTION:-

Odoo (formerly known as OpenERP and before that, TinyERP) is a suite of enterprise management applications. Targeting companies of all sizes, the application suite includes billing, accounting, manufacturing, purchasing, warehouse management, and project management.

HIGHLIGHTS OF ODOO v10:

  • Just a couple of months back Odoo has launched its new version 10 with its new features.It has covered all modules with more improvements in manufacturing module.

  • Odoo 10 is a software suite where you will find “All Application under One Roof”.

Odoo 10 Community Vs Enterprise Edition

  • Odoo 10 Enterprise version has some exclusive new modules to name a few are ‘Help desk ’, ‘Odoo studio’, ‘PLM’, ‘Quality Management’ and so on . Through this blog we will cover some details about two of the enterprise module i.e., Odoo Help Desk and Odoo Studio. (For more general differences between Odoo Community vs. Enterprise, click here).

Odoo Help Desk:

This is a new module introduced with the release of Odoo 10.This module is basically for providing customers support and address the typical issues and queries they have.The Odoo Help Desk Module generates tickets by emails, or from a website form or any third party application and these tickets can be assigned manually or randomly between the teams members .The module also allows you to assign priority to tickets

It consists of following features:-

1.It is a ticket management application.

2.Process tickets through different stages to solve them.

3.Add priorities,types,description and tags to define your tickets.

4.Make an in-depth analysis of your tickets through pivot view in reports menu

5.The modules allows you to link your company help desk to a public FAQ/Forum or any site which is a knowledge base with relevant presentations or videos or blogs.

6.The module also lets you set the service level agreements for individual tickets that raised.

7. Last but not the least Odoo 10 Help Desk also automates Customer satisfaction survey.

Here are a few snapshots of the Helpdesk Module tanke from our Odoo 10 instance:

helpdesk-creating-ticket

After creating a ticket Dashboard is seen as follows:

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Odoo Studio:

Odoo Studio is also a new module introduced with odoo v10.Odoo Studio lets you create your own custom application (code-less) within minutes .We can add,remove or change any type of field directly in the interface,just simply select the view of the model you want to customize and you could then make changes easily..It consists of following features:-

1.It is a customization application.

2.It allows the user to customize most elements of user interface in a simple and graphical way.

3.Creates a new application(add module,top level menu item & default action.

4.Customize an existing application(edit menus,actions and views).

5.Use python code to develop advanced automations.The sky’s the limit.

6.Automate updates based on conditional statements. Example: set the priority field to ‘Urgent’ if no responsible is assigned after 5 days.

Here are some snapshots that we have taken from Odoo Studio Instance:

Bista Solutions has also developed its own Odoo 10 App – Account Payable App.For Odoo Version 10.0, this module shows the unapplied balance of Payments on the list and form view, with a filter to show payments with a positive unapplied balance.

odoo studio dashboard

odoo studio customize

odoo studio account pay

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You Can also download this app from Odoo App store from here

In the enterprise and community edition of manufacturing module(Odoo v10) there are some options included in the form of ‘Extra Features’ which includes the following..

1. Odoo 10 Master Production Schedule(MPS)

Enterprise edition : It uses MPS in order to create procurements based on forecasts.

Community edition:No need for MPS as products have short lead times.

2.Odoo 10 Product Lifecycle Management(PLM)

Enterprise edition: It manages engineering changes,features and documents.

Community edition:No PLM

3.Odoo 10 Maintenance

Enterprise edition:Preventive and corrective maintenance management.

Community edition:No maintenance machines and work centers.

4.Odoo 10 Quality Control

Enterprise edition:Manage quality control points,measures and checks.

Community edition:No quality control

For More details on Odoo 10 MRP,PLM and Quality Module you can view our Blog

Here is a detailed split up of Manufacturing module Community and Enterprise edition

 

We hope this snippet of on Odoo 10 HelpDesk and Odoo Studio helps you to get some insights on the very new Odoo 10. Stay tuned for more information on Odoo 10 .

Please feel free to reach us at sales@bistasolutions.com for any queries on Odoo and its related modules. Also you can write to us through feedback@bistasolutions.com and tell us how this information has helped you.

Odoo (Open Source ERP) – Tableau Integration

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Tableau with Odoo

Integrations of different platform technologies had always given improved results and better outcomes. So as a part of our continual improvement policy, we at Bista Solution had come up with an Integration between two of the popular technologies of their categories i.e. Tableau with Odoo. We successfully implemented this integration for one of our esteemed clients and have benefitted them by having a single login to Odoo and Tableau and the advantage of powerful visualization of Tableau into Odoo, under the same screen. They can now achieve Tableau reporting in Odoo.

So let’s understand something more about the

Tableau – Odoo Integration

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So as we can see in the snapshot above, just like every other module there’s a new menu introduced under Odoo called “Visualization”. This contains the complete Tableau server view, which operates the same way as of a traditional Tableau server. That means with a single login you can access your Odoo and at the same time get all the analytical reports published on the Tableau server. It not only lets you access the report but also allows you to make changes to the report in the same way we perform on the Tableau server.

