Customer reference
Superbird Capital Management
Superbird Capital Inc. is a Canadian company specializing in the design, manufacture, and sale of school buses and electric vehicles. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Drummondville, Quebec, Superbird markets its products in Canada and the United States. The company offers a wide range of conventional, forward-engine, and low-floor school buses, as well as a growing range of electric vehicles, including school buses, vans, and trucks. Committed to providing comprehensive service to its customers, Superbird also provides maintenance, repair, and training.
Industry
ManufacturingLocation
DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec (CA), Canada
Implemented by
Case on Odoo
The context
Centralizing processes and securing a reliable Odoo foundation
Superbird Capital Management is a leading Canadian manufacturer and distributor of school buses, commercial buses, and vehicles designed for people with reduced mobility, serving customers across Quebec, Ontario, and the Maritime provinces.
Before this project, each branch of the group operated with its own ways of working and tools, and the existing Odoo environment had grown without a global design. Processes were fragmented, information was scattered between systems and teams, and management lacked a clear, consolidated view of operations across all entities.
The stakes were to centralize processes for all group branches, secure a robust and scalable Odoo environment, and gain reliable visibility on operations, costs, and performance to support day-to-day decisions and long-term growth.
Their needs
A unified ERP to centralize processes across all branches
The client wanted to centralize all of their processes across their various group branches with Odoo ERP and be supported by a partner able to manage and optimize their Odoo environment over time.
- Centralize processes and data for all branches within a single Odoo ERP.
- Be reassured about the feasibility and budget of the project before committing to large-scale deployment.
- Confirm how the project would be carried out, with a clear timeline and methodology.
- Ensure their specific business processes were fully understood and reflected in the future Odoo setup.
The proposed solution
In-depth Odoo environment analysis to prepare a successful rollout
Captivea Canada conducted a complete analysis of Superbird Capital Management's Odoo environment, starting with business discovery workshops by theme, group, and domain. From these sessions, Captivea created detailed deliverable documents, presented the findings, and handled feedback to validate feasibility, confirm the budget and timeline, and define how Odoo would centralize processes, automate repetitive tasks, and provide the dashboards and controls the company needs to manage its growth.
The first step of this project is to perform a complete analysis of the client's Odoo environment.
Analysis objectives
- To be reassured on the faisability
- Show that we understood their business
- To confirm a budget
- To know and confirm how we will do it
- Know the timeline
Analysis processes
- Business discovery
- Workshops By theme / group of people / domains
- Create the deliverables documents
- Present it
- Handle feedback
Odoo apps deployed
The Odoo suite on this project
All Odoo applications, activated at the pace of the client's needs.
Sales & CRM
Websites
Inventory & Manufacturing
Finance
Human Resources
Productivity
Technical
The results
Benefits & Returns on investment
What the client gained, day after day, once the solution went live.
Time saving
- Centralized organization of financial documents
- Generate quotes in a few clicks
- Quick sharing of documents
- Simplified supply management
- Automation of intervention schedules
Productivity gain
- Centralized management of leads and customers, increasing sales team efficiency
- Smoother order processing with real-time stock tracking
- Clear visualization of performance and key indicators
- Quick access to employee information
Increase in sales
- Improved client satisfaction through faster project delivery
- Better time management that helps allocate resources to the most profitable projects
- Identification of additional needs through ticket analysis
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