Odoo has been operating in the business management market for more than Five years, and due to the specialist of the platform as well as the pens who work behind the scenes to offer the best business management solutions, they release a new version every year. This has been followed since 2014 since they released the base platform for the Odoo. We know today the Odoo version 8 delivers an effective business management principle of operation which will be useful for business. In this modernized age, after the 6+ version of the Odoo platform released every year for the last couple of years, the Odoo ERP is striving towards excellence of operations to bring in advanced features and capabilities that will aid the effective business management of the operations.
Odoo software is one of the most superiorly functioning, modular structured ERP software systems that are utilized by every organization. The Odoo software is integrated with key features that allow the automation of all the core business procedures. Odoo is available in two the Odoo Community is open-source i.e. available free of cost, there is no license fee, however with limited functionality, In contrast, Odoo Enterprise is Odoo Community along with additional functional apps which are paid and have advanced features benefiting business companies in large.
The new version of Odoo is released every year during the Odoo Experience meet, which usually happens in October or the end of September. This year the Odoo Experience 2021 is scheduled on October 6th and 7th, a two-day event conducted virtually due to the ongoing pandemic situation. You can enroll and register your names to participate in the event. There will be a talk by the prominent Odoo developers, teams, partners, and success stories of customers. Moreover, the new version of Odoo, the Odoo 15 will be introduced which is considered the most advanced version of the platform according to the buzz among Odoo lovers and others in the business world.
The new Odoo version 15 is packed with advanced features and tools of business operations management which will pave the way for the effectiveness of operations which will be leading to the increase in the efficiency of the business management and providing you with complete control of the operations. We will be looking at the new features of the Odoo 15 which will make the migration from the previous version of Odoo the Odoo 14 a worthy and much-needed one. As the Odoo is available in two editions, it can be used by the business establishments based on the qualities and operations capabilities of each as per the business requirements.
In this blog, the new features of the Odoo Community and the Enterprise editions will be described in detail providing you with a complete insight into the operational aspects which will be beneficial in business management operations.
Odoo is entitled as an all-in-one business management solution which upgrades to a newer version every year. Moreover, with an extensive list of new features available in the latest version of Odoo 15 it's for sure that it will elevate the operational capabilities of the platform providing a competitive advantage over its counterparts.
Features available in Odoo 15 Community edition are listed below,
You can send out invitations to the users to take part in a meeting, which can be done in the Discuss module upon the requirements to start a meeting. The users who have received the link having access can directly join it by selecting the link which has been received. The Odoo discuss module is updated with an option to start a meeting using which one can invite users to join the group chat, a much-needed feature during this era of the pandemic where all the functioning of the organization has taken a virtual turn.
2. CRM Module
In the CRM module of the new Odoo 15 platform, you can assign a salesperson to multiple sales teams which will be effective in the real-time operations of the business management with Odoo. In addition, all the leads which are being received can be assigned to a respective sales team based on the periodical rules which have been described unless a specified one is being described to each of the sales teams.
Multi Teams - Assign salespersons into multiple Sales Teams.
Rule-Based Assignment - Periodically assign leads based on rules. All sales teams will use this setting by default unless specified otherwise.
1. With Odoo 15, You can now add products to Favorite directly from the products menu and further filtration can be done based on it. This will be an effective way and tools help with the dedicated management of the product operations.
All the products which are added to the Favorite can be filtered as depicted in the following screenshot; this will be beneficial in the aspect of sorting out the right product from the long list of ones that have been described.
2. Odoo 15 brings a new display type in Attributes, which is the Pill display type which will provide a new style representation of the options of a respective attribute being described. Moreover, it will aid with the appearance aspects of the platform which will be helpful for the users. In addition, there is also a new eCommerce Filter Visibility configuration tool in Product attributes which helps the attributes to be viewed on the website.
3. An updated and new form of the Unit of measure menu and its view is available in the new Odoo 15 where the visual representation of the Unit of measure for all the Units which have been defined is depicted in a dedicated appearance as shown in the following screenshot.
Not only the Unit of Measure menu but also the configuration menu of the Creation and Edit of a respective Unit of Measure is being described which provides the operational ease and effective configuration as depicted in the following screenshot.
4. With the new Odoo 15, we will have different Product types for defining the products and categorizing them on a base level by types such as Consumable, Storable, Service, Gift card, Event ticket, and Event booth. These will be helpful while defining or describing the products of operation in the Odoo platform and further sorting out aspects.