At the bottom of the Odoo page, a share and edit link is provided, and as the name suggests, with the Share link we can share our reports when clicking on the edit link it will direct us to a different page which will give the option for editing our existing report. So overall after this successful integration we have the flexibility of an open-source ERP with the powerful self-service BI tool integrated into the same.

So just like most of our successful implementation, we are confident that the Tableau – Odoo Integration would definitely bring more value to your business.

To know more about this you can see our video by clicking here.

For a similar type of implementation or if you have any further queries you can reach out to us at sales@bistasolutions.com or Contact us by filling out the form.

5 Most Important Manufacturing ERP Features

Manufacturing ERP Features

ERP Implementation

While implementing an ERP system for your manufacturing processes, it is very important to select the right system that would take care of all your requirements like Quality Control, production control, Materials & Inventory Management, Multi-Plant / Site Operations, or Discrete vs. Process manufacturing. Following are a few of the important Manufacturing ERP features you should take under your consideration and select your ERP tool accordingly.

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  • Executive Information System:

Manufacturing ERP features include tools and systems that provide greater transparency and supports decision-making for the daily management of the organization. Popular integration points include:

  • Costing

  • Business Intelligence (BI)

  • Finance

  • Human Resource Management

  • Supply Chain Management:

Program Management is one of the features of Manufacturing ERP which includes testing, lifecycle management, research, and product launch teams that can reap the advantages of an integrated system. SCM comprises of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for automated transactions, supplier performance management, logistics, and shipping. Key components of SCM are:

  • Warehouse Management

  • EDI

  • Vendor Contract Management

  • Logistics

  • Manufacturing Work Centres or Groups:

A work center is a group of people that perform a specific step in the manufacturing process. After you have defined a work center group, that work center can be assigned to cover specific steps in the manufacturing process. All the steps are accumulated in manufacturing ERP features or modules.

  • Quality Management:

Quality Management enables manufacturers to supervise quality through the manufacturing process.

  • Manufacturing Routing:

Manufacturing routing is a template that consists of steps essential to building an assembly item. Each step is in a sequential order important to complete the operational sequence for completing the assembly.

Manufacturing ERP Features or applications can have various features, and you may not inevitably need each feature mentioned above. Probably, based on your industry, there could be features that are not mentioned but you will need in your ERP manufacturing solution. However, the above-mentioned features can provide a good start.

We at Bista Solutions provide the world’s best Open Source ERP – Odoo 12. This amazing software is a One Stop Solution to manage your entire manufacturing process. From planning to scheduling to production to inventory management to quality control and so on. Odoo 12 for manufacturing has MRP PLM and Quality totally integrated with each other and enables smooth sailing through your manufacturing. Most importantly, Bista Solutions has accomplished a large number of integrations of third party applications along with Odoo to provide a complete package of manufacturing, accounting, E-Commerce, shipping services etc,

For any queries on Odoo 12 or any guidance on selecting the right ERP tool for your manufacturing processes get in touch with us through sales@bistasolutions.com or to write your feedback on this blog post, you can reach us at feedback@bistasolutions.com

Odoo 10 Quality Control Features

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Odoo 10 quality control

The Odoo 10 quality control feature typically acts like a template for performing certain quality checks on some parameters in the system. The  Odoo 10  quality control is an enterprise feature in Odoo 10. The most important feature of Odoo 10 Quality control is that it is well integrated with the manufacturing module as a result of which your manufacturing processes become even more smooth. The ability to QA/QC at various points in your picking workflows (incoming, internal movement, outgoing) will benefit a lot of Customers. You can require random, periodic (every X days) or complete tests that are either pass/fail or measurement within limits. You can assign this work to Teams and Individuals so they can perform checks, attach documents or photos, email others, etc.

There are mainly 3 defining points in Quality Control application in Odoo 10:

1. Control Points

2. Quality Checks

3. Quality Alerts

1. Quality Control Point

Control points in Odoo 10 – Automatically trigger quality checks at receptions, manufacturing operations or packing/delivery operations. This feature helps to define control points on various operations (e.g receipts, delivery order etc.) and control points (regular, periodic etc.).

2. Quality Checks

Quality Checks in Odoo 10 – Deploy your statistical process control easily with quality checks. This feature helps to group various control points and make an entire QC process on a particular Warehouse.

3. Quality Alerts

Quality alerts-Organize the quality team’s work using the Kanban of quality alerts, fully integrated with emails. This feature helps to work centre operator to generate Quality Alert in case of any unmatched requirements.

Benefit of Quality Control in Odoo 10:

  • As mentioned before the biggest plus point of Quality control in Odoo 10 is that it is well integrated with manufacturing and inventory

  • Odoo 10 quality control provides easy improvements’ follow up

  • Quality Control module also enables tracking of history

  • Tracking your quality control management’s result is also made simple in Odoo 10

  • Odoo 10 quality control enables efficient communication by sending alerts to workers.

Bista Solutions has also published a new Odoo v10 app – “Account Payment Balance”

For Odoo Version 10.0, this module shows the unapplied balance of Payments on the list and from view, with a filter to show payments with a positive unapplied balance. To download this module click here https://apps.odoo.com/apps/modules/10.0/account_payment_balance/

We hope this snippet of on Odoo 10 Quality Control helps you to get some insights on the very new Odoo 10. Stay tuned for more information on Odoo 10.

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