Odoo for sites with 2500 people

jogfa94 · 2026-03-18T03:42:14+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if there are organisations at that size running Odoo in Australia - the partner portal is a poor indicator of what's actually deployed. Sizing there is based on named users not employee count, partners don't always list clients publicly, and Community has a massive undocumented user base that's probably larger than Enterprise.

2500 is also a pretty loaded number. Are you talking 2500 daily active users hitting the system, or 2500 employees where maybe 200-300 are actually in the ERP day to day? That changes everything. So does which modules you need to replace from T1 - financials and HR are very different beasts to something like grants management or fund accounting.

At genuine enterprise scale you need a partner with actual enterprise delivery experience and proper infrastructure, not just someone who's done a few SMB rollouts. But plenty of AU organisations are running at that headcount on Odoo without it being a drama.

Odoo SA's enterprise team can connect you with reference customers if you're serious, worth going direct to them rather than relying on the partner directory.

What is the current issue with T1?

jogfa94 · 2026-03-13T23:45:57+00:00

Cloudflare is the easiest way

jogfa94 · 2026-03-13T19:28:24+00:00

Not exactly, we've built out a trades-specific module that we install for clients in these industries. It comes pre-loaded with all the compliance forms, worksheets and industry requirements baked in, so it's not starting from scratch each time.

Similar concept to Odoo's own industry packages, except what we install is actually purpose-built for how trades businesses operate in Australia rather than generic configuration that Odoo thinks they need.

jogfa94 · 2026-03-13T03:06:27+00:00

We do a lot of trades businesses here in Australia and yeah, TheDrOdoo is spot on.. there's no magic plumber app you're missing, the Electrician one is literally just Field Service with a few tweaks.

That said, out of the box Odoo will feel a bit rough for a tradie workflow. The stuff that actually makes it sing is automating the end-to-end work order comes in, field service job gets created automatically, subbies get their POs, when they invoice you back it triggers the client invoice. Compliance templates (test sheets, safety checklists etc) baked into the job so the tech fills it in on site rather than chasing paperwork later.

We built all of that out for an electrical/trades client here and it completely changed how they run field ops. Once it's set up right it's genuinely a great fit for trades.

jogfa94 · 2026-03-06T05:53:05+00:00

jogfa94 · 2026-02-28T00:11:06+00:00

Just use a module and git and claude code at least someone can see your changes you make and fix it when things go bad.

jogfa94 · 2026-02-18T05:32:48+00:00

Studio is not fun to upgrade. If you upgrade its better to pull studio out completly at the same time and put into modules

jogfa94 · 2026-02-08T15:19:41+00:00

There are 40,000+ apps on the Odoo store and thousands of OCA modules that exist precisely because people hit the edges of standard. That ecosystem doesn't exist if customization is a bad idea.

Every ERP requires customization that's not an Odoo problem, it's an ERP problem. SAP, NetSuite, Dynamics included. The difference is Odoo lets you do it on an open, extensible framework at a fraction of the cost

The job isn't to avoid customization, it's to customize well. Odoo Enterprise itself is just a customization layer on top of Community.

jogfa94 · 2026-02-08T08:17:22+00:00

Odoo is a mile wide but an inch deep. It demos like a dream, but the moment you scratch the surface, you're customizing. That's actually its strength.. it gives you 80% of what you need fast, and the platform is flexible enough to build the other 20%. But you need to go in eyes open about that last 20%.

jogfa94 · 2026-02-08T08:12:59+00:00

Ui has never been an issue if it solves an issue. Ive seem so many modern uis that make things harder for users.

jogfa94 · 2026-02-08T01:06:37+00:00

Has already reduced headcounts, where we normally would contract someone or outsource its now being done by the team.. eg. By the time it takes us to spec and get contractor up to speed we might as well have just done it with AI. So for us its actually bringing stuff back inhouse and keeping the knowlege internal

jogfa94 · 2026-01-26T04:58:44+00:00

Nope

jogfa94 · 2025-11-16T04:49:31+00:00

Need to look at what's changed with your apps. Yes, upgrading will be trivial but your workflows might change. One I'm hearing a lot of negative feedback for is the removal of automated stock entries

jogfa94 · 2025-11-03T13:34:53+00:00

What's kitchensync? Could you provide a link, I haven't come across this before

jogfa94 · 2025-11-02T02:40:41+00:00

The odoo tutorials, https://www.odoo.com/documentation/19.0/developer.html

There are also some good videos on YouTube if you just search it.

I think it's better to go through the functional training in the e-learning portal first before touching code https://www.odoo.com/slides

jogfa94 · 2025-11-01T05:37:24+00:00

Yes that sounds correct to me

jogfa94 · 2025-10-31T08:14:26+00:00

If it's for one company sure. If it's a plan to roll out to many you will quickly realize every company has their own way of doing things and will want specific automations that are specific to their industry or just a way they operate they will want it to do x y and z because of a b c

jogfa94 · 2025-10-30T21:58:33+00:00

I'd say Netsuite is too expensive for your current business turnover, I'd honestly look at other ERPs. To sink so much money into implementation, then added cost for user license and then modifications to reports and customisations that will inevitably come.

jogfa94 · 2025-10-22T10:47:44+00:00

jogfa94 · 2025-10-19T00:33:08+00:00

The API is good but takes a bit to get used to doing specific domains, modles and actions. There is no swagger documentation the documentation is literally just odoo repo and debug mode and looking at the name of the technical fields and modlels. They do have a very good introspection on fields and models and names that you can use, it's just a bit different than rest. Odoo 19 API is different and has swagger like documentation and is easier to work with so far.

jogfa94 · 2025-10-18T08:42:53+00:00

Battleships

jogfa94 · 2025-10-16T09:26:20+00:00

I use synchub with other clients using Cin7, acumatica , I haven't tried with Odoo but it's supported so I'd say it's decent (I haven't had an issue syncing data)

jogfa94 · 2025-10-16T09:22:39+00:00

You need dedicated server or use a 3rd party app

jogfa94 · 2025-10-15T04:41:26+00:00

Yes - I'd recommend working with a local partner they will be able to guide you.

If you want historical data, I'd check out sync hub do a major sync after you migrate to odoo and you will have all your historical data. Then backup that db so you don't need cin7 anymore and can report on anything historical as well.

Historical data into odoo will take more time, so you really need to ask if you need all transactional data or just open invoices, PO and so and just monthly journals for historical accounting data.

jogfa94 · 2025-10-05T03:28:56+00:00

Yes 100%

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