Running a shop means a lot of small moments at the counter: scanning items, taking payment, printing a receipt, and hoping your stock numbers are still right at the end of the day. Odoo Point of Sale (POS) connects all of that to your inventory and accounting, so each sale updates the rest of your business automatically. Here is a simple, practical setup guide for a small retail business. Before you start Odoo POS works best when your Inventory and Accounting basics are already in place. Make sure your chart of accounts is configured and your products exist, because every sale at the register posts to both. Step 1: Install the Point of Sale app Go to Apps, search for Point of Sale and install it. This creates your first register, ready to configure. Step 2: Set up your products Mark each item you want to sell at the counter as "Available in Point of Sale", then add a price, a category and a barcode. Good categories make the register screen quick to use, and barcode...
If you've heard the word "Odoo" thrown around and aren't quite sure what it actually is, you're not alone. It gets described as an ERP, a CRM, an accounting tool, and an inventory system, and honestly, it's all of those at once. Here's what Odoo actually is, explained without the jargon. So what is Odoo, really? Odoo is business management software that brings the different parts of running a company (sales, accounting, inventory, HR, and more) into one connected system instead of a dozen separate tools that don't talk to each other. In ERP terms, that's called Enterprise Resource Planning: basically, one place where all your business data lives and updates in real time. Here's the simplest way to picture it: when a sale gets confirmed in Odoo, your inventory count updates automatically, and an invoice gets generated, all without you re-entering that information three separate times in three separate tools. It's built like building b...