"We ran out of stock of the one thing customers ask for"
Reorder points sit in someone's head or an ageing spreadsheet. Odoo flags when it's time to buy, against real sales history.
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For a trading business, the truth lives in stock, orders and credit — not just books.
You buy, you stock, you sell, you get paid — usually in that order, sometimes not. Odoo tracks the whole chain so you always know what's on the shelf, what's on order, who owes what, and what your GST looks like.
Purchases, stock, credit limits, deliveries and GST — one system, one team.
On your Odoo
- Purchase orders and vendor rates
- Stock across warehouses, with alerts
- Customer price lists and credit limits
- Deliveries, challans and e-way bills
- Invoicing and receivables in the same flow
Real stockWhat the screen says matches the shelf
Credit controlledLimits enforced before stock leaves
GST built inReturns from the same purchase and sales data
Books followLedger updates as goods move
Problems we solve
Where trading businesses trip up.
"Sales keep happening past a customer's credit limit"
A generous customer becomes a slow payer, and no one realises until the overdue list is large. Odoo can hold an order at the limit and make it a decision, not an accident.
"Purchases never match the invoices"
Goods arrive, the bill comes later, and the two get reconciled by hand. Three-way matching in Odoo ties the order, receipt and bill together.
The approach
From buy to bill in four steps.
- 1
Set up around real items
Products, HSN codes, vendor rates and customer price lists entered the way your business sells.
- 2
Stock opens accurately
Opening balances from your last physical count, so the system starts honest.
- 3
Orders and deliveries run live
Purchase, sale, stock movement and e-way bill handling all in one flow from day one.
- 4
Books and GST follow
Receivables, payables and returns prepared from the same data, by the same team.
What's included
Trading in Odoo, and the books around it.
Operations side
Purchases and vendor rates
Contracts, rates and purchase orders tracked so you buy at the price agreed.
Stock and reorder
Real-time stock across warehouses, with alerts when it's time to buy.
Customer-specific terms
Price lists, discounts and credit limits per customer, enforced at sale.
Delivery and invoicing
Challans, e-way bills and invoices generated from the same delivery record.
Books and compliance
Three-way matching
Purchase order, receipt and vendor bill reconciled, so payments match real receipts.
Receivables ageing
Who owes what, and for how long, visible every month.
GST returns and books
Prepared from the same system, with GSTR-2B matching, by the same team.
Your CA stays
Audits stay with your CA; we hand over a clean, current ledger.
Pricing
Recommended
Two ways to engage.
Implementation
Fixed, after discovery
- Products, HSN and price lists set up
- Opening stock entered from your count
- Your team trained on the live system
Trading bundle
Monthly plan
- Implementation plus managed books
- GST returns and reports from the same data
- One team for the ERP and the numbers
Support
Monthly plan
- Already on Odoo? Keep it tuned
- Configuration fixes and help desk
- Version-fresh and GST-ready
FAQ
Trading and distribution questions.
Something else? WhatsApp us and a member of the team will reply.
We don't manufacture anything. Is Odoo still worth it?
Yes — trading is where Odoo's stock, purchases and receivables pay off fastest. The question isn't whether to move, but when to move before the volume outgrows spreadsheets.
Can we keep selling from a price list with customer-specific rates?
Yes. Odoo handles customer-specific price lists, and we configure them around real rates before go-live.
How is this different from our current software or Tally?
Tally keeps accounts; an ERP tracks stock, orders and credit as they move. Odoo connects the two so the ledger updates as goods and money move.
Do you do GST for traders?
Yes. Return preparation from your Odoo data, purchase matching against GSTR-2B, and e-way bill handling where they apply to you.
Run the business from one screen.
Tell us what you trade, how stock moves, and where the credit exposure worries you. We'll show what Odoo looks like for your desk.