Odoo ERP for Steel & Aluminum Businesses
Manage procurement, inventory, sales, production, warehouse operations, and financial processes through an integrated ERP.
From coil and billet to finished section and invoice
Purchase
Inventory & Warehouse
Manufacturing
Sales
CRM
Quality
Accounting
ReportingWhat Steel & Aluminum businesses need from an ERP
The solution can be configured around raw materials, product specifications, warehouse movements, production processes, purchasing, sales, and customer orders.
Common challenges we solve
Raw material sits untracked
Coils, billets, ingots and sheets arrive in heats or batches, but stock is often recorded only by total weight. Without lot-level records it is hard to know which material went into which order.
Weight and piece counts disagree
Material is bought by the ton, cut into lengths and sold by piece, kg or running meter. Manual conversions between these units create gaps between book stock and physical stock.
Scrap and off-cuts are not measured
Cutting, extrusion and rolling all generate scrap and remnants. When this is not recorded per job, true yield and product cost stay unknown.
Mill test and quality records on paper
Customers and projects ask for test results and grade confirmation. Paper files and spreadsheets make it slow to answer which batch passed which check.
Volatile metal prices
Steel and aluminum prices move often, and quotations go out with outdated rates. Sales teams need current price lists and a clear approval path for discounts.
Yard and warehouse locations unclear
Long and heavy material is stored across yards, racks and bays. Staff lose time searching for stock that the system says is available.
Odoo apps we implement for Steel & Aluminum
Each app is configured around your processes and connected to the rest of the system, so data entered once is available everywhere.
Purchase
Handles RFQs and purchase orders for coils, billets, ingots, alloys and consumables, including imported material bought against LC.
- Vendor price comparison on RFQs
- Purchase agreements with mills and traders
- Landed cost allocation for imports
Inventory & Warehouse
Tracks raw material and finished sections by lot or heat number across yards, racks and multiple warehouses.
- Lot / heat number traceability
- Multi-location yard and rack structure
- Weight-based units of measure
Manufacturing
Plans cutting, rolling, extrusion, fabrication or coating jobs with bills of materials and work centers for each line.
- BoMs with by-products and scrap
- Work orders per machine or line
- Actual vs. planned material consumption
Sales
Builds quotations by grade, size and thickness, with price lists that can be updated as metal rates change.
- Grade and size product variants
- Price lists per customer group
- Partial deliveries against one order
CRM
Follows up project enquiries from contractors, fabricators and distributors from first contact to confirmed order.
- Pipeline by project or dealer
- Activity reminders for follow-ups
- Lost-reason tracking on quotes
Quality
Defines quality checks at receipt and during production, and records results against the lot that was tested.
- Quality control points per operation
- Pass / fail and measurement checks
- Quality alerts for non-conforming lots
Accounting
Posts purchases, stock valuation, sales and payments into one ledger, with VAT handling configured for Bangladesh.
- Automated stock valuation entries
- Customer and vendor ageing
- Multi-company and branch accounts
Reporting
Gives management dashboards on stock by grade, production output, scrap and margin per product line.
- Stock value by category and location
- Production and scrap analysis
- Sales margin by customer and product
From mill purchase to delivered section
How a typical steel & aluminum process runs inside Odoo once everything is connected.
Source material
Purchase raises RFQs and orders for coils, billets or ingots and records landed costs on arrival.
Receive and inspect
Inventory receives material by lot or heat number while Quality runs incoming checks.
Process
Manufacturing issues material to work orders for cutting, rolling or extrusion and records scrap and output.
Sell and reserve
Sales confirms orders by grade and size, and Inventory reserves the matching lots.
Dispatch
Inventory handles picking and delivery from the right yard location, including partial loads.
Invoice and review
Accounting invoices the customer, values stock movements and feeds margin and yield reports.
Typical projects
Heat number traceability
Zencore configures lot tracking so each finished bundle can be traced back to the coil or billet and supplier it came from.
Cutting and scrap recording
We set up BoMs and work orders that capture off-cuts and scrap per job, so yield can be reviewed by line or product.
Yard location mapping
We model yards, bays and racks as Odoo locations and set putaway rules so storekeepers know where each lot is.
Piece-to-weight conversion
Where products are sold by piece but stocked by weight, Zencore can add customization to calculate weights from size and length on orders.
What changes with Odoo
Raw material visibility
See stock of each grade, size and lot across all yards at any time.
Better warehouse tracking
Every movement between yard, rack and production is recorded against a location.
Production visibility
Track work orders, consumption and output for each line as jobs progress.
Quality control
Record inspection results against the lots tested and hold back non-conforming material.
Integrated financial operations
Purchases, stock valuation and sales post directly into accounting without re-entry.
Clearer product costing
Material, scrap and processing costs are captured per job to support pricing decisions.
Our implementation approach
A structured path from your first conversation with us to a system your teams use every day.
Discover
Understand your current processes, pain points and requirements.
Design
Map your processes to the right Odoo apps and workflows.
Implement
Configure and customize Odoo around the way you work.
Migrate & Integrate
Move your data and connect Odoo with your existing systems.
Train
Prepare each team to use the system with confidence.
Support
Stay with you after go-live and keep improving the system.
Questions about Odoo for Steel & Aluminum
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