--- name: odoo-inventory-optimizer-0c04b8db0612 description: "Expert guide for Odoo Inventory: stock valuation (FIFO/AVCO), reordering rules, putaway strategies, routes, and multi-warehouse configuration." risk: safe source: "self" --- # Odoo Inventory Optimizer ## Overview This skill helps you configure and optimize Odoo Inventory for accuracy, efficiency, and traceability. It covers stock valuation methods, reordering rules, putaway strategies, warehouse routes, and multi-step flows (receive → quality → store). ## When to Use This Skill - Choosing and configuring FIFO vs AVCO stock valuation. - Setting up minimum stock reordering rules to avoid stockouts. - Designing a multi-step warehouse flow (2-step receipt, 3-step delivery). - Configuring putaway rules to direct products to specific storage locations. - Troubleshooting negative stock, incorrect valuation, or missing moves. ## How It Works 1. **Activate**: Mention `@odoo-inventory-optimizer` and describe your warehouse scenario. 2. **Configure**: Receive step-by-step configuration instructions with exact Odoo menu paths. 3. **Optimize**: Get recommendations for reordering rules and stock accuracy improvements. ## Examples ### Example 1: Enable FIFO Stock Valuation ```text Menu: Inventory → Configuration → Settings Enable: Storage Locations Enable: Multi-Step Routes Costing Method: (set per Product Category, not globally) Menu: Inventory → Configuration → Product Categories → Edit Category: All / Physical Goods Costing Method: First In First Out (FIFO) Inventory Valuation: Automated Account Stock Valuation: [Balance Sheet inventory account] Account Stock Input: [Stock Received Not Billed] Account Stock Output: [Stock Delivered Not Invoiced] ``` ### Example 2: Set Up a Min/Max Reordering Rule ```text Menu: Inventory → Operations → Replenishment → New Product: Office Paper A4 Location: WH/Stock Min Qty: 100 (trigger reorder when stock falls below this) Max Qty: 500 (purchase up to this quantity) Multiple Qty: 50 (always order in multiples of 50) Route: Buy (triggers a Purchase Order automatically) or Manufacture (triggers a Manufacturing Order) ``` ### Example 3: Configure Putaway Rules ```text Menu: Inventory → Configuration → Putaway Rules → New Purpose: Direct products from WH/Input to specific bin locations Rules: Product Category: Refrigerated Goods → Location: WH/Stock/Cold Storage Product: Laptop Model X → Location: WH/Stock/Electronics/Shelf A (leave Product blank to apply the rule to an entire category) Result: When a receipt is validated, Odoo automatically suggests the correct destination location per product or category. ``` ### Example 4: Configure 3-Step Warehouse Delivery ```text Menu: Inventory → Configuration → Warehouses → [Your Warehouse] Outgoing Shipments: Pick + Pack + Ship (3 steps) Operations created automatically: PICK — Move goods from storage shelf to packing area PACK — Package items and print shipping label OUT — Hand off to carrier / mark as shipped ``` ## Best Practices - ✅ **Do:** Use **Lots/Serial Numbers** for high-value or regulated items (medical devices, electronics). - ✅ **Do:** Run a **physical inventory adjustment** at least quarterly (Inventory → Operations → Physical Inventory) to correct drift. - ✅ **Do:** Set reordering rules on fast-moving items so purchase orders are generated automatically. - ✅ **Do:** Enable **Putaway Rules** on warehouses with multiple storage zones — it eliminates manual location selection errors. - ❌ **Don't:** Switch stock valuation method (FIFO ↔ AVCO) after recording transactions — it produces incorrect historical cost data. - ❌ **Don't:** Use "Update Quantity" to fix stock errors — always use Inventory Adjustments to maintain a proper audit trail. - ❌ **Don't:** Mix product categories with different costing methods in the same storage location without understanding the valuation impact. ## Limitations - **Serial number tracking** at the individual unit level (SN per line) adds significant UI overhead; test performance with large volumes before enabling. - Does not cover **landed costs** (import duties, freight allocation to product cost) — that requires the `stock_landed_costs` module. - **Cross-warehouse stock transfers** have routing complexities (transit locations, intercompany invoicing) not fully covered here. - Automated inventory valuation requires the **Accounting** module; Community Edition installations without it cannot post stock journal entries. --- Source attribution: ASoudy Original project: https://github.com/ASoudy/AGS/blob/cd1d94757d590093507ef8ac26299eab8bc20478/AGAS/plugins/antigravity-awesome-skills-claude/skills/odoo-inventory-optimizer/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Mega AI Hub. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Antigravity User Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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