Traceability and expiration: Turn perishable management into an advantage with Odoo

Take control: Master real-time traceability

As stock levels and sales volume surge in December, your ability to pinpoint exactly where each product is—and how much time is left to sell it—becomes a decisive advantage. Odoo gives you this actionable, real-time visibility right from your dashboard.

See every product at a glance and stay ahead of your sales

With a single glance, you can track the journey of every item—from supplier to final delivery. In Odoo, each lot and serial number has its own unique identity, linked to its expiration date, storage location, and full movement history. In just a few clicks, you can view quantities by expiration date, warehouse, or sales channel, helping you decide where to accelerate sales or launch targeted promotions.

Keep full control over your inventory and turn stock data into concrete actions. Automatic alerts notify you when an expiration date is approaching, giving you time to adjust purchasing, reposition products in-store, or roll out a focused sales campaign.

Maximize your margins with te FEFO method

The FEFO principle (“First Expired, First Out”) is built into Odoo, directly improving the quality of your order fulfillment. During picking, the system automatically prioritizes the lots closest to expiration—no need for your staff to manually check multiple labels. Products nearing their expiration date are shipped first, reducing waste, minimizing markdowns, and ensuring smooth product turnover. This preserves your margins while delivering fresh products that meet your brand’s quality standards. This approach works not only for perishable goods but also for sensitive parapharmaceutical items, helping you stay compliant with regulations and breeze through audits.

Premium customer experience: Deliver quality with confidence

For your end customer, the experience is defined the moment they open the package or pick up their product in-store. Odoo helps ensure that this moment is flawless, thanks to stock management that stays reliable even during peak rush periods.

Stay in control of your inventory and prevent stockouts

With Odoo, you can set alert thresholds and receive automatic notifications whenever a product is nearing its expiration date or minimum stock level. Replenishments follow clear rules based on your seasons, forecasts, and sales history. Synchronization between purchases, returns, and orders ensures continuous availability—even for your top-selling year-end items.

Your teams can quickly identify potential stock tensions, adjust quantities, and prevent shortages. Every order ships with the right amounts, the correct lots, and accurate expiration dates—building trust and encouraging repeat purchases.

Quickly locate every lot and protect your reputation

Facing an incident or an imminent product recall? With Odoo’s filters and reports, you can identify the affected lot in seconds—by number, date, or supplier. You immediately see its location, movement history, and the recipients involved, whether they are stores, logistics hubs, or end customers. This rapid response capability minimizes financial impact, demonstrates your reliability, and safeguards your brand image.

Custom reports cover French sanitary standards as well as audit requirements like BRC, HACCP, or ISO 22000. You have clear, ready-to-use information to present to partners, regulators, or inspection authorities—a real advantage in tenders and commercial negotiations.

Plan your inventory and sales with Odoo for the holiday season

As the holidays approach, your data on expiration dates and lots goes beyond compliance—it helps you decide exactly which products to sell, where, and when, to maximize revenue.

With Odoo, you can quickly identify your best-selling items, those nearing expiration, and those occupying significant storage space. You can adjust stock levels by store, sales channel, or product line, rather than applying one-size-fits-all actions. This allows you to highlight the right products in catalogs, store shelves, or online, taking both sales velocity and expiration dates into account. Your year-end campaigns are driven by concrete data, never guesswork.

It also guides your sales strategy. Your teams have precise information on actual availability, dates, and volumes by customer or region. They know which products to prioritize for key accounts, which alternatives to suggest, and the best timing to promote special offers. This demonstrates to your professional clients that your inventory, lead times, and quality are fully under control, strengthening your business relationships.

This detailed visibility improves supplier interactions as well. You enter negotiations armed with clear figures on sales patterns and peak-season needs. You can adjust orders, volumes, and delivery schedules to match real-world demand. Your inventory becomes an active asset that supports sales and sets you apart from competitors still relying on intuitive management.