Odoo has outdone itself once again. This time, it's with their newly released version of the Odoo ERP software. Odoo 14 is here! Called the smartest Odoo ever, Odoo 14 is the most aesthetically pleasing and intelligent version of Odoo to date. If you’ve read the Odoo 14 roadmap, you’ll recognise many of these previously “expected features”. Here are some of the main updates in Odoo 14.
New Features in Odoo 14:
- The Website Builder module has been revamped
- The ability to create automatically updated reports and spreadsheets
- The menus for Inventory and MRP have been upgraded and new smart warnings have been added
- Odoo's built-in POS is now 100% mobile-friendly
- A new and improved Events app, engaging and suitable for online events
- Data Cleaning Module
This update shows how Odoo takes into account the needs of its user base, focusing on making changes that improve usability again and again. With various updates across multiple Odoo modules, including e-commerce, accounting and project management, this update means we'll be able to offer our customers more powerful features to manage their business.
Let's take a look at this update's highlighted features.
Odoo 14: The New Website Builder
Beautiful adjustable and responsive themes, lively shape designs, easy image optimisation, photo filters, HTML modifiers and more. Odoo's latest Website Builder is more intuitive, with more options, customisations, widgets, and blocks to help you build your website. Odoo 14 has a clearer blog interface and enhanced SEO features for sharing your content across the web and ranking well in search results. There are also several new snippets such as the new countdown and product catalogue snippets. The new Website Builder is just one of the great new features of Odoo 14.
New Snippets in Odoo 14:
- Countdown
- Chart
- Table of Contents
- Product Catalogue
- Dynamic Snippets.
Online Events With Odoo 14
If you attended this year's Odoo Experience then you are already familiar with this new feature. Odoo's event module now allows you to host events directly within Odoo. Create virtual conference rooms, engage your attendees with quizzes, surveys, and magic buttons, all while broadcasting your tracks live thanks to Odoo's YouTube broadcast integration. And why just host one event? Thanks to the module's new "Registration Desk" mode you can run multiple ongoing events at once!
Odoo's live event broadcasting features are a direct response to the "new normal" and are sure to be very powerful for hosting virtual events in the future!
Move Over Excel: Odoo 14 Spreadsheets
Reports and documents have been taken to the next level in Odoo 14. Odoo now comes with a built-in, intelligent and integrated spreadsheet app that lets you quickly create automatically updated reports and spreadsheets. With cross‑app integration, you will be able to access this new feature across various modules including Expenses, CRM, Accounting, Inventory, Sales, Timesheet, Project and more. Spreadsheets are one of the most widely used tools in any industry, so this addition was much needed. No more exporting to external software. And do not forget the new Data Cleaning module that helps you stay on top of the data in your organisation. Clear out those duplicates and incomplete data entries!
New Inventory and Manufacturing Features in Odoo 14
Improve performance and make modifications at a moment's notice. Making changes quickly and prioritising orders on the fly is now possible in Odoo 14. Both modules are more user-friendly and fluid thanks to some much-needed menu changes. Inventory forecasting, barcode functionality, and automated stock actions are also improved. The modules now have new product availability and forecast reports to help determine when your production parts will be available.
With Odoo's new Advanced Manufacturing Planning, you will never run out of stock items. Enjoy the benefits of real-time replenishment reports, real-time reordering rules and a real-time Master Production Schedule, all in Odoo 14!
Odoo 14 Upgraded POS System
Whether it's for e-commerce or your brick-and-mortar store, by popular demand the Odoo 14 POS interface is 100% compatible with mobile devices. Products from your product catalogue can be reconfigured on the fly, and paying with multiple payment methods in Odoo 14 works better than in previous versions thanks to an improved payment interface. An exciting new feature is the product configurator in Odoo’s POS. In Odoo 14 you can configure your products directly on your POS sales screen to offer customisable products throughout your store.
Odoo also now has easy-to-install Payment Terminal Integration and is working on adding even more payment methods to the ERP system. And to top it all off, Odoo's POS now gives you the option to add a tip after confirming payments!
The list of all the new Odoo 14 features goes on and on...
In the new version of Odoo, you will find data cleaning, an enhanced product list, a new version of the website builder and much more – the list doesn't end. Other great new features of Odoo 14 include Outlook integration via the new Odoo for Outlook plug-in. Imagine being able to extract contacts and create opportunities straight in Outlook and have them automatically transferred to Odoo. With Odoo 14 this is now possible. Giving project collaborators feedback is now easier than ever with Odoo's new Peer Feedback Forms. Appraisals have also been improved.
Having trouble with timesheets? The module is now much easier to navigate with the addition of hotkeys, optional fields and the option for mass validation of times.
Keeping tabs on your suppliers is now more automated thanks to supplier reminders. You can also get up-to-date on-time delivery ratios to quickly obtain delivery information when you need it. No more late deliveries because of limited supplies.
- For sales, you can now choose whether country, state and postal code details are required to compute taxes on e‑commerce and sales.
- Improved product list view that can be displayed in the product catalogue website snippet
As you can see, Odoo 14 comes with many powerful new features, and we are excited to roll them out to our clients. And this is only a small part of what the new Odoo 14 can do. For the full list of updates and new features in Odoo, have a look at the Odoo 14 release notes.
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Captivea is an Odoo Gold Partner and we are ready to support your migration to, or implementation of, Odoo 14. We have many years of experience in implementing the Odoo ERP business management software.