5. A new and dedicated import screen view has been added in Odoo 15 which will provide a more informative insight into the import operations than the previous versions of Odoo. This will be much helpful in regards to the data importing aspects of operations of the business operations.
6. Odoo 15 brings the new and improved Inventory Adjustment view where you can track previous product quantities, set new counted quantities, and apply or reset quantity from the tree view of the menu. Moreover, the aspects of inventory adjustment are a much-needed one in regards to the real-time operation of the products and its inventory management and with the new improved Inventory Adjustment menu, you can run the operations more efficiently.
7. With the new Odoo 15, you will get to define a new Removal strategy, the Closest location while defining the attributes of the product categories. This will ensure that the product removal of the products which are being described in the respective product category will undergo an operation to the closest location.
8. In Odoo 15 you will get a new Storage Categories configuration attribute which can be added to Categorize the locations for smarter putaway rules of the products as well as the product categories.
9. Odoo 15 adds a new feature of the Reservation Method which is used to reserve the products which are used in the particular operation types this will ensure that the products are saved for the definite operations of the company at the required times.
10. Point of Sale module
a) The new Odoo 15 brings in various advancements to the Point of Sales module which will be beneficial in the retail operations of the business.
b) Open Product Info - You will view a 'Product Info' option when a product with optional products is added to the customer cart just as depicted in the following screenshot.
The product info will be depicted as the one displayed in the following screenshot where you will have a description of the Optional product and you will have the provision to select the respective Optional product for your operation.
c) The Odoo 15 Point of sale module has added a new option of Enter code in the dial pad of the operation of the session of the POS as depicted in the following screenshot where you can enter the Promotion and coupon code.
d) In Odoo 15 there is a newly added feature to Ship Later where you can sell the products at the instance and deliver them later.
e) Gift card - With the new configurational options available in the Point of Sale settings menu you can Manage gift card operations to be run effectively.
11. In Odoo 15 you can add different Project Updates to indicate the status of the respective project such as On Track, On Risk, On Hold, or at Risk in the Project module. This will provide complete information on the status of the operation of the project operations.
12. Odoo 15 Project module brings up the Project Burndown Chart option in the respective projects dashboard as a smart option to choose. This will provide direct access to the Burndown chart of the respective project.
13. Website & E-Commerce module
The Odoo 15 has brought in new advanced features in regards to the Website and eCommerce management operations.
a. In Odoo 15 Website & E-commerce module there is an updated Inventory Modes configuration option.
b. There are share buttons in the respective product description menu to share the product information through different Social Media platforms through the website product detail page. This will ensure the customers share the product information with their friends
14. Odoo 15 Employee module brings a new feature of Departure Reason in the configuration of the employee module. This will describe the resignation reason for the employee to be relieved from the company which will help to classify them based on the reasons of resignation.
15. Odoo 15 Time-Off adds a Visual representation for the time-off types as depicted in the screenshot below. This will be a much more descriptive tool to provide the status of operations of an employee and describe why they are not on their post for the respective time which they have requested for.
Odoo 15 Enterprise edition comprises all the above-mentioned features in the respective modules of operation and includes other functionality which will cater for the effective improvement of the entire modules of operation.
Features available in Odoo 15 Enterprise edition are listed below,
The all new editable graph view and pivot view:
The topmost new feature of Odoo 15 that is only available in the Enterprise edition is the editable pivot and graph views. For the convenience of operation for the users, Odoo has added a feature where users can edit the views according to their needs.
The configuration can be done from the toggle studio, you can edit the view accordingly. In addition, you can sort the graph either in ascending or descending order as per the operational requirements.
2. Odoo 15 adds an option in the Planning module where you can plan based on the resources available and can Schedule the planning operation with a new Resource view available in the scheduling aspects.
3. Odoo 15 adds an option to create Canned Responses in the helpdesk module that will help with the auto-response operations for the chat request as well as the queries which have been requested. Thai advanced features will help to always keep on the edge with the customer requests. The Canned Responses can be described in the Configuration menu of the Helpdesk module.
These are certain of the new and advanced features that are available in the new version of the Odoo platform, the Odoo 15. You can participate in the Odoo experience of 2021, where the Odoo will be released to take part in expert talks and presentations from the Odoo teams, resource persons and hear the success stories from the customers.