Overview of Odoo Maintenance Operations

Oct 3, 2024

Odoo Maintenance Lecture Notes

Introduction to Odoo Maintenance

  • Purpose: Helps keep equipment organized for smooth manufacturing operations.
  • Importance of maintenance: Essential for efficiency; poor management can lead to breakdowns, downtime, and high repair costs.
  • Metaphor: Odoo Maintenance as a healthcare plan for equipment.

Benefits of Odoo Maintenance

  • Reduces waste
  • Boosts production
  • Supports continuous manufacturing

Case Study: Barcadia

  • Example: A barcade with food, drinks, and arcade games.
  • Maintenance dashboard overview:
    • View of maintenance teams and their activities.
    • Monitor maintenance requests in progress.

Maintenance Request Management

  • Identified roadblocks: Example of a pinball machine maintenance request.
  • Solutions:
    • Create a new team (subcontractors) for specialized maintenance.
    • Reassign requests as needed.

Equipment Management

  • Importance of proper categorization of equipment.
  • Ability to create new categories for equipment.
  • Preventative maintenance scheduling:
    • Example: Schedule maintenance every 14 days.
    • Additional information storage: Model, serial number, warranty, etc.

Performance Metrics

  • Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): Automatically calculated by Odoo post-corrective maintenance to help manage machine reliability.

Maintenance Request Creation

  • Simple process for creating new requests:
    • Name request, select equipment and category, prioritize, assign team and technician.
  • Collaboration feature: Quick updates and tracking for technicians.

Maintenance Calendar

  • Overview of all requests and team workloads.
  • Ability to reschedule tasks via drag-and-drop.

Manufacturer's Perspective

  • Example task: Assembling an air hockey table.
  • Ability to create maintenance requests on-the-go for broken tools.

Reporting and Efficiency

  • Track efficiency of work centers and generate comprehensive reports.
  • Flexibility to add new equipment as needed.

Integration with Other Apps

  • Odoo Maintenance integrates with:
    • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
    • Quality Control app
    • Other manufacturing resource planning apps.

Conclusion

  • Odoo Maintenance provides full control over maintenance operations, ensuring efficiency in warehouses, offices, and entertainment venues like barcades.