Overview

Before going into the technical details, you might want to take one step back and understand what Odoo cannot do for planners and why advanced planning is required for complex environments.

Import data from Odoo

The connector can be downloaded from the Odoo apps store. The connector is available for the last 3 versions of Odoo (currently the 17, 18 and 19).

There are 2 ways to use the connector, either with a dedicated frePPLe instance or without a dedicated frePPLe instance using the Advanced Planning and Scheduling Service.

With a dedicated frePPLe instance, the connector provides the following functionality:

  • Two-way integration.
    The connector retrieves all master and transactional data required for planning from Odoo.
    The connector publishes the resulting plan back to Odoo. The planner can trigger the export of the plan to Odoo either after the plan is finished or after a manual review and approval.
  • Live data integration.
    The connector reads the data directly from Odoo and writes master and transactional data in frePPLe database. The planner can then run a plan in frePPLe and either export all the plan in Odoo or selects which data to export.
  • User interface integration.
    Users can access frePPLe screens from the Odoo interface, without logging in a second application.
  • Easy to customize.
    Implemented as an Odoo addon module, it is easy to customize the connector to your needs.
  • The integration has been developed and tested with the latest versions of Odoo.
    We support the last 3 versions of Odoo connectors (currently the 17 and 18 and 19).

Without a dedicated frePPLe instance using the Advanced Planning and Scheduling Service:

  • The connector sends all master and transactional data required for planning from Odoo to the Advanced Planning and Scheduling Service.
    The Advanced Planning and Scheduling Service publishes the resulting plan back to Odoo as recommendations.
    The planner can review the recommendations in Odoo and either accept or reject them. The accepted recommendations are generating draft purchase orders or manufacturing orders. Recommendations also provide information on the sales order planned delivery dates.
    No interface integration is available with frePPLe.

Below are the slides presented during the Odoo user conference in October 2022 where we describe how frePPLe solves Odoo customer business cases.

Below are the slides presented during the Odoo user conference in October 2016: