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Inventory & manufacturing

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Scanner-driven warehouse operations for receipts, picking, transfers, and counts.

What it handles

  • Barcode-driven picking and receiving
  • Inventory counts by scan
  • Lot and serial capture at the scan

Odoo documentation 19.4content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/barcode

Worth knowing before you commit

GS1 lot and serial barcodes need a 2D-capable scanner. Confirm the hardware before scoping traceability, because 1D scanners cannot read them.

Scanning a barcode for a receipt always creates a new operation rather than matching a scheduled one. Receiving against an existing purchase order means printing the picking for that specific receipt first.

In Canada

Barcode for a Canadian business

Traceability scoping in Canada usually starts with the scanner. Food, cannabis and regulated manufacturing all tend toward GS1 codes, which puts you on 2D hardware before any software decision gets made.

The official documentation

Odoo documentation: Barcode

Odoo documentation 19.4content/applications/inventory_and_mrp/barcode (corpus 19.4)